i’m 100% confident it will not catch on. It works in a few select countries in urban environments but it’s a non starter due to the very expensive battery stations needed.

Renault tried the approach of non battery ownership and it hasn’t caught on very well. I just don’t see it becoming a big thing in Europe

the whole allure of EVs ( for me at least) is how versatile they are at charging. You can charge publicly or at home, through solar, i for example charged at a remote monastery at the top of a mountain since they had solar panels and i used an outlet.

This versatility disappears when you need to use these very expensive battery swapping stations.

As a Romanian, Dacia always had a “poor person stigma” attached but i have to admit lately that’s all but gone. I would love to own one of these Dusters as they look amazing, just a shame there’s no EV variant as that’s becoming a massive part of EU sales.

i cannot wait until it’s EU wide. It makes traveling across countries a horrible experience, Tesla became my only choice due to their network, i never want to install another ev charging app again

In europe fuel is much much more expensive so EVs are usually much cheaper. In my case they’re over 10x cheaper, it’s not even close. But if i lived in the US with those gas prices i’m not sure i’d have gone EV

The ID3 is massive. People call it a hatchback due to it’s shape but it’s 6.1 cm taller than a Golf. It’s closer to a Tiguan than to a Golf.

The comment i was making wasn’t aimed at SUV vs Hatch but more to show how overpriced the ID3 is. The TIguan is 11,000 euros LESS than a ID3. Passat is 12,000 euros Less than ID3 and the Arteon is 12,200 eur less than the ID3. It’s truly bonkers

well yes, makes sense. A VW ID3 starts at 42,000 eur, this is meant to be the EV Golf but it costs as much as an SUV ( or more )

the launch edition ID3 only had speakers in the front, none in the back. This is a 40,000+ eur vehicle and it was the special edition launch model.

for whatever reason r/cars has a hard on for VAG products. VWs are notorious for being unreliable but suddenly they’re super reliable and you get downvoted for saying otherwise

Buy an S class and you can do that

Just a reminder they also claimed the ID3 will be 30,000 eur. It starts at 42,000 eur for a bare bones ID3

I would not trust a single thing VW claims.

we should wait and see what crash test results it gets. Current Tesla models are some of the best in terms of crash test results.