https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/volkswagen-confirms-£17000-id-1-entry-level-ev

 

 

£17,000 is Clickbait & just spin. 

There are comments with that article which are correct. 

 

A VW e-Up! is over £23,000 & a SEAT Mii nearly the same. 

Something flashed up on my phone that I will read properly later.   About VW group putting off the Launch of the ID2 , the under £25,000 car.   The one that needs new battery technology and  guess at global markets to know the RRP of.    Does this mean holding back on small EV,s from Skoda and Seat as well?    PS .  Watering down of the Euro 7 emissions by the EU will be really the crux of the matter.  They can still build and sell smaller ICE vehicles and make money. 

Edited 8 January, 20242 yr by Rooted

With all the wars fought over oil combined with politics, pollution and other issues around fuel… I’d rather they stuck up wind/tidal and base load generation and removed the input cost from everyone’s lives.

I saw this yesterday. VW still talking the talk about a 'new UP EV'

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/volkswagen-id-1

2026.

 

The USA & UK just started what might become a war in the Middle East.

We will see how Qatar get on encouraging the quicker introduction of small EV,s as a share holder in VW.

 

VW get a lot of Media / Publication space on what they plan eventually to do. 

Usually from Haymarket Media Group / Autocar.  Then Auto Express and others rehash the articles.

 

AUTOCAR might have gone on this. 

 

Edited 12 January, 20242 yr by Rooted

If VW could actually get built and sold what they keep spinning stories about then they might get on better with meeting the reduced emissions.

 

As it is VW gets what VW wants when it comes to the EU. 

 If you can not meet new legislation requirements it can be put back. 

More engineering less marketing BS before it’s ready?

It should have been named as a project,

'the VW has no I D A if this is EVer coming!'

VW Group / Skoda need in PARTNERS that can sort out the Tech of EV,s and PHEV,s that people have bought and taken away and find that they are left stranded because the setting of charging can be 'Not fit for purpose' and Dealerships appear clueless and always promising a fix is coming.

Edited 6 March, 20251 yr by Ootohere

More vapourware. Not even a complete interior. VAG and their trailing of models not even off the drawing board is annoying,

On 15/03/2023 at 13:29, Ootohere said:

£17,000 is Clickbait & just spin. 

There are comments with that article which are correct. 

 

A VW e-Up! is over £23,000 & a SEAT Mii nearly the same. 

Batteries are much cheaper but I think they would need Skoda or SEAT/ CUPRA or one of their Eastern European factories to make it to get close to that price.

@a price the VW Group can not offer EV,s for in the UK.They could have if they just had them built in China or even Poland..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1UqhugbDjoQ

Edited 19 March, 20251 yr by Ootohere