On: Volkswagen seeks to counter rivals with budget EV model

[gclawes]

Cool concept, let's see if they can actually do volume production...

[DC-3 → gclawes]

There's healthy scepticism, and then there's wondering whether VW can do volume production of hatchbacks.

[Vespasian → gclawes]

There is zero doubt about that

.VW is already building hundreds of thousands of full BEVs every year with 383.100 sold (and delivered) in 2024 [1]

What can be reasonably questioned is the final price of the car once it enters production.

[1] https://www.volkswagen-group.com/en/articles/volkswagen-deli...

[metadat → gclawes]

I'm curious what the final price will be stateside. Claims of a $21,000 price point bear skepticism, these days.

Even ignoring trump tarrifs.

[DC-3 → metadat]

I doubt it will be sold in the US, there is not really any appetite for small cars with limited range.

[scottyah → DC-3]

The amount of golf carts and golf-cart adjacent vehicles in my neighborhood (and others, 2022 saw $1bn in sales) seem to differ. Although they'd have to be inexpensive.

[metadat → DC-3]

I'd get one for my teenage kid in a heartbeat.

And for around town it'd be fine. Rivian range isn't that much more, they can't even really make it from the Bay Area to Lake Tahoe (< 200 miles).

[rsynnott → metadat]

They don't even sell the id.3 in the US, so I'd be surprised if they launch this there. It'd be a very niche product.

[astura → metadat]

Not coming to the US. :(

[rsynnott → gclawes]

I mean, it's not a million miles away from the eUp, which they produced happily enough for years.