With the random trade wars the US is starting, it'd be crazy to try to export affordable products to the US. Local manufacturers will undercut you the moment you try. Probably better to export the already-expensive luxury products instead for people who are willing to pay the additional taxes as part of the trade-off.
Both of those recalls seem like non issues and are only for government compliance.
They accidentally made an area if the seat that could be used as a seat but didn't have a belt, and they made an indicator glow in a slightly wrong color.
I’m seeing tons of ID Buzz driving around here in Scotland. I have a theory that people who would have bought a Y are now getting a Buzz instead because of the obvious reasons.
> tons of ID Buzz driving around here in Scotland.
In North America, VW only sells the long-wheelbase version and only the highest trim levels. And with worse charging equipment. And in the US specifically, they’ve removed the heat pump from the HVAC system and replaced it with a less-efficient heater (Canada still gets the heat pump).
It’s like VW wants it to fail. And I’m happy to let them fail alongside it. Nobody in the US should care at all what VW plans to do. When the car shows up at the local dealership, we’ll see what they have done.
It is a safe bet that these won't come to the US at all. Those few of us in the US who like small cars are again out of luck. (though I have to admit despite preferring small cars I generally buy large trucks because the 10% of the time I need a large truck is enough that it is cheaper to use the large truck for everything and not have a car at all)
You can buy the buzz now. (Nice van, I test drive it but can't figure out how to make the payments... I got a used PHEV minivan instead which is in practice 80% EV)
I'm talking about the id.Polo which I don't expect to see in the US. VW brings maybe half their lineup to the US (and none of their cheap brands at all)
The second half of that sentence is the reason for the first half. A little more competition in that market and you'll probably see the price drop, although I think they've got at least 5-10 more years of it being an upper middle class statement piece.
They need to get the range over 300 miles. I'm on my 4th EV, and the Buzz just wasn't on the list due to poor range.
Now before you start going "but but but," remember that EVs very rarely get the rated range. They lose about ~15 percent after ~2 years, and lose a lot more in extreme cold. Furthermore, the ID.Buzz charges very slowly.
EVs with less than 300 miles of range are fine for a car that's used for local driving, but a van like the ID.Buzz is a road trip vehicle. It really needs a longer range version that can charge quickly.
