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Tesla Competition Warming up with New Volkswagen IDs

posted by martyb on Tuesday July 28 2020, @06:10AM   Printer-friendly
from the ro-o-o-a-a-rrrrrr^W-whir-r-r-r dept.

quietus writes:

Last week Monday VW opened up its pre-orders list for the ID.3, its first all-electric car built on its MEB platform. A week later, and 37,000 customers have put €1000 [~1,176 USD] in advance already.

There are a couple of reasons for the apparent enthusiasm. First the range, going from an official 330 km [~200 mi] (45kWh battery) standard range over 420 km [~250 mi] (58kWh) medium to 550 km [~330 mi] (77kWh) for the long range battery. Practical range is estimated at 260, 330 and 430 km. [~156, ~200, and ~260 mi],

Second the price. The standard version comes in at €21,000 [~24,700 USD] in Germany (€30,000 [~35,300 USD] list price, €9,000 [~10,600 USD] subsidy). Medium range has a list price of €36,000 [~42,300 USD], for the maximum range the price is not yet known, but below €50,000 [~58,800 USD].

The car is rear-wheel driven by an 150kW motor, with top speed limited at 160 km/h [~100 mph]. Torque is 310Nm, delivering 0-60 kph [~37 mph] in 3.7 seconds (1st version; the standard version 9 seconds).

No talk about autonomous driving though: only lane assist and adaptive cruise control are provided.

Delivery of the car starts in September. There are no plans to bring the ID.3 to the US. Volkswagen said it is on track to deliver 70,000 ID.3's by year's end, and an additional 30,000 upcoming ID.4 SUVs along with that. Tesla, in contrast, sold more than 90,000 of its cars last quarter alone.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 28 2020, @01:18PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 28 2020, @01:18PM (#1027586)

    Already being done.

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  • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday July 28 2020, @05:22PM (1 child)

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Tuesday July 28 2020, @05:22PM (#1027688) Journal

    Yep, Trump's been hoisted by his own Foxtards.

    Had we followed the advice of scientists we would be reopening now like the rest of the civilized world.

    • (Score: 2) by RS3 on Thursday July 30 2020, @04:49PM

      by RS3 (6367) on Thursday July 30 2020, @04:49PM (#1028775)

      > Had we followed the advice of scientists we would be reopening now like the rest of the civilized world.

      I like your optimism but something isn't making sense. By reopening- you mean with masks, hand-washing, etc? Because COVID-19 is still a thing world-wide and could spread fast again anywhere it's not being mitigated.

      As I've posted before, I've had some conversations with some significant medical researchers, a med school epidemiology professor, a couple of other doctors, and they all say that testing and contact tracing is what's needed and largely being done... in addition to masks and other precautions of course. I don't even know how reliable the tests are now.