You can say the VW is still tainted by the diesel gate.
You can say the Diess doesn’t do enough or can’t fight the culture alone.
You can certainly say that the software isn’t finished in the ID.3.
But when you drive it you can’t say it’s a boring car that can’t succeed.
You can say the Diess doesn’t do enough or can’t fight the culture alone.
You can certainly say that the software isn’t finished in the ID.3.
But when you drive it you can’t say it’s a boring car that can’t succeed.
The beauty of a 450V system compared to a 375-400V one on a 50kW charger: charging at actually 50kW and not a dwarfed 43kW until you’re at 80%. I’m looking at you #Tesla.
125A x 400V = 50kW
125A x 400V = 50kW
What I will miss from the iD.3
- the clever-enough active cruise control that doesn’t phantom brake ever
- the instrument cluster, however small
- the Matrix LED headlights, wonderful
- the very clever front light bar acting as GPS assistant and proximity warning
- the clever-enough active cruise control that doesn’t phantom brake ever
- the instrument cluster, however small
- the Matrix LED headlights, wonderful
- the very clever front light bar acting as GPS assistant and proximity warning
What I missed from the Tesla:
- the exceptional lane keeping. That’s hard to not have on the highway
- the UI interface. VW software is working but it’s a mess
- rear window. The one on iD.3 was designed as rain and dust agglomerator
- efficiency 200Wh/km is good. 170 is better.
- the exceptional lane keeping. That’s hard to not have on the highway
- the UI interface. VW software is working but it’s a mess
- rear window. The one on iD.3 was designed as rain and dust agglomerator
- efficiency 200Wh/km is good. 170 is better.
The @VW #iD3 is a perfectly capable medium car, extremely silent, very comfortable, more than roomy enough. It does show that it was designed by an experienced car manufacturer. They are serious about it. It’s hard to explain, people need to drive it to get a grasp. Like any EV.
The problem for VW is that Tesla isn’t a car manufacturer. It’s a battery and software company putting their products on 4 wheels and making it sexy.
They have set the standard on range, power, design and continuous upgrades.
Cars aren’t just a model year, they’re a SW version.
They have set the standard on range, power, design and continuous upgrades.
Cars aren’t just a model year, they’re a SW version.
And what they lack as manufacturer capacity, they totally make up for in software brute force.
It will take time for other manufacturers to catch up, but also for customers (mass market) to appreciate that difference.
It’s a race to simplification, not complexity.
It will take time for other manufacturers to catch up, but also for customers (mass market) to appreciate that difference.
It’s a race to simplification, not complexity.
The ones making electrification simple, easy to use and painless to transition to will lead the market and the way it’s done.
It’s not done deal yet but by aggressively trying and changing, one guy is setting what is a nice to have, and what is now a musk-have.
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It’s not done deal yet but by aggressively trying and changing, one guy is setting what is a nice to have, and what is now a musk-have.
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