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The Volkswagen ID. EVERY1 is an affordable EV for the masses (www.theverge.com)
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (3 children)

There are already affordable EVs in Europe, as an example the Dacia Spring which has the same 230km autonomy and even lower price (18-19.000€ retail final price to consumer in Portugal which has high taxes on new vehicles).

Not as snazzy looking though, that's what's really important! /s

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Not as snazzy looking though

I doubt the production version will look that snazzy, I bet it'll end up being much taller and look more like this: 1000004894

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I looked up the Dacia Spring and it says, that it's manufactured in China.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The manufacturing county of the world is manufacturing this car?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Dacia is a small Romanian brand with a single plant, so learning that some are rebranded Renaults from China is quite surprising.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

It might also surprise you to learn that Dacia is actually a large French conglomerate.

They've been fully owned by Renault for more than two decades.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

I see, I guess their single plant can't keep up with demand.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is why I'm more looking forward to the id.2, this actually looks like a good one for the price https://www.volkswagen.nl/modellen/id-2all

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They won't stop until even the pedals are touch buttons, are they?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I really don't mind it, having driven a Tesla for a year it wasn't bad at all.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well I drive a heavily touch-screenified car, and I hate it. Have had the damn thing for almost a year but I still get nervous when I have to adjust the A/C.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Understandable, most car companies have garbage software (the Yaris I drive now included). Tesla is just leagues ahead at this point and I hope VW is gonna improve a lot looking at their mockups