Electric and Hybrid Car Thread

[SSM_DC5]

Originally Posted by trollface

I need a vanity plate idea.

Golf R

[Badhobz]

How about

RawR
ForeME
HoIn1
Booost
Stream (cuz golf is German for gulf and it’s shorten for gulf stream)

[bcrdukes]

TLRFCE

[Spectre_Cdn]

WUTGOLF

[JDMDreams]

Meinkaf

And when they ask you say you like Minecraft

[GLOW]

Originally Posted by bcrdukes

TLRFCE

don't you mean TRLFCE ?

another option could be TRLF8S

[Badhobz]

best plate for a golf would be CROLLA

at least the plate would be reliable

[bcrdukes]

Originally Posted by GLOW

don't you mean TRLFCE ?

another option could be TRLF8S

i failed at spellingz

Ironically, I'm currently enrolled in a university-level writing crouse and finals are next week. I'm fucked.

[GLOW]

i'm sure the profs are used to this in today's youth / students so i'm sure you'll be above the bell curve

[bcrdukes]

BRB purchasing hooked on fonix

[supafamous]

https://electricautonomy.ca/automake...-2025-id-buzz/

Canadian pricing for the ID Buzz - starts at $77,495 and comes with 377km of range. Oof. Lotta money for not a lotta range. The Euro SWB model gets about 40km more range so not too surprising I guess

[68style]

Vdub drop ze ball

[Badhobz]

82k FOR An AWD FUCKING joke of a van!?!??! i can get the loaded to the tits sienna for cheaper than that

people's car my ass.

[AstulzerRZD]

no tax credit in us cuz batteries are foreign, 60k base so probably 66 for AWD.
sienna is 38-52, carnival hybrid 40-53, plugin pacifica at 52, ev9 at 45-62k.

[AstulzerRZD]

Originally Posted by Badhobz

82k FOR An AWD FUCKING joke of a van!?!??! i can get the loaded to the tits sienna for cheaper than that

people's car my ass.

is sienna wait time in canada still like 2 years?
seeing it tops out at 66k cad

we dont' get the hybrid carnival, ev9 is 60-75 pre markup

r1s is 94-101.

[roastpuff]

WTF VW?

[68style]

But people vill love ze retro styling!!1!

It's just like Cammisa says, the Germans largely just don't understand packaging or marketing especially when it comes to North America.

[68style]

There was at least 1 or 2 users on RS before that are active bus drivers I think right? I'm curious what their thoughts are on the Proterra collapse mentioned in this article... and opinion of the new purchases.

https://electricautonomy.ca/automake...bus-new-flyer/

[AstulzerRZD]

Price is cracked but if ur upgrading from a gas van (New Odyssey/Pacifica are 56 and get 15L/100km), after 4 years you're spending 70k anyways.

The Sienna doesn't exist with the 2 year waitlist... especially if Canadian dollar keeps getting weaker and they send even less over the border.

[underscore]

I know everything is expensive now but 77k entry price is absurd. Compared to the Odyssey that's ~86k worth of gas.

[radeonboy]

The announced pricing is for a loaded '1st Edition' model as a way to capture sales to those that are willing to pay first. I expect VW to release cheaper models once the waitlist filters through. That pricing doesn't look good from a marketing perspective though, especially knowing that fans / waitlist holders are eagerly waiting for this info.

I can see these selling well if put something out in the mid-high $60k range as a way to compete against the EV9 in the "affordable" 3-row EV space.

[AstulzerRZD]

Originally Posted by 68style

There was at least 1 or 2 users on RS before that are active bus drivers I think right? I'm curious what their thoughts are on the Proterra collapse mentioned in this article... and opinion of the new purchases.

https://electricautonomy.ca/automake...bus-new-flyer/

Curious as well.

The price for "big" EVs is pretty insane until you consider what fueling a larger car (or even bus) costs.

Our Lightning is a "free" truck cuz we were spending $900 in gas a month on our 5.0 F150.

[AstulzerRZD]

Originally Posted by radeonboy

The announced pricing is for a loaded '1st Edition' model as a way to capture sales to those that are willing to pay first. I expect VW to release cheaper models once the waitlist filters through. That pricing doesn't look good from a marketing perspective though, especially knowing that fans / waitlist holders are eagerly waiting for this info.

I can see these selling well if put something out in the mid-high $60k range as a way to compete against the EV9 in the "affordable" 3-row EV space.

I feel like the Pro AWD version that'll probably arrive next year will still run ~$65-70

but after the 9k tax credit, at 61 + charging, it's going to come out cheaper than an Odyssey with leatherette by year 2.

[JDMDreams]

Ahhh yes tax those China cars so our suckers must buy our crappier over priced evs. Gotta keep that inflation going.

[Hehe]

Car prices are ridonculous nowadays. I just saw a Range Rover for something crazy like 450k on FB. I was like, seriously?! This is the other RR territory in my head.