The flip side is the likely fast depreciation.
I suspect that this will be the case with more VWs than just the eGolf. If you are lucky, it will happen at least partly on the lot, before you buy the car.
The flip side is the likely fast depreciation.
DarthPuppy wrote:I think the present price point is viable thanks to incentives. The ICE Golf starts at $20k. The e-Golf starts at $29k. With the federal and California incentives, the e-Golf can be had for a net $19k. And then you have all of the savings of not having to buy gas, do oil changes, longer lasting brakes, etc. And my commute would benefit greatly from HOV access if that is still available.
The flip side is the likely fast depreciation. But that only really bites you if you sell it or it gets into an accident and the insurance sticks you with a small check. Granted, one could reasonably expect an ICE Golf to run 10-20 years and go 200k+ miles. So we aren't apples-apples. In theory, the e-golf should be able to do that too, just with replacing the batteries, which is probably less than the gas, oil changes, etc. accumulate to by the time the battery needs to be changed. However, as noted elsewhere on this forum, people are reluctant to invest in batteries for a number of reasons.
The above of course assumes VW doesn't jack the price up on the 2017.
http://insideevs.com/volkswagen-says-te ... sive-aims/Volkswagen Feels Tesla Model 3 Will Be Too Expensive – Aims For Mid $20,000, 300-Mile Electric Golf
At the upcoming Paris Motor Show, Volkswagen claims that it will reveal a prototype of a long-range electric car that will eventually be sold for approximately the price of a conventional, gas-powered Golf. . . .
According to VW, the planned electric car will have a 300-mile range (likely NEDC, so more like 200ish miles in the real world/EPA) and it will be able to charge in 15 minutes or so. The car will reportedly be Golf-based, which likely means that it’ll ride on the same MEB platform as the next-generation Golf, but the similarities may end there. . . .
The company is saying that the on-sale target date for this e-Golf is 2025. . . .
2017 Volkswagen e-Golf: 124 miles of range, more motor power, LA Auto Show debut
LeftieBiker wrote:I'll bet it still doesn't have a heated steering wheel.