Comment on The Volkswagen ID. EVERY1 is an affordable EV for the masses

• Patch@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Concept cars are, by definition, not actually finished. Nobody will be able to buy the car that was being shown at the car show. The car that will be on sale in 2-3 years will be a thematically similar but fundamentally different creature.

  Things like the onboard computer software/hardware/data sharing model won’t be defined yet. VW’s first party servicing costs or the price of replacement brake pads are not defined yet. It’ll be a job for a future car journalist to report on all those things once it’s actually defined.

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  • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yes I understand what a concept car is. That changes nothing about my comment because it wasn’t about this specific car.

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    • Patch@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      They’re not going to create entirely new ones just for this vehicle.

      If you read the article (I know, controversial) you’re see that that’s exactly what they’re suggesting they’re doing, yes.

      Personally I wouldn’t hold my breath that it’ll be better, but it is going to be completely different to their current software stack.

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      • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        The article doesn’t say anything about that.

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    • boonhet@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      They might but only if they’re building something new for their entire range.

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• winni@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  this is not true. I am avoiding Hyundai-Kia for this reason

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  • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    And buying what instead?

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• lefixxx@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  How do you know? What car would somebody buy if they cared about those things? There are no choices. There is not enough competition to have enough choices.

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  • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    What car would somebody buy if they cared about those things? There are no choices

    Because at one time there was a choice.

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• Tyfud@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  A lot of that isn’t known until nearly the last minute. Especially any of the hard metrics like mp/kwh, range, and especially any infotainment specifics.

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  • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    There’s nothing on that list that will be unique to this vehicle.

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