VW ID.3

I drove mine to 2% today, from 80%. Total distance was 375km (display showed 8km remaining), which is fairly close to the estimated 80% range after my last charge. Its a 2 year old 77kWh Tour5.

I’m going to charge to 100% tonight and check the battery details in Car Scanner tomorrow. It reported a max capacity of 73.65kWh earlier today.

The problem with these comparisons is that you're comparing apples and orangutans. Your Golf cost €31k (although it was €32k last post) - great....but you ain't getting any Golf for that price now. Absolute cheapest, lowest spec, crappiest engine is €34k OTR. Spec it up to match the ID and you may find the ID is actually cheaper, and that's before you get to hugely lower running costs. When I got an ID4, it was €13k less than the equivalent Tiguan. Same when I had my first Leaf - folks saying I could have got a Polo for €20k, when the.most appropriate comparison was an auto, well specced Golf costing bones of €10k more than I paid for the Leaf.

You have a Born dont you? I got a speeding ticket this week in mine, first one I have ever got in my life and thats after driving 5 series and A6 for last 10+ years!

Obviously my own fault though, 110kmph in a 100 zone on Naas Rd near Kill

When I next buy a car I won’t be asking what the range is. I’ll want to know the battery size, efficiency and coefficient of drag. And I don’t want the last two measures to be worse than current car if possible.

The "what range does it get" question is fairly annoying in terms of EVs because of how poor people's driving is. Next time you're out for a walk or just driving in an urban area pay attention to how people drive. Accelerating all the way up to a red light, zero coasting approaching roundabouts, 130kph on the motorway. Obviously it does depend on your driving, if your commute is 99% 120kph you're not getting the same as someone doing 50/60kph most of the time, but it doesn't really apply to the majority of drivers who drive like crap.

I'm getting 15kWh/100km(380km if 58kWh) with a fair mix of 80/100/120 and that includes driving up the mountains at 80kph. AC on, speed limit etc. The people driving aggressively would be sorely disappointed when they get 300km in Summer. Then they'll be on Facebook "ah they're no good give me my diesel".

Then again, they wouldn't get the 750km Summer/700km Winter I got in my 1.0 Golf either so it's not like driving style only effects EVs. A friend of mine changed her driving when she got a hybrid because her aggressive acceleration from traffic lights would kick the engine in immediately. I'm just not sure how many people transition to EV properly, plenty of older Prius on the road absolutely hooring it around.

Same here, that’s why I much prefer the ID.3 regen in D to B mode or ‘one pedal driving’ type regen in other EVs. It’s funny how most car reviewers can’t figure out how it works in IDs or Cupras.