It didn’t quite work out, but the cause is likely to be primarily from politics: The basic model of the VW ID.3 should, as the group announced at the launch, be less than 30. 000 Cost euros. Now are 31.495 Euros, of which, however, a manufacturer’s share of 3570 euros and 6000 euros from the taxpayer as part of the innovation bonus can be deducted. Thus the price drops to 21 without haggling. 925 Euro.

Through the subsidization, the ID.3 ends up in an area in which a new car with a combustion engine, which is similarly equipped and similarly large and powerful, no longer necessarily has to be dramatically cheaper. A combustion engine is almost always more expensive to maintain anyway.

At first glance, the base model of the ID.3 is not badly equipped. The electric motor offers 110 kW, the battery a usable energy content of 45 kWh, which in the WLTP should be sufficient for 352 km. The storage unit can be charged with alternating current two-phase with 7.2 kW, with direct current 50 kW are possible as standard. Navigation system including Android Auto and Apple CarPlay as well as LED headlights are installed without additional payment. Naked poverty isn’t exactly what it is.

No choice But he Interested parties should be aware that there is hardly any way to specifically expand the equipment. The heat pump costs 1275 euros, a charging cable for the 230 volt -Socket 175 Euro. If you want to charge to direct current with 100 kW, you have to 650 Add euros. Except for a bike rack and some design frills, that was it with selectable options. A height adjustment or heating of the seats, leather steering wheel, cruise control, rain sensor, matrix light or a second zone of the automatic air conditioning – the list of what is not available in the ID.3 Pure, even for an extra charge, is remarkable. The times when you could almost freely assemble a new car are obviously slowly coming to an end.

(mfz)