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The Volkswagen ID. EVERY1 is an affordable EV for the masses (www.theverge.com)
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[-] lefixxx@lemmy.world 128 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Ok mr reviewer

Why don't you tell us less about WV's strategy a more about how the car is.

Does it spy on you? What kind of EULA will I need to agree to? Does it have car play/android auto? Does it have a 4G antenna to connect to VW servers even if I don't enable the feature? Does it have an app? In what ways is VW going to try to get subscription money from me? How much does servicing cost? How much will a set of brake pads cost? Does VW support 3rd party repair shops? Does VW try to lockdown parts and forbid 3rd party repairs? Can it be remotely disabled? By me, by VW, by law enforcement? What happens when the battery needs replacing? What is the visibility like? If it horrible does it have obstable detection?

[-] Patch@feddit.uk 105 points 5 days ago

It's a concept car; none of those things are actually known or knowable yet.

[-] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 days ago

I feel like the title of the article should really be future tense.

[-] lefixxx@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago

Fair

[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 12 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Ehhh I think it is. You should pretty much expect all of those things from any new car.

Consumers have spoken and they don't care about privacy, reliability or repairability.

Let me go ahead and answer all these questions right now for all the downvoters:

Does it spy on you?

Yes. Like every other VW.

What kind of EULA will I need to agree to?

All the EULAs. Same as any other VW.

Does it have car play/android auto?

Yes. Like every other VW.

Does it have a 4G antenna to connect to VW servers even if I don't enable the feature?

Yes. Like every other VW.

Does it have an app?

Yes. Like every other VW.

In what ways is VW going to try to get subscription money from me?

VW Flex, like every other VW.

How much does servicing cost?

Depends on what your local dealership charges, they are franchises.

How much will a set of brake pads cost?

Depends on what your local dealership charges, they are franchises.

Does VW support 3rd party repair shops?

No.

Does VW try to lockdown parts and forbid 3rd party repairs?

No.

Can it be remotely disabled? By me, by VW, by law enforcement?

Yes.

What happens when the battery needs replacing?

You...replace it?

What is the visibility like?

Fine.

If it horrible does it have obstable detection?

Yes. Like every other VW.

[-] Patch@feddit.uk 13 points 5 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.

[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

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

Things like the onboard computer software/hardware/data sharing model won't be defined yet.

Yes it is. It will use the same software and data sharing model as every other VW. They're not going to create entirely new ones just for this vehicle.

[-] Patch@feddit.uk 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

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

If you read the article (I know, controversial) you'll 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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[-] lath@lemmy.world 33 points 5 days ago

Do you even need to ask? It's in the name, ID every1!

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 24 points 5 days ago

Review what? It's a concept. This is basically an ad. lol

[-] SippyCup@feddit.nl 20 points 5 days ago

The car he's reviewing does not exist. He has some technical specs and a few renders to review.

[-] thann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 days ago

Not to mention that VW lied to its customers before with the emissions scam...

[-] squirrelwithnut@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Hurray another EV that isn't a sedan, with a stupid name, and is ugly too. Just what the market needs.

[-] Kit 6 points 3 days ago

Tbf hatchbacks take up the same amount of space but have better cargo capacity. Best of both worlds. I love that I can toss my ebike and lots of camping gear in my tiny Bolt and take it camping. Not possible in a sedan.

[-] yessikg 2 points 3 days ago

It's tiny though, that gives it a lot of slack

[-] drmoose@lemmy.world 21 points 4 days ago

Launches in 2027 lmao

By that time Chinese evs will be flying or smt

[-] rustydomino@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

If this comes to the US I will trade in my ID.4 for this. Small = sexy.

[-] muhyb@programming.dev 27 points 5 days ago

They should produce a Beetle EV.

[-] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 24 points 5 days ago

The Volkswagen Bug Zapper.

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[-] cloudless@feddit.uk 23 points 5 days ago

Sounds like a model name for American police cars.

[-] reddig33@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago

VW lost the plot on product names years ago.

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[-] shinratdr@lemmy.ca 11 points 4 days ago

Is it just me or is that the worst name for a car in the history of the automobile?

[-] potoo22@programming.dev 17 points 4 days ago

Mazda's Laputa translates to "the bitch" in Spanish.

There's also Ford's Probe...

But yeah ID.EVERY1 is a mediocre name.

[-] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 5 points 3 days ago

Audi's Etron translates to "turd" in French.

[-] Siegfried@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Also, marica, moco, pajero, borrego... there is like a competition

[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It's much worse than that. Perra means bitch but puta is closer to prostitute. Lol

[-] 0ops@lemm.ee 7 points 3 days ago

It's not great but 'bad car names' is a whole genre, one that vw in particular excels at. These are the guys that brought you the "Tiguan". Look it up, that's not some fancy Spanish word or something, they literally just jammed the words "tiger" and "iguana" together and thought that it'd be the perfect name for their new mom-car.

[-] rustydomino@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

To be fair Tiguan when phonetically translated into Chinese is 踢館， which means “going to someone else’s house and kicking the shit out of them” which is kind of fire.

[-] krigo666@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago

There are already affordable EVs in Europe, as an example the Dacia Spring which has the same 230km autonomy and even lower price (18-19.000€ retail final price to consumer in Portugal which has high taxes on new vehicles).

Not as snazzy looking though, that's what's really important! /s

[-] Venator@lemmy.nz 4 points 5 days ago

Not as snazzy looking though

I doubt the production version will look that snazzy, I bet it'll end up being much taller and look more like this: 1000004894

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[-] WhatSay@slrpnk.net 8 points 5 days ago

155 mile range, well that's a local commuter car, that's it. The masses need things besides a local commuter car.

[-] Kualdir@feddit.nl 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

There's also an ID.2all that's more geared towards the masses: https://www.volkswagen.nl/modellen/id-2all

Personally this car would cover any drive I do except going to my parents and back (where I'd have to charge... at home here and at my parents there... so still fine really)

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[-] hark@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

It'd be a decent deal now, but this launches in 2027, by which point this would be underwhelming.

[-] reddig33@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

There are currently no plans to ship this (or the slightly larger longer range model) in the US. 🙄

[-] Enkrod@feddit.org 9 points 5 days ago

Why would you ship a small car to a country in love with the biggest streetpanzers?

[-] independantiste@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago

Looks really good. Let's hope it's more reliable than their disastrous id4

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