Yeah it definitely doesn't hurt to have more variety from within Europe since we don't know how much the tariff situation is gonna escalate. Plus VW is doomed if they don't act now. They might still become irrelevant but at least they will have returned to their roots as a car manufacturer for the common people.

[–] thijsje@social.vivaldi.net 2 points 4 months ago

@Venus_Ziegenfalle @SrMono

Maybe, maybe not. First of it will actually have to hit the road as a production model. Secondly I do think they certainly have shot at being succesfull. Tesla is tanking with each Musk handgesture. And rightly so. But with tariffs being inevitable by now they need to drill in #EU And we need an afordable car that gets rid of the dinosaur fuel. We got far with cutting energy ties with Moscom but now American oil and LNG start to look iffy as well.

[–] Melchior@feddit.org 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You can buy an VW ID.3 in China for 16000€. The problem is that in the EU it costs nearly double that. Not saying VW is doing amazingly well, but especially with EVs they really are milking the EU market.

[–] SrMono@feddit.org 1 points 4 months ago

Yea, not worth the money. The early ID.3 (50.000€) were criticized for the materials and build quality. VW tries to be a premum brand, but does simply not deliver more quality than Honda/Toyota/... or nowadays even BYD.

[–] MyFairJulia@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

I‘m holding out for the Renault Twingo electrique.

[–] SuperZorro@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's not available until 2027 🤦

[–] SrMono@feddit.org 2 points 4 months ago

They come up with the 25.000€ car next year. Launching a car for 20.000€ in the same time would be a furhter strategic disaster (from a managements point of view).

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Definitely too late. This is the car they should have come out with five years ago.