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Volkswagen's first electric ID GTI will be 'a real go kart' to drive (electrek.co)
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According to Grunitz, Volkswagen’s first electric GTI will be “a real go kart” to drive. He’s already driven a prototype, claiming, “It’s really amazing.”

You can see the concept pulls design features from VW’s classic GTI models. However, the company promises new tech will enable even more control and handling for that “go kart” like feel.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (9 children)

Starting at 27,000 dollars though. I wish more effort was put into dropping the price as low as possible. The industry knows that a cheap car would sell huge volumes, but with CAFE, small cars are not where the profit is.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (3 children)

27,000 would be among the cheapest new cars available. We've come a long way from when EVs cost more than ICE models.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yes, though my comment was more pointed to how the CAFE regulations incentivize auto manufacturers to create larger vehicles for the higher profits. If the US didn't start leaning towards trucks and SUVs back then and instead kept innovating what cars could be, the competition in the compact car space would have driven prices further down.

The fact that 27k is considered among the cheapest new cars is partially a result of automakers discontinuing their cars in favour of larger vehicles with juicier profits.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I dont like large vehicles either and the trend. But $27k is still not that high, inflation just makes it seem that way. A new RAV4 is cheaper than they were in the 90s despite being s bigger and more premium now.

https://www.theautopian.com/somehow-the-2024-toyota-rav4-is-4000-cheaper-than-the-1996-model-but-how-much-better-is-it/

27k today is the equivalent to $13500 in 1996. I'm guessing the new GTI will be a lot nicer than what you got back then, thats the price of a base Cavalier.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I can agree with that. Undoubtedly there's better value now than what there was thirty years ago. I think my gripe is moreso seeing other countries having 10k EVs available and there not being a simple way to get one in North America.

I'd just like to see us have more options. Without a single contender less than 15,000 dollars, we're sort of stuck buying bigger and pricier cars.

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