I’m beginning to have a feeling that I’ve hammered too much on this GREEN-electric cars tingy, but hey! its the future, what could rather be cool to talk about.
On this article, I’m going to try and see through the eyes of the creative team behind this model. Once there was the beetle, now there’s a golf, soon there’ll be the ID.
Alex Goy, an editor at Cnet who took this car on a spin expressed his being terrified of the literally priceless Volkswagen I.D concept because he was told that the tyres had 2.5 millimeters of special blue tread on them and that it basically peels off if it sees a steep corner, but I’m sure this statement or something of such came to heart ‘Replace the fear of the unknown with curiosity’.
He defiled his guts and gave the car a spin but trust me, the car gave him a run for his life.*laughs
During the test drive, he had to go fast because the throttle calibration was a bit jumpy & the car started to judder for no apparent reason. When that happened the only fix was more power.
The Volkswagen I.D concept is a statement of intent from VW. It promises that by 2020, the first electric ID production cars will be on the road.
When the I.D launched in 2016, VW was at pains to point out that small cars needed a bit of a push, and this was the car to take the next big step.
Power comes from an electric motor that produces 168hp, will hit 62mph under eight seconds and it’ll manage 99mph on the top end. So, it’s quick enough for most people and quiet impressive too. It’s fully autonomous with sensors subtly & stylishly dotted around the exterior.
The only control you have to put any effort into is the steering & pedals–the rest are sorted by a simple touch, even the gears are selected by pressing gently on the corresponding letter on the wheel, though you do have to watch so you don’t knock it into neutral while making a big turn. On this one, I think it’s too risky.
Run your finger along the door handles and they’ll pop from their flush position to meet your hand. The rear door slides back revealing the lack of B-pillar and more access space than most people will realistically ever need.
Being a concept, it was designed to sit on a show stand, maybe drive on and off a stage and that’s about it. Taking on a real road is a different ball game. It juddered, flexed and didn’t seem too happy about being driven, but it moved well enough to be a fantastic statement of intent for what’s to come in 2020.
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