Episode 101 - 2020 Volkswagen e-Golf All-Electric Review 

You've passed the 100th episode so here's to your next milestone. The E gulf was a great car for when it came out and their sales numbers showcase how beloved it was. I hope whatever comes after it will be just a beloved. Good job VW.

My 2 fav EV youtubers getting first drives. I got this brand spanking new and Bjorn got the very first Chinese EV In Norway. Great job!!!!

Great review Ken. I liked your detailed description. Cool music also.

nice presentation, smooth and detailed ...

Great car - I drove a GOLF GTE for three years or more and it remains my favourite VW. I think VW have designed the ID3 to do everything the Golf does but in a ground-up EV. Great review! Thanks Kenneth.

Great review Ken. Nice vehicle and would love the car. And a sensible pedestrian sound.👍

Weyhey, your voice is back to normal! ;)

Agree the yellow is a cool color.

Flying from Edinburgh (Scotland) to Spain about 6 years ago, captain came over the tannoy....”need to turn the plane off and on again before we try taking-off” everything went very quiet, the jets powered down, everything then fired back up, (we were parked just off the runway)....needless to say...take-off then went smoothly, the rest of the journey was fine....but I did panic quite a bit. It’s truly amazing what a reset can achieve!

I've loved your balanced, informative reviews, probably for years now -- and your opening music, too! Can you identify the artist for me? It really captures how I feel driving along in my 2019 Leaf!

Thanks for another great review on a relatively unknown and somewhat underappreciated car, Ken. That's quite an honour being the first driver of a new press car. I expect some of the issues you had may have been due to software not being updated. Not sure if the lane tracking and park assist will improve for that vehicle in time, as Tesla Autopilot takes time for the vehicle to calibrate before it can be used. Any chance some vehicles could be "stockpiled" for Canada, as VW apparently did that for some wagons that were being discontinued recently? I think many people appreciate the eGolf because it looks like a regular car, and it's based on a refined and proven chassis, they blend in on the road (other than the yellow ones like your tester!)🍋

Super show number 101 and very nice VW ev car 🚗 👌 😀 👍 😎

Thanks for including feet and miles for us south of your border!

Sounds like a great 2nd car for a family. Looking forward to VW 1st car models.

I agree! All cars should have front and rear proximity sensors! Thanks for a nice video. :)

Surprized that you did not mention the partnership with Electrify Canada and the free charging that they provide for the 2020 E-golf

Regarding the Lane Assist, if you enable the "Adaptive Lane Assist" option it will stop the ping pong between the lines. That said it will still only go a short distance until it requires user action.

The eGolf is such a great car 🥰 (PS: the lane assist has 2 settings, you obviously used the lower setting 😉)

Some corrections: Max Level 3 charge rate is 40 kW, not 50 kW. The front camera is for lane keep assist only (the radar beneath the license plate is for adaptive cruise control). I haven't had any glitchy infotainment, but I have the 8" version rather than the top spec 9.2" version.

Just got this as my first car yesterday!

Thanks for the great video. The Golf (Mk7) might be the best Golf ever (even better than the Mk8 which is not available as an eGolf). The next "Golf" is the ID.3 which (as I know) will be available only in Europe soon. We almost bought one of those cars (for my wife) as a family car, when I bought my first BEV. But my wife decided to get one with a combustion engine (#rangeanxiety). Now (after driving a BEV for a while (MY BEV!!! (not hers!!!)) her decision would be different (as I told her before). ;-)

Great review I'd be nervous owning this in Manitoba with our bitter cold. I'm sure it could do the daily commute but if you had to deviate 50 km or so I'd be concerned.

Nice show! I wonder how was your fast charging CCS experience in your new reviewed VW Egolf? Thanks.

Thanks for the review. Can you give an estimation of the battery degradation.

I own a 2016 egolf & the main thing I'd change would be the battery size to at least 100 miles. 2016 golfs had about 83 miles of range (24.2kW/h battery). But overall, this is the perfect city car for running errands, going to work, picking up kids, etc. Great German quality (my first car was a 1974 VW Beetle), and I plan to own many more no BS German engineered cars.

Any possibility of the ID 3 coming to N. America in the future?

Ken - a nice review, and yellow looks good on that car. It’s a pretty good package - too bad they won’t keep it going for US and Canada, which won’t get ID3. In the freeway segment - as opposed to “ping ponging” - it appears as if the car would move to the right (in the lane) when another car approached from the rear in the next lane to the left - an interesting twist to safety? Otherwise it drove straight when hugging the “centerline”? That pedestrian noisemaker cracked me up! At what speed does it turn off?

Am really happy with my e golf

As used cars in the $25k CAD range these are among the best EV deals available at the moment. For $15k and under I'd pick the Spark EV. What would you rate as the best EV deal in the $30-35k bracket Kenneth?

I am considering buying one used. 2019 SE. What things should I look for in a used electric car?

How the hell did you get the figure of 651 liters for the trunk with the seats up?! It's around half of that!

We have the 2016 e-Golf SE (the stripped-down version, in Pacific Blue). We love ours, even with the small 24 kWh battery (charged mostly on 110v overnight). As you said, excellent build quality, a wonderful car to drive, and surprisingly comfortable for a small car. I often comment on other EV reviewers because they forget to mention handling. I test-drove a 2018 Chevy Bolt Premier and boy was I happy to get back into my e-Golf! Which other EVs come close to e-Golf's handling? You might be one of the few to know (and appreciate this!). I am guessing Tesla Model 3. The BT works just fine, for multiple phones. It used to have a weird echo on the radio audio sometimes but that's gone away. It has a CD player in the globe compartment! (for younger viewers: a "CD", or "Compact Disc" was an optical data storage device in which the data were physically imprinted on a small disc and read by reading the reflections of laser light. You could "burn" music tracks onto 'em from an MP3 or other audio file. Neat, eh?).

I own a 2017 e-Golf. I agree it drives well and is built well, but I wish it had the 50 Ah cells and liquid pack cooling for long trips (I have on several occasions seen rapidgate), but it was significantly cheaper than other BEVs when I got it and I knew this before buying. No issues with phone pairing. I get around 10 kWh/100 km for local driving. Thanks for review. Will Canada get the ID.3?

Tldr: great buy new and used. I’d be surprised if U guys won’t get the ID.3 in Canada. They only won’t bring it 2 US for sure

hm are you originaly from Hungary?!very smooth presentation

the inside around the dash board looks really good. i love the nice buttons for climate controls etc. and the touch display is really well integrated and does not look like a cheap chinese tablet from toys 'r us that has been hot glued to the dash board. the "modern" EVs are just cheap and horrible regarding the user interface. this one is still nice. in 10 years you could upgrade with modern batteries, then you have 60kWh the new ID3 is cheap - not only regarding the price but also the interieur. i hope that in the facelift version in 3 years they come closer to that high quality, higher class feeling, like the e-golf has instead of that 70s plasticy star wars shit.

Still making them until towards the end of the year and still available in Europe.

The e-Golf started with a smaller battery pack and upgraded it in 2017. Why does every reviewer compare this to the Tesla? In the world of ICE do you compare every compact to a super charged Porsche? A fair comparison would be something like Hyundai IONIQ, Nissan Leaf and BMW i3. Wish you would have shown more video of the actual car vs the VW handout. This car is software driven even for the radio. I know this because one day the radio just keep turning itself on. No matter what I did it would not stay off. Just before going to the dealer I pulled the radio fuse, BTW fuses are not labeled, and upon reinserting the fuse the radio worked normally. In essence pulling the fuse allowed the radio software to reboot. I disagree with your thoughts on the battery capacity, for what this car is intended for a commuter urban vehicle the battery capacity is plenty. I avg 124 to 160 miles on full charge, and have no range anxiety as there are plenty of charging stations in my area. The passive battery cooling system, basically the car is the heat sink, has not been an issue as VW designed it to work this way. I have driven this in the heat of southern California to the freezing temps of North Carolina and while either extreme with diminish range there have been zero battery issues. I noticed your Canadian version is a one noisy car at low speeds. My 2017 US ver generates some noise, as required by law, but not as loud. I do agree this is one smartly built vehicle which unfortunately VW did a poor job marketing to the Americas. Some have called it a compliance EV and perhaps that is true as VW focused more on EU sales. The 2017 model arrived to dealers in the US almost as the year was ending and stock was very limited. Still it is a wonderful, well equipped even in the SE version and worth the hunt if you are looking for a car that looks normal inside and out with all the high tech hidden under the skin.

I think that car had a exhaust leak at the end of the video you should tell them to check that before somebody else review this car . No seriously you did not asked them what is going to be the direct replacement for this car ? And when.

someone crashed into me in my 2019 egolf ... it got totaled from a rear end crash

Let’s be honest in today’s time whether we like it or not somewhere down the line there will be range comparison with tesla if it’s costly or cheaper... range anxiety..... here in India we have TATA NEXON EV WHICH IS FANTASTIC CAR , global nCAP is 5 starts and suv stance , and Indian ARAI certified range is 312 km and battery is 29.4 KWH.... but people are still shying away because of its range ... and price also very cheap 19k to 22k US$ central and state government subsidies depends on where it is bought somewhere from 2000 to 6000$, so range should be atleast 400 km + to start hitting big number sales .. I also booked Tata but later in cancelled because In real world it’s not 312 km it’s somewhere around 250 to 270 so I am waiting for at least 350+ Km real world range ... and there’s rumour that OTA update will be coming and then will see to buy now or later next year with new battery pack...

This car gives me the biggest headache! I really really really want one, even though it's not the most advanced model in terms of its EV credentials (like the ID3 for example). The biggest factor is price and from what we've seen with the German prices, the ID3 is still more expensive than the E-Golf (even though not by much). The standard battery (with a more-than-enough-330km-range) should bridge de gap though. Thing is, it seems that it's nowhere near the quality of the current E-Golf, even though its driving dynamics are supposedly excellent and its looks are a bit too "minivan" for my taste... The BIGGEST problem however is that it's still not confirmed for Canada yet... The upcoming ID4 will surely be excellent as well but it'll be a lot more expensive and I personally hate SUVs. Anyway, it feels like I would miss my opportunity to buy a new E-Golf if I wait too much. But then again, maybe I should since they say the ID4 will be the same price as the Tiguan? Add to that the 13k incentive in Québec and maybe it won't be too bad?

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23 cubic feet of boot space? It's not a Touareg...

The last hurrah? Rather, the last meh, I'd say.

No your blind as a bat ! Don’t attack German engineering brother