Is this Robert's favourite small and cheap(er) EV? New Volkswagen e-up 2020! | Fully Charged Show 

I chuckled everytime I heard Robert saying "exclamation mark!!"...Classic Bob.

Robert. To make the app connect, you have to convert the mileage into kilometres. It is a German car! Took me weeks to work that one out!

Despite this car being discontinued from last year it’s now a very appealing car! Very efficient and can carry four people with very small dimensions by modern stands! Electric Fiat 500s going for double the cost of these and yet these VWs actually have head room in the back!

Hey Robert, I work for the We Connect app support. There is a known issue with the 2020 e-up! The connectivity unit in the car is not activated (even the dealers are not aware of this), so the mileage has never actually been communicated to the Volkswagen Servers (thus not accepted whatever you enter). The customer has to call us and we forward a ticket to get the unit activated in about 2 days.

I finally managed to convince my parents to test drive a Skoda citigo-e, which is based on this vw e-up. They were skeptical at first but they loved it so much that they placed an order right after the test drive. Careful: supply is EXTREMELY limited, make sure to order one quickly if you don't wanna wait too much.

You should have referred to the BMW driver as a smeghead.

Having a GTE I can whole heartily say that the VW Connect app is the only thing in the world less reliable than a VW emissions report.

Great to see the old 'Fully Charged' opening again. This show has come so far over the years. Congratulations, Robert!

I got delivery of my e-up! about 3 weeks ago, already done 1600 km and i love it! It is brillant but the apps are not that good. To set the stat of charge you want the charge to stop is not easy.

The BMW is bad but what annoys me more these days are drivers of PHEVs leaving their cars plugged in all day when their tiny batteries take an hour or two to charge, I see that happening everywhere.

Who would park like that? Jeremy Clarkson?

Wooo for driving round Bristol! :D and that Charging point was at a David Lloyd club, so you can understand why the driver bmw decided to be a knob

Love the 1960's music! Like an old episode of tomorrows world!

Get the tow truck, haul that BMW off to the impound lot.

I just bought my daughter a ASG Up! they are a great little car. With regards to the BMW there is a classic picture in my village of a Range Rover blocking 2 charging bays.

May we say, my wife and I share your enthusiasm - we drove MB CLK for 20 years, then recently tried P100D, as well as MB GLE electric - and ended with a used Skoda Citigo, because for us it's such a brilliant car in almost every respect - your Up with Skoda brand - and LPG Autogas installed as an extra (just the second best Option, yes) - nice to have as well. Fuelcosts are about €3,80/100km and LPG is available everywhere. So many thanks for sharing this - and all the best for your and this channel!

The realy important fact is an acceleration comparison against a Ferrari or F1 car

Nice to catch little snippets of my old stomping grounds, Bristol :)

love the 50s background music. I kept waiting to see a Renault Dauphine or a 2CV. thanks for some minor time travel.

0:47 Rainy sodden weather outside. Contagiously upbeat music 🎵

I shed a tear because this won't be sold in Canada.

ordered the e-up a few months ago, when it arrives it will be my first car ever, iv vowed to never own combustion cars in my life :)

Enjoyable to watch and superbly well produced video - neat car - wish we could get it In Canada!!

Charging stations, should be monitored by a camera and if they are not being charged/connected they should recieve a fine for hogging the station.

For the app I found you have convert the mileage into kilometres and then it will add it. Found that out when doing my E-Golf.

I have a 2014 E-Up!, it’s an ace little car. It’s always described as a city car but I live out in the country miles from the nearest city. Usually I charge at home, but Instavolt have paired up with Booths in the NW and CCS works great when needed.

Good to see the production quality is heading back up (after the mini ep). Also enjoyed the honesty after being ice'd

I had the same problem with app connecting e-golf. Apperantly you have to call them (vw) to activate sim card in a car. When it's finally connected be prepared for frustration.

I have sold my old 2016 VW e-up, and have an order now on New Skoda citigo. I think this is a Perfect small car 4 innercity.

Love the intro music!

Love the car. Also loved the music on this clip. Well done Robert!

I currently have up! (a GTI, not an E) and think it’s a brilliantly thought out car. Very impressed by the improvements in range and price since 2014!

I found with my Golf GTE to use the econnect stuff, I had to change the cars settings to KM and then drive a bit till it changed and then had register it and enter it as KM and it worked

😊⚡ Waiting for my Citigo sibling here. Due July. By the way, when this face-lift came out, they stopped making the petrol variant. So you can only get it in electric now. The dealer here in my city is organising a test drive next week, for those who ordered the Citigo iv. Can't wait! 😊⚡😊⚡

love your videos. :) music was cool too :)

Lol love the lingo and @8:18: "more liquid fuel if you got a combustion vehicle" I'm using that! Thanks Robert.

Sounds like the right car for me but still can’t afford one yet. Regarding any tosses parking as the BMW had in this video.... there should be a place photos could be uploaded to where they can be sent a fine through the post.

Cant wait for this to come down to South Africa. We need more EVs like this Quality and affordable

Nice vid, a true car for the people! And shot in 4K! Blimey!

Great video Robert, I enjoy your humor and is the E-Up! available in the States? Thank you for sharing this video.

Phone app set to expect kilometers instead of miles?

Bobby, you're giving the BMW driver too much credit. They're not people, so the term 'who' is unnecessary. ;)

You’ll never change the ways of the BMW driver lol. Good review and enjoyed watching.

Great review!

Love the background music

Classic conversions have just converted a L/R Defender to an electric drive, looks amazing - would prefer to recycle an old L/R than buy new

Robert on top form and enjoying himself in a car that represents what FC is all about, is such a pleasure. The “tosser” comment was the icing on the cake, cracked me up!!

this is top notch entertainment!! Absolutely love Robert!!!

I always expect him to have a driver waiting when he enters on the right side of the car..lol.

Thanks for the review. I’m guessing it won’t be available in the US. A couple of questions if you have time to answer about the bracket that holds your personal phone. Does it wirelessly charge your phone while it’s in the bracket? If you would have been able to connect the app to the car, would you have been able to pull up a screen with performance data: speed, charge level, energy consumption, etc? Can the bracket be adjusted up/down, tilt back and forth? Seems like a perfect location to mount your phone and run a traffic camera app in the background...but is it high enough for the camera to clear the dashboard and tilted correctly to see a good forward view? (I’ve always thought manufacturers should offer either standard or as an option a traffic camera system that records to a 4-channel DVR somewhere in the car and it would be easily managed via an app. At the very least for now, they should install a couple of USB outlets up near the back side of the rear view mirror bracket.) Thanks!

Great review. Nice to hear that a small car can ‘deliver’ so much 👍🏻

That small boot still managed to fit hand luggage of three family members I once drove to the airport in my Mii :)

Not surprised by the inconsiderate owner of the BMW. Seems to be a thing with owners of big cars.

I'd heard they are renaming the car the Ey-Up! for Yorkshire drivers

A mate of mine had the petrol version, which is also a great little car to drive. I borrowed it a few times, and genuinely loved driving it. The UP! Is also a practical little car, in terms of interior space, as it has folding rear seats, so will swallow most every day stuff. If I could afford to run 2 cars, the UP! would definitely be my 2nd car, either petrol OR electric, I love em.

The app of Tesla works because Tesla is tech company more than a car company. Other auto manufacturers give that job to another software company who might've never made an app for a car. They just makes app. In Tesla the app and the hardware is in-house so better integration just like Apple. That's the difference.

"Who would do that? a tosser" 😂

CLASSIC BMW Owner

really cool that when you were complaining about the lack of app functionality, (i agree as I'm Canadian and pre-heat is my life in winter) we could hear the tick tick tick of the rain hitting the windshield :-)

Great review, exclamation mark

My guess is that it expects kilometres even though it says miles.

Should have parked behind the bmw and plugged in!

I test drove this last week and the first thing I thought was "Wow, this is actually quite comfortable!". Really thinking about getting one.

This car is in the No. 1 spot to replace our SmartFour2, when the lease is up. The only two complaints we have about the Smartcar are answered with the E-up, 1)cargo space and 2) range. Otherwise I have the same enthusiasm for the Smartcar as Robert has for the e-up. Thanks for the report!

That BMW driver is definitely a SMEG HEAD

7:33 If you do the unit conversion, which we all love to have, please do it right and convert it to kWh per 100km, as this is the unit the rest of Europe can relate to. We all love your videos Robert and we know you can do better ;)

Getting a strong Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee vibe, nice ;)

You could 'ave waved as you went past me house... in Stokes Croft.

The app doesn’t work because it expects the ‘mileage’ in kilometres! I discovered this over 5 years ago with my Audi Etron. They STILL haven’t fixed it. Incredible arrogance by VW group

When can we get it in Australia? It is great, thanks, Robert.

Nice, looks like the Spark EVs cousin. Brilliant little car! Great range, too. Keep up the great work guys!

I have colleagues for whom this would really help, in rural Gloucestershire (just like this episode!). Here, the infrastructure means a small car is nearly the only choice for commutes and shopping, even though similar distances would be covered by bicycles/e-bikes in places with the relevant infrastructure. So, it's sad we need cars like the e-up! but it is good that they are available 👍🏼

best part of this car you use your phone just pop in the latest phone good to go dose not have a outdated screen in a few years

Love the music, feel like I'm back in the 50s :)

Just love this show.

Great review, thank you. The background music used is just so 1950’s motoring programme - I kept expecting the BBC voice! Going on the figures you show in the video the car is just on £4000 cheaper in Germany at the current exchange rate (12/03/2020) £15,600 against £19,600. Big difference in percentage 😯🙄

Hyundai’s app for my Ioniq is brilliant.

The number plates are still european ❤️

Thanks for the nice music :) good click

Another very good presentation by Rob

I believe you said "really" 5000 times... but hey, who's counting?... 😂

Why hide a tossers number plate? Shame the sod! Great review but that app! I’d be so unappy about that!

Perfect VW phone app rant Bobby. They need to be called out for their lack of thoroughness and reliability. This is what is plaguing VW at the moment with the I.D 3 software. They really need to amp up their game.

Hope you enjoyed your drive around Bristol? I might of passed you in my Kangoo ZE.

I have an Up! GTI and my wife has an Up! as well. Lovely little cars.

Great video exclamation mark

It is a brilliant car. Feels like a go cart and you get such a nice visibility. I have driven the ICE version and was really surprised how good it is. Once you try it, you understand why everyone is raving about it.

I actually tried to buy one three years ago. The local VW dealer was extremely uncooperative, kept me waiting for ages, then said I would have to put in an order sight unseen which might come in a few months. No way would I deal with a firm that bad.

Skoda makes a version now, CityGo e, or something. I wonder what the difference is. Weird. I guess you would want a bit more security than with just bluetooth, but typing the mileage in? Bruh, why? If you are connected to the car with bluetooth, and you also know the VIN number, that should be enough.

So, that's the latest E-up !? Will it be superseded by another F-up !? Or will they skip that and go straight to the G-up! sports model?

The issue with We Connect is that you have to contact Customer Services to get the account unlocked. The account is locked after a period of around 4 months of inactivity due to data protection. Its easy enough to establish a connection once they unlock the account. I did it on a 16 plate GTE. Been using it over winter to pre-warm the car. Its absolutely fantastic...and one reason I'll probably buy a VW EV again!

Great and lovely video! Thanks! QUESTION : Is the car tested from 2014 or a 2020 model? if 2014, what's about battery capacity after 6 years? Staid the same or need to be replaced? Thank you!

It is interesting to have someone with no interest in cars reviewing cars. Certainly a different perspective.

This review prompted me to look at VW's configurator. There's Up!, first car listed. Pick it. No electric option... so that's a bunch of impulse buys lost right there. Lessee... right, it's not under the first heading, New cars. So the second one is Electric cars - perhaps I have to show my treehugger credentials to get in? Not there, at least not just thumbnail pictures like the dinojuice cars. Scroll, scroll. Ah here's a link to the e-Up! And a page with just a picture and a link... And finally the configurator. With virtually no options. And no easy way to compare the sunlight & dinojuice models. Doh! #cluelessmorons

I am so jealous of all the electric car options that exist outside of the US. Hopefully, the US will eventually open up and allow more cars to be sold here. Thanks for the review and information.

Great music! Felt like a happy movie.

SOLD for 2020 in the Netherlands. They make too few of them on purpose!

eUp! Made in Yorkshire ;)

Back to the hand drawn intro: like it!

I drive the petrol up! and can't recommend it enough for its size. Would absolutely love an electric version particularly with that massive range on it!