VW ID.4 GTX: We drove 1,000 miles to answer ONE question... 

Look good cars - but grey? In Britain, it's practically invisible in our weather! ^oo^

There should be an R version. Oh and far more range.

More of a VW GT than gtx. GT from vw tended to be cosmetic, norhing new under the bonnet unlike the GTI. Will we see an ID4 GTI

@@stephendoherty8291 but it has got more under the bonnet,

Boring

Did we??? No we didn’t… or did we? Yes we did. THIS is how conspiracy theories start.

@@fullychargedshow coming to British roads: the new WV!

Doesn't seem they did, if I can read the Adidas logo on his jacket.

@@LeslieMatheson No, just the 2 seconds of b-roll. You can see the gear selector is on the left side of the wheel, then after they change the camera perspective it is on the right side. The rest is also wrong, the text on the screen and the pedals.

@@fullychargedshow Ah. But was there an after work party? 😆

Or the battery was coldgating

Yea I got the same "issue" with my id.3 its ok if I drive high speeds like 130km/h but with lowerspeeds the battery just cools to much because of the cold weather and it dosnt "yet" have preheating which might help. As soon as it get around 5 to 10 degrees the speeds goes upp. Sadly my last long trip was mostly around 0 and on max 110 roads.

Having owned a Model X and now a Model 3, and had an ID3 as a hire car, and having relatives that own Kia EVs, living in a country that has much colder average winter temps than the UK, I can confiorm that battery charging speed is comproimised in ALL EVs in cold condition, it's not just the VWs

That's unlikely, every charging station has a limited amount of total power it can deliver. The more cars, the less power one can take up

Does anyone elses mind go straight to the bedroom with these kind of analogies, or is it just my filthy mind???? 😉😂

Funny you should say this. My wife is 5ft and I’m 6ft 5” and she has the ID.3 and I’m waiting on delivery of my ID.4 😄

@@Smokie1969 we didn't, but now that you say it .... LOL

I was thinking the exact same thing 🤣

The front motor is only powered on demand. The GTX really doesn't need much more energy in regular driving conditions like city or country roads, compared to the normal id4.

More power available doesn't necessarily mean less range. For a given level of performance in identical environmental conditions, loss of range is primarily caused by increased weight or drag or reduced efficiency. The drag caused by the unused extra motor in the cruise should be minimal. The reason why the Tesla Model 3 LR does so well on range/energy usage is that it is good in all these areas. Its weight is 15% less than the ID4 GTX or the Kia EV6, its drag is 0.23 as opposed to 0.28 and the octovalve in the Tesla ensures that all surplus heat/cooling is used rather than wasted. Greater efficiency is king when it comes to EVs. Many of the legacy car manufacturers having started later are still well behind Tesla in this area. If you need the capabilities of a SUV all the time then maybe the extra running costs/reduced range are necessary. The overall storage volume in the ID4 is 30% greater than the Model 3 but the ID3 has only 5% more volume. On the few occasions where I need to carry bulky loads I make up for this deficit by towing a trailer.

Motor not really adding friction as much as weight since it is asynchronous and can be powered off.

​@@abraxastulammo9940well it has less range

Putting this on my tombstone

Too heavy.

@@stevenjones916 Heavier than a petrol GTI for sure, but a powerful ID3 would make quite a hot hatch!

In terms of cost per mile....more expensive than diesel! Never, ever again - I avoid them like the plague.

is that before VAT or after? The only place that doesnt pay VAT is in the canary islands... but thats just for the EU

Yeah, we need a 200 kW motor in the Born and get rid of the 99 mph top speed nonsense.

Yes, too bad they decided against offering the id3 or Cupra Born with dual motors. A bigger single motor would be fine too, but that would take away from the efficiency in city and country road driving. It's probably because most people will order the id3 with the 45 and 58 kwh battery anyway, that don't support a higher power or dual motors.

I am frustrated that electric motorsports talk only ever seems to be about 0-60 times and never about handling. I would like to know if the BMW i4 M50 actually has enough BMW-ey-ness to outperform the Tesla Model 3 Performance in things other than 0-60 time, but no-one really seems to be interested. You can make like Tesla and put stupid amounts of motor in a big car to make it fast, but that doesn't make the Model X 'sporty'. I wonder how the Cupra Born 170kW, 58kWh drives...

Most people are right handed. My big argument for the superiority of left hand drive is that it puts all the fiddly bits on the right, the dominant hand for the majority of drivers. I’m North American though, so I do have a left hand drive bias.

One big advantage that the ID4 has over the Enyaq is the the tacho screen, in the ID4 it moves with the steering wheel when you adjust the hight, so it's always easily visible, the Enyaq is more traditional, causing the same issue that I've had in most cars that I've driven; when I get the wheel in the most comfortable driving position, it obscures the tacho.

@@TheVOTN I have the HUD on the Enyaq so you don't need to look behind the steering wheel much :)

He’s probably too young to know 🙂

I thought he mentioned another video coming next.

Possibly a bit dangerous to film?!

It's 2224kg empty (75kg driver included) according to the specs I could find, so about the same as a Model S 90D (well ID.4 GTX a whopping 1kg heavier. The ID.4 has a higher max payload though.) The 2750kg is "gross vehicle weight", i.e. with max payload.

14:18 It is safer, it is independent of the language, they used simple but meaningful pictures, and they even gave both options for those who preferred text. And you know what the icons mean after one or two minutes, and they appeal to your intuition better than any text, and you access them faster because you do not need to read and decode words. But he still had to complain 😕 He said "I will give you a couple of examples" and this was the only one...

I think if they added labels to the icons it would be much more obvious to tap them.

If your on Facebook your likely to find a kona group that will have all the answers and plenty of tips .

Agree - probably the key thing is that it is AWD rather than RWD... which means more complexity and more weight than the standard ID4, therefore slightly lower range.

It consumes around 23 kwh/100km, so 350 kwh for the trip. Charging 10-80% (50kwh) takes 35 minutes. So ~70 minutes on the first day plus over night charging and 2-3 charging stops on the second day.

💯 spot on. Just another ICE marriage to try and catch Tesla 🤣😂🤣😂

💯 Absolutely spot on!

I was thinking that as well :)

Oh wow, really?! We used to have one parked in our reception area in design office.

Horrible what Google has done with the latest version and the chromecast, a shame that it’s the content creators that have to change when it should be Google.

The front motor only engages when needed (Eco & Comfort modes).

Yes, but you pay through the nose

Purely logistical, we had a lot more distance to cover on day 1. You're right though, France has some stunning roads!