Volkswagen e-up! in-depth review - Carbuyer

"The electric Volkswagen e-up!’s high price will put a lot of people off, but the Volkswagen feels quick and it comes loaded with equipment."

[gambiting]

I am sorry, but this is a horrible review. I understand it's funny to be saying that AC and heating are using so much power that you have to drive in a misty car with your mitts on, but come on - it's a review. I would like to know how badly it affects the range. If you had AC+heating on, like in a normal car, how much battery will you lose vs. having those things off? I would love to find out things like this from a review, but sadly, that's not the case. It looks like the reviewer had the car for literally 30 minutes so she was unable to find out those things.

[azerkdd]

Whoever criticizing electric cars for short range is brainwashed. You need to criticize why we depend on fossil fuels for urban cars. Refueling is in fact harder than recharging. Also using fossil fuel directly to propel the car requires more fuel than producing electricity then recharging the car.

[turniquet]

It is just plain nuts when they try to sell a car that supposedly does not contaminate but has batteries that are extremely hard to recicle and will eventually contaminate even more than the regular cars.

[toyotaprius]

2.6 miles/kWh... How was THAT possible? You may say that's the range you've got and it shows, but to do that would require blasting the heat at 30C and hammer on the brakes and accelerator constantly. A little thing like that cannot be that bad on consumption, not when driving safely in the real world.

[MsPokey]

Here's what I want for my FIRST Electric Car: BASIC Car ( K. I. S.S.) ~ Charge on 110vac~ No Computers ~ Digital Read outs ~ 100<200 Mile range ~ $10, 000 <$15, 000 price. I don't care about soft arm rests or back seat room! This EV stuff is all new to most of us & for most it will be a second car. Keep it simple

[dxg]

What's going on with the window seal on the b-pillar on the interior shots?  Look over the presenter's shoulder...

[delboy]

The interior looks like the inside of an egg box.

[AntonioLorenceJoseph]

Okay, Con: you didnt mention road noise, wind noise etc. BUT very good review, you were very relaxed and natural..5 out of 6! :)

[stefan]

Very nice car for city traffic and short stretches on the highway. The only downside are the front seats. Standard camping chairs offer more comfort than these "boards with raised edges". But it drives really good, even in eco-mode.

[Zlin]

Everyone calm down over battery life, it will last easy over 100, 000miles. We have a leaf, so we should know.

[theyruinedyoutubeagain]

Pretty pointless car if you ask me. "I want a small and cheap city car, but make it super expensive and impractical." I'm all for small electric city cars, but even if their time isn't here yet (due to current state of battery technology), I still think the (not-yet-released?) electric Smart Fortwo might be a way better proposition for a commuter's car.

[ShafiqAdli]

Keep up the brilliant work on reviewing cars, mum.

[peterlewis]

Its BIG on price as well, costing nearly £23, 000, which is totally ridiculous.
Lots of lovely extras, to justify the premium price tag, unfortunately using heated seats and A/C will simply cripple the already poor range on a full charge.
Vw should have ditched all the toys, and made the car more affordable.

[benfarmer-webb]

I prefer the ZOE to the e-up!. But it's just my opinion.

[StarcraftUnion]

Can we bring back Rebecca to the show?

[andBeyonD]

68% of it's volume in 3 years? Are those numbers correct?

[RoobehTunes]

to stop the car rolling away I use an E Up chuck.

[Eran_Haim]

Let me understand the vw up have cooling and hited sits but my Audi A6 haven't (I live in Israel and it can't be in the extras ) wtf

[sindrefsproduction]

Yess! Finally you are starting to review ordinary affordable EVs :D

[Vinaysananda]

Such a small car is not really meant for long distances outside the place in which an owner of this car lives. So I wouldn't make much of an issue of its range. So on the whole it seems like an improvement in this segment.