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Re:Tesla Model Y by clouddrover on Friday March 15, 2019 @01:13PM (#19401816)
> Since literally nobody outside of VAG has sat in one.

Here's a person sitting in one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvNw15W_EK8

Here's another person sitting in one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMEdiq2xTbQ

And yet another person sitting in one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2i8uS_q6kE

And another: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZFcjJ-PCbs

Is that literal enough?

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Re:Tesla Model Y by xedeon on Friday March 15, 2019 @10:48PM (#19406107)
Take a look at this:

https://www.wired.com/2009/12/audis-electric-e-tron-is-real-...

That article is from 2009, a full decade ago. It's a prime example why people are very weary when it comes to VAG announcing concept EVs. It's not a contender until I can actually purchase one.

Any car manufacturer can create a concept EV with relative ease. That's the easy part. Taking it to production (especially at scale) is the hardest part.

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Re:Tesla Model Y by clouddrover on Friday March 15, 2019 @11:05PM (#19406150)
That was then, this is now. The investments have been made and the direction has been set.

There's no point trying to concoct a narrative that this is all somehow vaporware. You can pre-order your VW ID Neo in 7 weeks:

https://electrek.co/2019/03/13/vw-id-electric-hatchback-pre-...

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Re:Tesla Model Y by collinmanderson on Saturday March 16, 2019 @12:43PM (#19408701)
Amazing. They had a police motorcade surrounding them.
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