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Re:Ford and VW Agree to Share Costs of Self-Driving and Elec... by clouddrover on Saturday July 13, 2019 @09:05PM (#20431063)
> They need to beat the Model S on performance

The Model S overheats when doing a lap at a racetrack. It's not a performance car:

https://insideevs.com/news/323053/tesla-model-s-fails-to-lap...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfZLGIs0H14

> Ok the ID3 is a reasonable name, But we still don't know what this supposed flagship is going to look like

Of course we do. Have a look:

https://insideevs.com/news/359253/production-parts-vw-id3-st...

https://insideevs.com/news/359217/vw-id3-light-camo-rechargi...

https://insideevs.com/news/359140/video-vw-tease-id3-dashboa...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RENix0of9Dw

Re:Ford and VW Agree to Share Costs of Self-Driving and Elec... by codeulike on Sunday July 14, 2019 @04:08AM (#20432333)
It's true, the model s is no good on the track. model 3 is better, so let's hope they can beat the 3.

Re: the id3: there's no way it's going to look like the concept car images they have released. Unless I've missed something they are going to reveal the production version in September.

Re:Ford and VW Agree to Share Costs of Self-Driving and Elec... by clouddrover on Sunday July 14, 2019 @04:21AM (#20432366)
> model 3 is better, so let's hope they can beat the 3

There's no need to hope. The Porsche Taycan has already done sub 8 minutes at the Nurburgring according to Mark Webber:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohHEdaRhF1k

What's the Model 3's best Nurburgring time?

> Re: the id3: there's no way it's going to look like the concept car images they have released.

Okay, you're clearly not looking at the links. Here's yet another test drive:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8cHHNPRg-c

Re:Ford and VW Agree to Share Costs of Self-Driving and Elec... by codeulike on Sunday July 14, 2019 @06:20AM (#20432699)
I hadn't heard about that Nurburgring lap. That's encouraging. I look forward to hearing the specs when they eventually release them.

I am looking at the links. One of them is about a camouflaged ID3 being spotted a few days ago. Why is it camouflaged? Because the production version has not been revealed yet. Everything shown so far has been prototypes. Admittedly the prototypes have been getting a bit more realistic in styling. I like the look of it. I'm just saying, no specs yet and production version is yet to be unveiled. I hope they can come up with something better than BMW just did. And better than the e-tron they launched earlier this year.

Re:Ford and VW Agree to Share Costs of Self-Driving and Elec... by clouddrover on Sunday July 14, 2019 @06:24AM (#20432710)
> no specs yet

Look at the links.