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Re:Volkswagen launches its first all-electric SUV, the ID.4 by oblio on Friday April 23, 2021 @06:14PM (#26919824)
Well, not typical for HN, a lazy question. But I'll bite. You could have looked at the video, it's only 2 minutes. ID.4 is a pretty boring/normal looking car.

Now, for the e-initiative, it's an e-initiative all right. A $86 billion over 5 years e-initiative (https://www.reuters.com/article/volkswagen-strategy-idUSKBN2...) :-)

ID.4 is based on an entirely new VW platform (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Group_MEB_platform) which is already used for 6 models and it will probably be used by 60+ in 2 years' time.

It's practically VW's future. They're betting the farm on it.

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Re:Volkswagen launches its first all-electric SUV, the ID.4 by simondotau on Friday April 23, 2021 @09:10PM (#26921235)
It’s boring/normal looking relative to other EVs but it’s still a bit of an e-concept compared to a typical ICE car.
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Re:Volkswagen launches its first all-electric SUV, the ID.4 by oblio on Saturday April 24, 2021 @03:59AM (#26923148)
Compare: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_ID.4 vs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_Q3

I think that if there is any real difference, it's really minute and not worth arguing about...

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