2018 VW egolf Range Test London to Leeds

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6 жыл бұрын

Driving our new Volkswagen egolf on a 185 mile trip from London to Leeds. Filling up once at an Ecotricity motorway services charge point.

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@dellybel1979 6 жыл бұрын

That, in my view, was one of the most useful range test videos I’ve ever seen on an electric car. Most other similar tests I’ve seen are much less ‘real world’ and either ‘hyper-mile’ or the opposite. That was a great video.

@fourpaddles1577 6 жыл бұрын

dellybel1979 thanks very much 👍🏼

@charginguk7690 3 жыл бұрын

THATS ONE OF THE BEST AND HONEST REVIEWS I'VE SEEN. WELL DONE MATE.

@EastMontana1 5 жыл бұрын

The man makes you want to buy the car.

@erebostd 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, great car! Bought one of these some time ago, it’ll stick with me for quite some time, that’s for sure 😁👍

@marioneal 5 жыл бұрын

Great video. Im looking to buy one of these next year.

@Ben-oy1td 5 жыл бұрын

I’m taking delivery of my new egolf in two weeks. I’m super excited

@TW-fx2jx 5 жыл бұрын

well???

@chloe-louisegebbett254 6 жыл бұрын

I love the idea of 0 emission Motoring. Going to buy one. Thanks for a great real world test.

@fourpaddles1577 6 жыл бұрын

Chloe-Louise Gebbett Thanks, you’re welcome, my wife wasn’t sure about it before we got it now she loves it. Last week she charged it once and used it everyday.

@scouseandy07 5 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks for this review. Just about to order one. Been looking into it for ages and even the dealer didn’t know much about how they were on the motorway. The heater draining the battery is an issue but I only travel 20 miles to work and they have charging points there. I love the idea of never having to pay for fuel again. Well done on a great review.

@wa51mmm1 5 жыл бұрын

They say the electricity charges are 48 pence per KWh. That 40 pounds for 100 miles without any heater. Good luck 11.50 a day congestion charge from 2025 in London no matter if it is electric or not.

@fourpaddles1577 5 жыл бұрын

You will love it! ⚡️⚡️

@fourpaddles1577 5 жыл бұрын

wa83 who says electricity is 48p per kWh?? You are worried about 2025?

@patrickbarks997 5 жыл бұрын

I read that it only costs 4p per mile charging compared to up to 12p a mile with Petrol.

@knowledgebyte 5 жыл бұрын

I'm about to take delivery of one with the heat pump. I have a Mercedes 350E and have pretty much been towing the engine around for the last nine months. The 48KwH (step 2) battery should be available in 2019 with the circa 60KwH to follow in 2020 with the new ID range. I plan to use a contract and trade up accordingly.

@xchopp 6 жыл бұрын

Great, thanks!

@computerbob06 5 жыл бұрын

45 miles range left but jacket done up to the chin, so cold as F! Would love an E-Golf but just not enough range!

@fourpaddles1577 5 жыл бұрын

computerbob06 definitely not the car for you 😀👍🏼

@benschofield3516 5 жыл бұрын

This was a good video for me to watch as I’m currently considering what car to order for company car and I’m obviously looking at e-golf. Will be going from Milton Keynes to London so a daily 100 mile round trip. Shows if I charge at home and at work I should not get range anxiety and I’ll be able to have air con on both ways.

@fourpaddles1577 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Ben, you will love this car I can assure you. I have since shipped it to NZ and we use it daily for long journeys and it is perfect. The best thing you will find is that it's just a golf but way better. You will save a fortune if you have a 100 ml round trip commute, you'd be crazy to buy anything else.

@jasondavis545 6 жыл бұрын

Hi a great video, there where two EV’s I was looking at one was the E Golf and the other was the Hyundai Ioniq EV. I’ve gone for the Ioniq mainly because of the boot space for 3 dogs, and no room in the back of the golf once the front seats are in the positions for myself and my partner. Also no E golfs available until the last quarter of 2018 according to VW in Chester

@fourpaddles1577 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jason, would be a tight squeeze for 3 dog in the golf for sure. The Ioniq looks good, you'll love electric.

@stdawson 6 жыл бұрын

Did you spec the Heat Pump? I guess not based on the drop in mileage when you turned the heating on? Do you have the Winter pack?

@bruts82 3 жыл бұрын

I love getting into my Audi Quattro with the heated seats on, air con on,tunes on and going where ever I like no matter what the weather what the temperature.

@xchopp 3 жыл бұрын

Can you drive to Australia in it?

@bruts82 3 жыл бұрын

@@xchopp course I can u melon

@s9enny 2 жыл бұрын

@@xchopp donut

@claudebenford5975 6 жыл бұрын

Love ev and hybrid cars, we don't have enough charging stations were I live.For know I will stick with hybrids un till our charging stations are more available.

@DopeyDalek 6 жыл бұрын

Interesting that you wanted a car that could do the national speed limit otherwise it would be useless. At the same time buying a car for over £30k but won't be using the heater. The sales man for Nissan suggested turning the heater off in a 30kWh Leaf that I test drove a couple of years ago and I told him there's no way I was buying a car for nearly £30k and then sitting in the cold during winter! I ended up not buying that car because it couldn't do what I needed it to do in comfort.

@marklola12 5 жыл бұрын

exactly which personally is why if you can not get a decent electric only car with a massive battery then better off with something like a bmw i3 REX where you have a small petrol tank that when the batter runs out it takes over but it only charges the battery so you can keep using it

@amonro83 5 жыл бұрын

That's what I thought watching the vid, paying all that money but have to sit in freezing cold and stop every 100miles for nearly an hour, il only ever buy an electric when their as practical as petrol/diesel

@fourpaddles1577 5 жыл бұрын

I see what you are all saying but I have had this car for a year now and this journey was exceptional for what I usually do. I absolutely have no regrets buying this car, unless you have a +100 ml round trip journey for work you will love it. You can't go wrong with a golf.

@shahidmirza150 4 жыл бұрын

Model3 any day

@HelloMyFriend_ 3 жыл бұрын

@@shahidmirza150 now freaking way. You can get an e golf course slightly used for 15K. The Model 3 cost over 30K used.....

@francescolanza668 3 жыл бұрын

Hi do you think around town you could save more on electric range with the braking accumulating and saving on range???

@iainmcintyre9900 6 жыл бұрын

Nice video I’ve had my eGolf for 3 weeks and agree with your range thinkingGet my Zappi home charger next week so can try the CarNet app - which doesn’t work when the car is not charging?

@fourpaddles1577 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Iain, Zappi is the best and a great little company to go with it. Love the egolf for all those normal journeys, 2p per mile not to be sniffed at either. My car-net app works all the time other than when the ignition is on. I can heat the car and window off the battery remotely and see where it is but only when ignition is off.

@revolutions88 4 жыл бұрын

Kiwi ♥️

@Ario2601 Жыл бұрын

🚀🚀👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 thanks

@Testroutesuk 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for uploading the video. Im thinking to buy one for driving instruction. I do about 100 miles a day, Thats local 20/30mph and some 40/50mph roads. Is one full chrge enough?

@computerbob06 4 жыл бұрын

Why driving instruction? When most new drivers won't be able to afford an EV?

@leftcoaster67 6 жыл бұрын

The funny part is the highway is the worst for range. In city driving, starting and stopping you'll be regenerating your battery. The great part is this is probably the worst range right now. With more advances in batteries, charging, range will get better and better. And the grid will get more and more renewables.

@GrrMeister 6 жыл бұрын

What range if you followed a lorry at 56mph - less drag ?

@computerbob06 4 жыл бұрын

Can you pre-heat the E-Golf without being plugged in (as you can with the GTE)? I don't have off road parking so will quick or rapid charge it once, every so often!

@FlyingFernFilms 4 жыл бұрын

Yes you can, thing I find even better is being able to put the air con on in summer before you get in. Being black it gets hot in there.

@stevenkeulemans4238 6 жыл бұрын

Iam envious we haven’t got the e golf here in Australia “DAM”

@fourpaddles1577 6 жыл бұрын

Will be worth the wait we love this car

@SteSteB000 4 жыл бұрын

Did you drive with "B"?

@jakehammond7972 3 жыл бұрын

How extream has battery degradation been?

@dellybel1979 6 жыл бұрын

I think there are two heater options for this car, one is a more efficient heat pump while the other is a traditional resistance wire (like a hairdryer). Which one is in this car?

@fourpaddles1577 6 жыл бұрын

dellybel1979 from what I understood when ordering mine the heat pump option recovers heat off the electric motor and transfers it to around the battery. Warming the battery increases the range in cold weather. It’s not a different cabin heater. For the price of it it was really only useful in places like Norway.

@paultownsend2035 6 жыл бұрын

dellybell1979 a heat pump extracts energy from the outside air and uses it to heat the car interior and sometimes the battery too. You get 3-5 x as much heat out as is put in compared to a resistance heater. They should be standard on every EV to maximise winter range and are on Renault Zoe, Kia Soul EV, Hyundai Ioniq Electric and all but entry-level Nissan Leaf. They can work even in sub-zero temperatures. You could head over to the forums at SpeakEV for more model specific answers or do a quick google.

@refusoagaino6824 6 жыл бұрын

Good god, he's driving on the wrong side of the road. We have an 86 mile 'compliance' EV, our 2nd lease. Fantastic for Palm Springs, we charge two or three times per week but really just drive wherever, whenever using AC or whatever. My Solar PV system with battery storage and Level II charger in the garage, will all be online in another week or so, then we'll be driving half the time on sunlight. They don't invoice.

@adamsmith9039 5 жыл бұрын

Refuso Againo wrong side according to who?

@giraffe3718 2 ай бұрын

So the charger at those services was offline, but it still let you use it. Did it charge you for it in the end?

@fourpaddles1577 2 ай бұрын

Yep it did but that was 6 years ago so not sure what it is like now

@star_man 6 жыл бұрын

How much does it cost to fully charge it when you have to pay at a commercial charge station?

@fourpaddles1577 6 жыл бұрын

spankwalla charged last night on a 160 mile journey home at the motorway services: Energy charge 24.7 kWh @ £0.30 per kWh £7.41 in 35mins.

@wa51mmm1 5 жыл бұрын

Today the price checked at Shell is 48 pence per kilowatt hour. Means for 100 miles range you to spend 40 pounds.

@wa51mmm1 5 жыл бұрын

That s all without a single heater, so I guess you would need to be fat as pig to drive an electric car. Skinny people avoid if no heater

@jeales895 6 жыл бұрын

What was the average miles per kWh over the journey?

@fourpaddles1577 6 жыл бұрын

jeales895 Hi, 3.7m/kWh for that journey. Since we have had the car we have done 933 miles and averaged 3.5m/kWh

@jeales895 6 жыл бұрын

Four Paddles that’s pretty decent considering you were going 70 for most of the trip and it was cold.

@jeales895 6 жыл бұрын

Four Paddles that’s pretty decent considering you were going 70 for most of the trip and it was cold.

@Joshua-rq9dv 3 жыл бұрын

Do you still have the car?

@rogerlaxon2078 3 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed, in New Zealand still going well.

@griffinjar 6 жыл бұрын

Was there a charger in the car park!!!?

@colmranger 6 жыл бұрын

If the heater sucks power so much i can only imagine what air can would do?

@lozzamanuk 6 жыл бұрын

Colm Malone I have a Golf GTE. Heater sucks a load of battery power when it's cold. The air conditioning uses way less, even when it's 35c out.

@michaelherlihy2090 6 жыл бұрын

I have a 2018 eGolf and it pulls a lot less for air-con. For heating I just switch it on and off again once heat in the cabin so you don't lose so much. Preheat function is useful as long as you keep the doors and windows closed :P

@Paddym556 5 жыл бұрын

Have you tried charging a phone via the cigarette socket ? Also what effect does the radio have on the power usage

@xchopp 3 жыл бұрын

As others have said, AC draws probably 1/10th of the energy the resistive heater does. We never hesitate to put the AC on, it only reduces the range by 2 - 4 miles. For staying warm, the heated seats are awesome. 2016 e-Golf SE. We love it and would have gone for the newer model with DC charging and the heat pump -- but mostly because the range is 150% of ours -- but we found we hardly ever go on long trips (and when we do, we simply rent).