Video Summary
Here's a summary of the video review:- It is a Volkswagen ID.4 AWD four-motion car with an 82-kilowatt hour battery.
- This particular ID.4 has a new more efficient AP550 motor.
- The car battery charges faster, to about 175 to 185 kilowatts.
- Visually, the exterior and interior look the same as other ID.4 models.
- The interior is sparse.
- It reports 99.6% charge, although it is hard to charge the car up to 100%.
- The reviewer will take the car for a road trip to Sweden to test the performance on longer drives.
- The car has slightly underreported distance, which will result in the odometer displaying slightly less than what’s actually been driven.
- Consumption is impressive so far at 223-watt-hour per kilometer.
- The car is tested on a nearly 1000-kilometer long trip to test the range and performance of the model.
- There were some errors encountered: Tire pressure and lack of AC.
- The tires were fine (False alarm).
- There seemed to be some failure of the AC unit, even when it reported as on, which may have affected results.
- Rapidgate occurred despite using only fans.
- Despite the AC problem, the Volkswagen ID.4 performed as expected.
- There were many left lane huggers on the route, so the test conditions were not optimal.
- New V3 Superchargers were noticed, which provide almost 185KW charging at 500amps.
- The battery performance was such that AC was not even necessary to get top performance, and the battery did not overheat.
- Despite the AC being out, two thumbs up were given. The engineering is such that with only fans running, the power can be maintained.
- There were 45 minutes of deductions from the drive time due to detour and charging.
