Recent content by rihallix

Bought a vehicle - in the end elected for a regular gasoline car leased for 2 years, so ready for imminent changes when new EV's emerge. Decision basis: e-Golf 2017 would have borderline have made the 98 mile roundtrip but (a) was not out yet (b) no clear deadline for when it would be released...

My VW dealer says the new e-Golf that has the range won't be released until at least September, it may even skip from the 2017 right to the 2018 model year. Talked to a Mercedes dealer (who I trust / have bought from before) and he thinks with the range extender the Merc B250e should do 120...

@JoulesThief Thanks for the tip off on the MBZ 250 - I didn't even know that car existed! Plus I'm a Mercedes fan. Initially I'm reading the car only has an 87 mile range. Then I found this article: http://insideevs.com/mercedes-b-class-ed-set-bump-range-300-miles-report/ So now I'm...

Folks, I want to thank you for the sage advice - even though at times things were in contention with disagreement - witnessing this online disagreement has really helped inform my understanding - knowing that it's not necessarily a clear cut case, at least not in the minds of experienced e-Golf...

I'll be honest - the commute would look like this: - 34 miles on 101 in Marin County, typical speeds 65-70mph - 13 miles on 19th avenue at speeds of 0 - 40mph - 51 miles on 280 at speeds of 70-75mph Would a MY 2017 e-Golf comfortably make this commute. Note that 8 miles from the end of my...

This sounds too close for comfort. Seems like only the Bolt or i3 Rex have the range needed.

THANK YOU - this is a great response Found out the chargers at the office are private (inaccessible) so I have to have 98 miles range guaranteed or I'm stranded. This eliminates the 2016 e-Golf. The 2017 sounds risky. Note that my commute is 98 miles with long portions at freeway speeds. What...

I am anticipating a 98 mile roundtrip commute from San Rafael to Redwood City - the 2016 e-Golf doesn't have the range (unless I can charge it up at the office which isn't a certainty), but it sounds like the 2017 may. (1) Does anyone have any update when the 2017 e-Golf may be available? (2)...