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I just got an advertisement from Sunnyvale VW. They claim they are having a "Last Chance Model Closeout" sale on the e-Golf SEL. $12,500 off or $159/mo lease for 36 months. $4450 due at signing + TTL after $7,500 credit. The inventory on their web site shows 32 e-Golf cars available, all SEL...

There is a new promotion from AAA Northern California. By linking your AAA membership to your EVgo account, you can get the EVgo Membership per minute pricing without paying the monthly fee. This is a good deal if you don't use EVgo chargers every month...

The CVRP program is changing to reduce per vehicle rebates so that the program funding will last through the year even with higher eligible vehicle sales volume. Full information is available here: https://cleanvehiclerebate.org/eng/faqs/what-should-i-know-about-december-3rd-program-changes...

March 2019 sales results were recently released, so here is a recap of the 2019 YTD sales figures. Jan: 164 Feb: 118 Mar: 581 That is a big jump for March. Obviously, the fact that VW is finally putting some good discounts on the hood is leading to increased deliveries. For reference, 2018's...

Due to the strange and delayed release of the 2017 e-Golf in USA, I'm curious how long the inventory was sitting while held back by VW America. If you have taken delivery of a 2017 model year e-Golf in USA, please post your purchase / lease date and the manufacture date on the plate inside the...

I went to the National Drive Electric Week event at DeAnza College in Cupertino, CA today. They had an area where you could test drive cars provided by DGDG, a local dealer group. Capitol Volkswagen is one of those DGDG dealers. They brought a new 2017 e-Golf SEL in Urano Gray. I did not...

Photobucket has changed their Terms of Service. They have disabled direct linking (3rd Party Hosting) to images on their servers. This is how I used to post pictures on this forum. I am not willing to pay them the ridiculous price they're asking in order to re-enable that feature, so I've...

There is now a 8 stall DCFC site online in Mountain View, California. The site uses the ChargePoint Express 200 DCFC units that can output 125 amps (50kW) to either its CHAdeMO connector or its CCS connector. This is the largest industry standard (ie. non-SuperCharger) fast charge site I know of...

If you are in California and have electric service from one of the 3 major utilities, PG&E, SCE, SDG&E, you can get a rebate just for having an EV. PG&E gives a $500 rebate one time per VIN, SCE gives $450 one time per VIN, and SDG&E gives $50/year per VIN. You must have residential electric...

The 2017 e-Golf has been shown at the LA Auto Show. Coverage at InsideEVs. Most of the facts about this car like the 35.8kWh battery and the 124 mile EPA range were well known before this showing. The interesting thing to me is that this story says it is coming to the US in "early 2017". Of...

Our 2015 e-Golf LE came with Continental ProContact TX tires. My wife recently bumped a curb at about 10 mph and it made a inch-long gash in the side wall. Coincidentally, another family at my daughter's school had the same thing happen to their e-Golf the week before when they bumped a curb...

The topic of battery degradation was raised by some e-Golf owners in the California desert and Arizona. I don't believe that the e-Golf has any indication of degradation like the Nissan Leaf does, so here is a way for you to track your own usable capacity over time. The data above is from...

I thought I would post this as a question, but now it seems a little lame answering my own question... oh well. How can I see my e-Golf's actual battery percentage? This was mentioned here on the forum a while back, but I thought it would be easier to find in its own thread. You can find the...

Automobile Magazine ran a story recently that claimed the 2017 e-Golf would receive a 30% improvement in battery capacity in the same package by using 37Ah cells, up from 28Ah per cell. This would lead to a pack that has a gross capacity of 31-32kWh. That should be about 28.5kWh usable...

I thought it might be useful to have a thread that shows the different kinds of DC Fast Charger that can be used with the e-Golf and provide some notes about them. I am in California, so I will naturally contribute what is familiar around here. I will try to maintain this first post with...

This week I purposely ran down our e-Golf's battery to test fast charging. Yesterday was a bust on the Sunnyvale BTC fast charger because it could not communicate with the e-Golf. I was hoping to use that one because it is supposed to have a higher maximum DC current and its screen shows Volts...

I finally got around to trying the Remote Climate function to cool my car before leaving the office this evening. It didn't work. It gave an error message that I didn't save. I also could not get it update the Interior and Outside temperatures that appear on that screen in the iPhone App...

I just saw an advertisement on Sunnyvale VW's web site. VW e-Golf SEL Premium $217/mo +tax for 36 months $2,327 down after $7,500 rebate plus tax and license. 10,000 miles per year, $0.20/mile over 30,000 at lease end. Their inventory currently shows 10 LE and 37 SEL in stock. The $159/mo...

The e-Golf Limited Edition is now widely available in the SF Bay Area. I was just at Sunnyvale and they offered $159 per month with $2395 drive off. They would not give detailed numbers without credit check, etc. What do you guys think? Anybody else seen this? [Edit] I worked the numbers...