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Given this was Michelle00's only post on this website (16 days ago), until we hear back from her, I suspect she no longer owns the car & VW probably took it back. At this point, I suspect this was an isolated incident or else others would have commented as well. The e-Golf is still a pretty...

Thank you for the thorough explanation. That's really nice to know. I think you did ok with the wear and tear plan. My 3 year lease of a LEAF will end soon and now I am curious what they will charge me when I turn it in.

I was at a VW dealership last night, the sales person told me, soon VW will no longer offer the LE, only SEL.

I was at a VW dealership last night, the sales person told me, soon VW will no longer offer the LE, only SEL.

Did you go to Sunnyvale to do this? BTW, how many miles per year? (I assume 3 year lease) Can you explain roughly what you get for wear and tear, and how much did it cost you?

Michelle: Thank you for your post. I too hope you will come back soon and give us an update. I am glad you put your post under this thread (Buying/Leasing), because I was about to lease an e-Golf in the next couple weeks. Now I am going to wait until we hear back from you what VW is doing...

LE or SEL?

As miimura pointed out above, if you are putting on 100 miles per weekday means you will do at least 25,000 miles per years, maybe even approaching 30,000 miles per year if you add a few miles on weekends. This means the typical 10,000-12,000 miles per year lease will probably not work for you...

Keep in mind not all 220v chargers charge at the same speed. Look for what its rated for. The onboard charger in the car is 7.2 kW, the battery is 24 kWh, so it takes 24/7.2, or 3.33 hours to charge provided the 220v charger you bought is good for 7.2 kW or better. For example, AV now has two...

I agree with oregongolfer, you really should install a 220v charger. The reason is it takes a lot longer to charge at 110v than 220v. To go from empty to full, 220v takes 3.5 hours, 110v takes approximately 17 hours http://insideevs.com/volkswagen-releases-details-2015-e-golf/ It's true...

OMG terrible commercial ! Let's show that the e-Golf is a really fun car to drive and of its solid fit and finish.

Battery has been improving at the rate of 7% per year and will likely continue to do so in the next ten years. Given that we are already at 100-mile range today, +7% per year is not too bad at all going forward. In five years: 100 x 1.07**5 = 140 miles In ten years: 200 miles. The next...

No doubt the legacy auto industry is going to have a hard time adjusting during this long transition period. The state of the EV industry today somewhat reminds me of the Internet back in 1990-92, by 1993-94 most can see it's going to take off big time (when Mosaic first came out). That day is...

I have to look into what I am paying for electricity. Getting back to the lease vs. buy-used discussion above. So, given your numbers, we are looking at leasing $300/mo x 24 months = $7,200 vs. buy-used $13,000 If you leased, at the end of two years you don' have a car. If you buy-used, at...

That's an important point GadgetGav just made, for example in California our lease must be 30 months to qualify for the $2500 state rebate. If your state will give you $3,000 for a two year lease then that's a ridiculous low price you are getting at zero down $299 per month. $299 x 24 -...