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I bought my e-golf as it never occurred to me to lease. I had a tax writeoff 2014 windfall but didn't realize you can get the 7500 netted against the lease price. However, apparently 7500 miles is the lowest lease, but I only drive 2500 miles/year so I'd be turning in a 7500 mile car, not a...

http://insideevs.com/september-2015-plug-electric-vehicle-sales-report-card/ The bmw i3 was 1710, up from 729. And now VW management has to spend all it's time on the emissions scandal instead of focusing on getting it to the other 38 states and getting the Level 3 charging network going. Ron

I bought my SEL when they first came out in Nov 2014 for 35K, 1500 off MSRP. I just saw 2 new SEL's from the dealer listed on cars.com for 32,000, below even the price of LEs from the same dealer. Have they come down that much? If so, I should have waited. I knew I was taking a chance, both...

313 sold in the US. Anemic for such a great car. i3 sold 900, although in all states http://insideevs.com/july-2015-plug-electric-vehicle-sales-report-card/ Ron

VW in March promised a status report in July on it's 5% investment in Quantum Scape's solid state battery which promises higher density, lower weight and lower cost. If it proves feasible, unlike GM's and others experience in the past, it would be a game changer for VW which has a good strategy...

http://insideevs.com/june-2015-plug-electric-vehicle-sales-report-card/ Down from 410 in May and half the number of i3s (although egolf is only sold in 10 states). 1510 cars for 6 months through June is pathetic. This is a wonderful car and deserves better Ron

I've tried every setting in car net to have the car automatically stop charging at 80%. I have to remember to check the % on car net and stop the charging from car net, or else go down and disconnect the cable. Naturally, I forget to check and the car is always charged to 100% I have an early...

There doesn't seem to be an on off for the radio. It always starts playing when I turn on the car and the only way to turn it off is to turn the volume down to where you can't hear it. There's no "click" for turning it permanently off Ron

A very helpful earlier post tip said to check the charge state of the 12V battery by holding the trip button with the ignition off until 12V battery showed (the 2d choice) When I do this, it always shows 80%. I don't know if this is a limit set to avoid overcharging. I also don't know how the...

The more I think about the car and the more I drive it, the more I like it. I now think of it as luxury compact at a give away price. The notion came up in a Tesla forum that said the Tesla Model 3 supposedly in 2017 for 35K was targeting the BMW 3 series which is called a luxury compact by...

http://bmwiforum.bmwusa.com/ We'd be a great source for constant free feedback from real life drivers. Better than surveys Ron

http://phys.org/news/2015-03-author-anl-efforts-super-battery.html Argonne, through JCESR, now coordinates some of the battery work conducted at four other DOE national labs, five universities and four private companies to speed advancement toward a goal of fives: batteries that are five times...

The manual on page 333 discusses emergency unlocking with the key (I presume because the 12V battery is dead.) But it shows a slot below the driver door lock sensor, but I can't see it on my car. How do you get in the car to unlock the hood to be able to charge the 12V battery? Ron

After 3 months of using the key to lock/unlock the car. I found you can lock it by touching the outside of the door handle and unlock it by touching the inside of the door handle, which happens in the process of opening the door This confirms my earlier post that the car has so much function...

http://seekingalpha.com/article/3001906-how-volkswagen-thinks-it-will-undercut-tesla-on-battery-cost (requires free sign in) How Volkswagen Thinks It Will Undercut Tesla On Battery Cost (the reader comments are interesting) Reading this reassured me the e-golf was the right bev to buy. VW...

After replacing my BMW 528E and 525I 12V batteries every few years, I was told by BMW to use a trickle charger to the cigar lighter if a car is not driven much, which was the case my being retired. The battery life is reduced if they are undercharged from lack of driving. The batteries draw...

Continue to be small numbers in the scheme of things http://www.greencarreports.com/news/109 ... s-continue http://insideevs.com/february-2015-plug-electric-vehicle-sales-report-card/ Volkswagen sold 130 of its VW e-Golf battery-electric hatchback, bringing the total since it went on sale in...

Anytime we talk to Car-Net, tell them to assign someone to read this sub-forum and post status, tips, answers to our many questions. That they don't do so and use the forum to communicate and get feedback from all of us is very puzzling. In addition to the problems with delayed charging and...

It should show it as a percentage next to the fuel gauge, or better yet as the number of kwh left in the battery. As it is now, you have to multiply the number of marks remaining on the fuel gauge * 6.5 to approximate the kwh remaining. Once you know kwh remaining, you can multiply that by...

The rear hatch at the top has a small drop down empty compartment released by a small plastic screw. Around 5"x5". It has a pair of two plastic pronged fingers almost as though designed to hold a flashlight. I couldn't find anything in the manual. Anyone noticed this and know what it's for...