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Europe's EV sales surge 26% in 2025 while Tesla faces decline

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65 points doener | 2 comments | 23 Sep 25 10:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.019s | source
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vessenes ◴[23 Sep 25 12:13 UTC] No.45345895[source]▶
Question - anyone here have one of those “most popular” VWs? The article says they’re called id.3 id.5 and id.7. I’ve ridden in an e-Golf (California compliance car basically), but not the newer ones. The e-Golf did not impress, so I’m curious if the new ones are any good; range, noise, fit and finish, basically.
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1. constantcrying ◴[23 Sep 25 12:19 UTC] No.45345978[source]▶
>I’ve ridden in an e-Golf (California compliance car basically), but not the newer ones.

It wasn't (just?) a compliance car. It was a testbed for EV development by VW. The ID Models have had serious software problems, the ID.7 is the newest and best one. An even smaller car than the ID.3 was announced some weeks ago.

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2. fifilura ◴[23 Sep 25 12:26 UTC] No.45346061[source]▶
But still. Despite some initial problems, the ID platform is a real EV with high quality and should not be compared to a testbed design from 2014. I think the numbers speak for themselves.