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The Volkswagen e-up! has been updated for 2020 with a bigger battery and longer driving range. So can it still compete against the new crop of stylish electric city cars? Richard Ingram finds out.
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[@briansergeant]

E-Up? That’ll go down well in Yorkshire!

[@KensDIYandHowTo]

A cheap, compact, entry level EV starting priced around $20k. A niche market which Tesla hasn't produced a car fof yet. Well done VW, bring them to USA please!

[@musclerent]

It might be good to point out that any decent smart phone will work fine and not just the brand mentioned

[@johnhall4917]

Yep. I'm glad I bought the Samsung S10+ as it has a massive screen as far as smart phones go. No more squinting.

[@musclerent]

@@johnhall4917 it's a great phone...

[@Aaronage1]

Fair review. Has some faults but overall a great little thing. 85 miles motorway range seems surprisingly low, how did you get that number? My ~30kWh usable e Golf will do ~3.5miles/kWh on the motorway so 105 miles range (100% to 0%) or 94.5 miles range (100% to 10%). I would expect the e Up to be similar at worst, but more likely better since it's a smaller/lighter car with a weaker motor.

[@sevnpicoferro5352]

This is the smallest, cheapest and most efficient electric useful car on this globe. Still enjoyable and comfortable. Many don't need more. Many need more, so then, please pass by.

[@Darx97]

how's the sound quality of the speakers

[@Kay_Emm_]

How does it compare to the Nissan Leaf? I especially would like to know what it’s like in cold weather.

[@xchopp]

Steering wheel is covered with leather -- but does it tilt/telescope?

[@jonathanmellish4439]

Seat and steering wheel adjustments ?

[@shellokyle3827]

Its not true that the range is dropping that low on the motorway. There are tests where they have around 16 kwh/62 miles or less at 70mph

[@antoniopalmero4063]

These are available on lease in 🇬🇧 now for £140 a month, great value.

[@brucekennedy5274]

Great review. Nice little EV!

[@tagg8233]

You could buy this for short journeys, a used Hyundai Iqoniq SE hybrid with only around 20k miles still under warranty (£15k from dealer on auto trader), and still keep 2 grand in the pocket when compared to buying the "affordable" Tesla Model 3.

[@pigeonpoo1823]

Never seen an up outside of a town, so the perfect perfect city car. same price as a titanium Fiesta. It's no contest really. Shame, cos I like the up. And so do you, nice review.

[@stevenbarrett7648]

Very nice, 4th Zoe on order

[@manuelschulz5944]

Good review, interesting upgrade. Seems like a smart city car but the huge halogen headlights are a dealbreaker. Rather wait for ID.1 in 2023.

[@evilmario6061]

Have you seen Bjorn Nyland's video about how well the lights work? They're excellent

[@Crazyblox]

You can just go to an autogarage and have them fit LED bulbs for cheap

[@StephanWahlen]

@@Crazyblox Those often aren't street-legal here in Germany :/

[@Dear_Mr._Isaiah_Deringer]

Either way so long I can just screw it in myself I'm happy. That's why most LED headlights are bit of a dealbreaker for me.

[@miloslogic]

I wish it had digital driving display, it'd add up to the whole electric experience

[@salemazzam6502]

Can we also get the range in KM please? (normal unit)

[@MartinMeli]

Around 260Km

[@jamiep61]

Great Video Review. To be honest I prefer the New Peugeot e 208 as It features a Infotainment system

[@evilmario6061]

But at what cost?

[@ingleaniruddh]

Why do you drive on the wrong side of the road? Are some parts shot in an LHD country?

[@stefan2796]

Very nice car for city traffic and short stretches on the highway. The only downside are the front seats. Standard camping chairs offer more comfort than these "boards with raised edges". But drives really great, even in eco-mode.

[@rogerhudson9732]

I have a couple of down filled cushions, kept warm by level one seat heating.

[@xchopp]

VW: please bring this to the US. Pretty please!

[@cannavaras]

"Very latest iphones" *sigh*

[@user-yn5sk5ru5g]

The darn thing has a bigger battery than my e-Golf. In the Netherlands the e-Up! Trio (VW/ Seat/ Skoda) is sold out for 2020...in a matter of a week or so. No word on the exact numbers how many though.

[@GeordiLaForgery]

I bet they didn't produce many, seems to be a common theme among manufacturers.

[@wschnitzler]

Geordi La Forge yes, they produce just enough to not pay a penalty

[@michaeleppler202]

@@wschnitzler yeah but they do need to sell quite a bit of those to fulfil the quotas, they just sell like crazy.

[@xchopp]

7:02 ICE cars generate more white noise than the EV? EV = complete silence? Wind/air/road noise is not more "white" than the ICE version? I don't get it.

[@yosyp5905]

He's most likely talking about the motor whine. To some people it can be annoying. Personally I love the vibrations and noise of my car engine, especially when I fall asleep to it, I may be missing that when I'll get my Zoe in a couple of weeks, but I don't think its whine will be irritating.

[@rogerhudson9732]

Why do reviewers go on about the 81mph speed limiter ?? 130kph ( 81.25mph) is the maximum road speed in 25 of the 27 EU countries. This car will excel in the 20mph British towns. As for range, reviewers alwys talk about 'normal driving' but the world is changing and fast acceleration and violent braking is so 20th century. These days waft along (an old RR idea) and listen to some calming music.

[@unicornjennie]

VW doesn't make these for the US, and you can't buy any of the electric cars by VW, and it doesn't come in a two door option either. Was gonna settle for this since I can't get the VW E Keffer(classic bug)

[@evilmario6061]

Great vid, I'd choose the Seat Mii though

[@raffiefoxmew3691]

"so unless you've got one of the latest iPhones" or just....any Android phone from the last 8 years XD Seriously though, if you've got a 6 inch smartphone, or better yet a folding phone that opens up into a mini tablet, then having the ability to use this as your nav/info screen is absolutely fantastic. I wish cars twice the price offered the same option!

[@philip771]

I agree completely. I quickly worked out that built in sat Nav is rubbish compared with Google maps for example, which now allows you to mute the voice guidance and includes speed limits (though not always correct). A nice, simple solution.

[@rubrown1397]

Wut

[@DrHouse-zs9eb]

The skoda offers more? What?

[@XcaliburReborn]

Can't understand why a pre owned 2020 e-up is more expensive than a pre-owned 2020 corsa electric ...

[@bogdanpetcu5247]

It's not a Rolls Royce. It is a simple city car. It should be spartan.

[@jamesthompson2065]

I don't get why reviewers say: "But if you're travelling on the motorway regularly, your range may drop significantly." Surely if you are driving long distances regularly, you'd get a Ford Fiesta or something, not an e-Up?

[@yosyp5905]

That's the point of pointing it out. It's to warn people that it's not suited to their needs.

[@ahassan4151]

I do drive on the motorway with it and just charge it halfway through for half an hour

[@GeordiLaForgery]

You forget to say "LOL" each time you said £20,000.

[@nitelite78]

If it's true that all E-Ups/Citigos/Mii are sold out for more than 12 months with no more orders being taken then these reviews need to talk about this issue. It shows there is huge demand and suggests problems with supply. What are the reasons for the supply issues?

[@michaeleppler202]

There aren't really Problems with supply, they are just selling like crazy, especially in Germany where you can get it for less than 15k Euros with the New subsidies which really makes it a superb offer.

[@nitelite78]

@@michaeleppler202 A major manufacturer like VW should be able to take orders and produce a car to fulfill that order within a few weeks. If it's taking a year for delivery and new pre-orders have been stopped then that's a supply problem. It's certainly an issue to bring up in videos like this and a question to put to VW. Most manufacturers would be looking to increase production if a product is selling well. So are VW doing that? Or do they want to wait until the ID3 is ready and hope people buy that instead or do they just not really want to sell EVs?

[@doggylover1958]

I disagree that it is cheap and cheerful ! Just because it’s electric doesn’t excuse the whopping great price tag in my view. A brand new Dacia Sandero costs one third of the price. Now THAT’S cheap and cheerful.

[@petecoventry6858]

No it's 162. I have one and I can get 159 out of it doing 65 on the motorway

[@rubrown1397]

E-UP! Yorkshires volkswagen up: S-up, tiddlers! PS: does Anyone remember Mr. Bloom? (It used to air on CBeebies)

[@mikerogers7100]

I decided to buy one and went to the local dealer. I had the cash ready. I went to ask for a test drive. There my problems started. They had not even heard of the car. They kept me waiting half an hour and came back to say I would have to order it sight unseen and it wouldn't arrive in England for many months. Yes, they make it and no, they won't sell you one.

[@cvbcresearchclarencev.b.c.]

💭 City⚫Up

[@sweden-zoerenault7403]

Schöne Farbe. - und 160 km sind immer drin!, auch auf der Autobahn. Hör mal auf so einen schwachsinn zu erzählen!

[@jondonnelly4831]

Centre dash looks like a dogs dinner. Would VW please take inspiration from Telsa. It's just not a nice looking car from any angle in that 5 door form and worst still it looks jacked up at the back.

[@tagg8233]

It's literally half the price of the cheapest model 3...

[@tofchaf2573]

Merci pour cette vidéo. En tant que propriétaire de cette voiture, un petit retour d’expérience après 2500km. C’est une voiture merdique, 5 fois en panne !!! Les mécaniciens de VW sont complètement dépassés et désemparés devant ces véhicules électriques qui leur posent énormément de problèmes. Les responsables commerciaux et d’ateliers m’ont avoué que VW avait en projet de réparer ces futures voitures à distance depuis Wolfsburg, comme de vulgaires ordinateurs !!! Bref, les consommateurs vont bientôt être pris en otage, techniquement, mais surtout financièrement !!! J’en fais actuellement l’amère expérience et je tiens à vous conseiller vivement de fuir ces voitures pour l’instant. Je suis pourtant convaincu que c’est bien l’avenir...c’est bien pour cela que j’avais franchi le pas. Pour info : ID3, Zoé,...même bazar.

[@tomhirschel8524]

Horrible day light running lights. 3 Doors looks better.Honda E looks better.

[@jk330ci]

20 grand for a vw up. No thanks. I’m itching to move over to an ev but with a price tag of 20k for 10k worth of car I think not.

[@miloslogic]

asking for price tag of 10k for new ev is quite a lot, especially considering these electric cars aren't mass produced as their fosil fuel powered ancestors, which means they are still considered relatively new in this era. Tesla is looking to cut cost on their vehicles but just can't seem to do it because they would be then losing money on every vehicle produced. And so on, and so on... Either way, you're not taking into account all the variables of todays market.

[@michaelsimpkins5178]

Zoe is the one to choose. Ze Germans need to do better

[@nitelite78]

Zoe is way more expensive.

[@paulvanderhaegen761]

@@nitelite78 and you have to hire the battery

[@nitelite78]

@@paulvanderhaegen761 Renault have stopped battery leasing now on new Zoes. Full ownership now only.

[@paulvanderhaegen761]

hello nitelite78 well thats a good thing exept here in Belgium it stil goes on, i just ave a look at the Renault site a entry zoe " life" cost24.400 eur and life + battery is32.600eur the top range editionone cost 29.000eur and editionone + bat 37.200 + the rent of the battery is min 74eur/month for 7500km to 104eur 15000km + charging +- 22eur cznt/kw (at home) that make it too expensif i shoud go for a VW Eup +-23.000 eur and no battery cost and a do realy like Renaults i drive renault trucks for over 25 years ho and i forgot to mension in Belgium we have no longer discount from the state so we ave to pay the full load LOL

[@davidcoro27]

Not good enough.

[@Oracleman1]

"unless you got one of the very latest iphones" - that's the stupidest comment I ever heard

[@anthonyonwuna2289]

Waste of money, best by a second hand Electric Golf, Zoe, or Leaf

[@geertweynjes2119]

Compliance car.

[@jkelly1701]

Come back when you can get 300 miles plus on a charge hopeless

[@miloslogic]

this is a city car, not country. lol

[@jkelly1701]

Josho 8833 yes they do I do it regularly

[@jkelly1701]

Miloš Sindjelič city car? Get a bike then

[@stevee8698]

It's not a "ba-tree". Say "ba-ttery" "er" not "re"

[@seanstampley9739]

My American eyes say Never, Yuck it's awful

[@abelisraelcruzayuso4682]

Articulate better.

[@Al-xj4vn]

can you speak without your mouth full off chewing gum ?

[@stevee8698]

It's NOT a hondaR NOT indiaR chinaR canadaR viaR americaR NOT dataR asdaR pastaR pizzaR bananaR cinemaR arenaR sofaR NOT lisaR emmaR nicolaR santaR NOT sawR lawR clawR strawR rawR drawR drawRing withdrawRal awR-inspiring. It's a bad diction rhotic habit of Pirates. NOT English grammar.

[@luxor7938]

Where's the blonde 😡😡😡