VW eUp! 2020 - City Consumption

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[@raffiefoxmew3691]

I think your English is actually very good! Zero trouble understanding you. This video was great, our e-Up is being shipped to us now so this was a great way of seeing how it'll fare around our local city of Leicester.

[@jonathansmith5850]

I’ve listened to you a lot (I’m from the UK) and after your comment thought I’d say that your English is completely fine. Very clear. Very easy to listen too. 🙂

[@jonathansmith5850]

As an aside, I have a petrol Up! and am looking at this e Up! as a replacement. These videos have been very helpful. The longest journey we tend to do is 230 miles (368 km and not even yearly) and I’d even take one on that journey after seeing your videos as would only need to stop once. We do that anyway for an hour around half way for lunch and toilet break etc so even with its charging speed that would be ok for those journeys. I know I’d need to drive at around 60mph (100km) but I do that on long journeys with my ICE Up! Thanks Chris. Sounds like the Up! Would be a reasonable entrance to the EV car market.

[@nitelite78]

I enjoyed watching this chilled out drive. I am English and I understand everything you say.

[@MarioDallaRiva]

Nice tour, Chris! Pretty area there in Deutschland! Your English is brilliant, bro. 👍🏻

[@akgoz13]

8.8 kwh/100km is just awesome! Thank you for the video

[@akgoz13]

just edited " kwh/100km"

[@gery4870]

With this consumption, you can make easily **350km** on city !! Greetings !

[@ewheelerfinland]

😊⚡ Factory says it should do 330-340 km in the city and it's easy to believe

[@Muikkuinen]

Grüss Gott - terveisiä Suomesta - while I received my e-Mii on 18th feruary - I did not have to watch your review to see how my car is. But it was in my FB feed - so I started watching it. And from very beginning I liked your VERY HUMAN touch. Unlike so many others - you act like a normal person without need to prove something. So I watched it all the way to the end. LOVELY - es hat mir sehr gefallen - Du benimmst dich als normaler Mensc - ein Jedermann, der Auto fährt - kein "Profi", der alles besser weisst - und dein English ist guet gnug - ja ich war in der Schwytch ein paarmal . . . DANKE ! Und alles guete !

[@BatteryLife]

Danke schön!

[@SimonTob11]

Das ist auch meine Heimatstadt, ich wohne aber auf der österreichischen Seite. Aber schön zu wissen was der eUp! in der Stadt so braucht. Mit viel Verbrauch habe ich eh nicht gerechnet weil die Stadt eh immer vollgestopft mit Autos ist, da ist es schön wenn einer einen eUp! fährt. Man spart sich als Deutscher schon einiges wenn man nicht mehr nach AT zum Tanken fahren muss, Verwandschaft von mir fährt immer 22 min zur Tanke und dann 22 min wieder heim und das jede zweite Woche.

[@jimmyhii3]

loved this test! it's very relevant information for me who drives a lot in city conditions.

[@marcusmascord6079]

Blinker noise seems extremely loud on KZbin in this video on eUp. So all of the people complaining about thr loud noise of the ID.3 is because they have only ever heard it on KZbin! Great video again.

[@BatteryLife]

Yes, it is not too loud. Thank you.

[@lorenzmuller4000]

Wie belebt die Straßen noch vor der Ausgangssperre sind. Inzwischen sieht’s schon etwas anders aus :( Mach weiter so mit deinen Videos und vor allem: Bleib gesund!

[@typxxilps]

cruise control in steps less than 10 is possible - check the manual cause I had used it in the e-Golf ... but only once and since then I adopted 10 km / h. CamCorder might have a different pricing cause "copymachine" are the cash cow for the author rights organisation in germany / gema ... I guess. Each device has a fee in its price depending on its usage and same for materials ... like audio tapes for example. Thats whay cassettes in germany had been a lot more expensive than in the netherlands .... back in the eighties ...and recordable dvd or cd have also that fee in its prices ....Therefore the 30 min shut off as a reminder of gema nightmare.

[@NeilBlanchard]

What driving mode were you using? D or B? Edit: I see the display says B - you should try driving in D some. It can be be more efficient, because you can coast. The heater uses more power when it is colder outside, and less when it is warmer. The aero drag is about 50% of the load on the drivetrain at only 28-30MPH / 45-48kph, in a typical car.

[@BatteryLife]

Normal mode. Eco doesn't make any difference here. I love regen. Especially in the city!

[@NeilBlanchard]

@@BatteryLife It depends - your city is pretty gentle, with not a whole lot of stop and go. In a big urban city where the longest stretch you can drive without stopping is one block (if that!), then yes driving in B is helpful. But I have been driving electric cars for over 6 years (we currently have 3, and have had 2 others during that time), and coasting in D w/o regen on the accelerator pedal, gets you into a habit of coasting - it just comes naturally. So, you accelerate LESS, then coast, and if you need to slow down / stop, then you get regen on the brake pedal. Just because you don't have regen on the accelerator, doesn't mean you are "missing" getting energy back in the battery. Quite the opposite - you leave more energy IN the battery, and you waste less. Coasting uses MORE of the kinetic energy of the moving car, than does regen. Regen by definition, loses some energy - in other words, regen is not a magic bullet. If you accelerate a lot, then you are always going to lose energy when you slow down. Obviously, regen is much better than friction brakes, but it cannot "save" energy - you only LOSE LESS energy.

[@mariancosmincraciun4373]

I see you are enjoying the testing with E-Up. Do you have any new news on the ID3? Looking fwd for any videos on this topic. Am curious if because plants are closed there will be delay in delivery.

[@BatteryLife]

Thanks. No news. Pretty sure Id.3 will be delayed.

[@mariancosmincraciun4373]

@@BatteryLife makes sense...I am hoping that maybe because they did hardware production and are pending software updates they can do some also virtually but it's hard to imagine few weeks of shut down will not impact.

[@BatteryLife]

I think the EU will give carmakers a few months more for the CO2 goals, and then VW will take those months to work on the software.

[@markmilligan6616]

Hi Chris, I am pretty sure they sell jumpers and coats in Germany, you should try one 😃👍

[@driveroff]

:)

[@BatteryLife]

Good one. Coats are bad for the mic. Static. So I am freezing for you guys.

[@gwarlow]

Great video. What are the smaller gauges to the left and right of the speedometer? Thanks.

[@BatteryLife]

Thanks. Left is powermeter. How much you use of the motor in percent and Regen. Right is the state if charge.

[@gwarlow]

Battery Life Thanks for the reply. Enjoy all of your future rides!

[@sniper200478]

Hi Chris! Your english is very good. I understand everything. :) And it's not weird that you talk alone in the car. ;-) About your route. Is this your new one? I watched several times the Kona's and this is much longer.

[@BatteryLife]

Thank you. Yes, it is longer. With the eUp I didn't have any distance limitations. I was allowed to drive as much as I wanted to.

[@enyaq_gorm]

Ja, dein Englisch ist viel besser als mein Deutsch. Ich hab' deutsch in der Schule (1984) gelernt 😳

[@waynejones5635]

ECO+ turns off the heater/AC.

[@balintszoke3549]

Only I realized that the range was the same all the time?!😂😂

[@alexandru-florea]

By scheduling the charge the 80% at 6.30 in the morning, is the car finishing the charging at the requested hour? Or is the charging starting as soon as you plug in and stops at the desired SOC?

[@BatteryLife]

80% is reached at that time. No chsrging right away when you plug in.

[@Alex-qx7jn]

You can set it up like: "when I plug it in, charge up to X% (in case I have low battery and I want the car for emergency), then have it charged it to Y% until 8AM. " Separate setting, you can set it up to charge during night hours for lower electricity cost.

[@wermagst]

7:00 You can set the drive train to just D (Segeln), then it will only regen when you step on the brake. D -> D1 -> D2 -> D3 -> B

[@BatteryLife]

I know, but I prefer B. One pedal driving. Adjust regen with one pedal.

[@wermagst]

@@BatteryLife You literally said: "It's never no regen". It is, if you put it in D (D0 on the old e-up)

[@BatteryLife]

I thought I saw a tiny bit of regen in D1, but I never saw it again. So I think D1 is coasting with regen on the brake.

[@wermagst]

@@BatteryLife D1 does have regen. Pure coasting is one level below D1.

[@BatteryLife]

In this eUp there is only: N, D1, D2, D3 and B. No D0

[@marcusmascord6079]

If the top speed is 135, why is the speedometer showing 160. Surely better to show 140, so it would be more accurate.

[@BatteryLife]

If you accelerate to 135 and then you go down a very big hill in Neutral, it would speed up. ;)

[@marcusmascord6079]

Battery Life Your next test in the Alps 🤣

[@typxxilps]

But one big draw is the crazy VW subscription model that the crappy app is a service you have to pay - after the first year for free. They offer not much, servers had issues in the past like unavailable with results like car is cold. again, the e-up is too expensive if you ever get an e-golf you can get for less than 20.000€ after BaFa refund. Check the options you want and compare it with all the stuff inside like LED light and all the intelligent options. LED lights and huge display, electric mirrors and so on. If you take your time you will end up with a tiny difference but you get a lot more quality like seats, interier material, wider car especially important for families and 3 persons on the rear seats, bigger trunk of cause and a great car overall. Most important: if the car gets 5 year old guess what car has the higher price in used car market? The e-Golf will then bring back the 1000€ or so you paid more when purchasing. On e-Golf you get dam high rebates on list price and e-up offers are limited cause NEW CAR high demand, too low production.

[@sevnpicoferro5352]

The difference for the e-Golf is not 1000 bucks, but around 4000-5000. Buying the e-Up for 16.000€ in Germany is s good deal, because you can nowhere buy only a battery of 36,8kWh for that money.

[@user-em5xk9sw2g]

Is the subscription on the eUP also for only one year? In our citigo the license in the App says free until 2030. I wasn't planning on leasing it more than 4 years... So...

[@sevnpicoferro5352]

@@user-em5xk9sw2g yeah, data mining for VW big data servers is a service you have to pay for. So I have to buy an TCU from a Citigo on eBay :-P

[@ewheelerfinland]

😊⚡ Is the e-UP! your own car?

[@BatteryLife]

No, Volkswagen press car.

[@ewheelerfinland]

@@BatteryLife 😊⚡

[@vlekov]

23:15 "Going links" :D

[@BatteryLife]

I said that? Wow! "Denglish!"

[@vlekov]

You did, but it's cool to hear slip-ups like that sometimes. Your English is excellent!

[@BatteryLife]

Thank you very much!

[@ewheelerfinland]

@@BatteryLife 😅 All is forgiven haha!

[@martink.9442]

Ein Uralter Kahn, umgemodelt auf E Technik, dazu das billigste was man bekommt. Und funktioniert einwandfrei. Sogar das alte Halogen Licht taugt. Dagegen ist ein Renault der letzte Eimer. Säuft, kostet, und macht genug Probleme. Volkswagen eben. ;)

[@SandroAntonucci87]

I couldn't stand that Austrian driver in front of you always on the bike lane!