What is a Volkswagen e-Golf like after 5 years and 76,000 miles?

[@ShanSanDiego]

I'm the original owner of a 2015 e-Golf. As of June 2024, it's been a fabulous short range EV! The only cost over 9 years has been adding more windshield wiper fluid and replacing the tires. I use eco+ mode whenever possible and regenerative braking a lot to minimize tire and brake replacement. I just had the car inspection this weekend at 65,000 miles and the original brake pads are still good! During the summer, my range is about 65-70 miles city driving and a little over 60 miles on the freeway going 65-70 MPH. I live in Southern California (mild climate/no harsh winters) and try to avoid mountainous freeways when possible, which of course uses more energy, even with regenerative braking going downhill. I just bought a Tesla so I could enjoy longer range and am selling my e-Golf to a friend, who is really excited to have a short range EV that fits her lifestyle. This car has been amazing and was my 2nd EV. If the range was longer, I would keep it 100%, even after 9 years! If you're okay with the limited range, I highly recommend the eGolf. I hope this information is helpful to someone watching this video. :)

[@unityforall-md4fl]

Wow nice. Did you have to do any gear oil change? When is your first brake change or fluid?

[@AXZ05]

​@unityforall-md4fl it's a ev, ev dont have a engine or gear to service only the brakes and tire. So besides normal wear and tear items you don't have to worry much

[@kevinshurtleff]

Your insight into EV values is so helpful! I'm so glad I found this video as I'm shopping for an EV.

[@GoGreenAutos]

Hundreds of similar videos on the channel, so do look through or use the search function. kzbin.infovideos

[@havocgeneral]

I like the buttons behind the charge flap, disabling the scheduled charging on the Zoe involves digging down through about 3 menus on the touch screen. It can also leave you scratching your head at public chargers wondering why it isn’t charging when you forget to disable it.

[@YTPartyTonight]

I bought my 2016 e-Golf as a 3-year old CPO in great shape with only about 7,500 total miles on it--the opposite of what you seem to suggest--for about $14K with taxes/plates, etc. I drive it quit a bit; for nearly all my trips around the Los Angeles area. The battey tends to get cycled once or twice per week. No problems so far and I like it.

[@roadfordays]

We paid less than that for our 2016 e-Golf SE brand new, out the door (fees, taxes, and rebates included). The problem with buying a lightly used electric is you miss out on all the inventives and end up paying more for the used car.

[@YTPartyTonight]

@@roadfordays Good deal. By the time I bought that car in 2019 there were no more new e-Golfs to buy. I still have no regrets.

[@SplittingVoices]

The e-Golf SE comes equipped with a 3.6 kW onboard charger, but can be upgraded to the 7.2 kW onboard charger with the DC Fast Charging Package

[@cfldriven]

Unless you have 2017, in US they came with larger battery pack and 7.2KW charger. DC was optional on the SE.

[@leslielucci3182]

How many years or miles does the battery last? What is the cost of a new battery or can you just replace the degraded cells? What is the rate of battery degradation?

[@harrycrawford8517]

Your eGolf is 24kwh battery, which means it is 100hp motor. The 2017 eGolf has a 35.8kwh battery and 136hp motor, which is why the owners report that the wheels spin on acceleration. The 2017 car also has a 7kw charger.

[@hermanstokbrood]

That translates to 15,24 kWh on 100km for the rest of the world. Translated to fuel If you charge at home (fast chargers are 2,5x as expensive where I live and not competitive): 1:47,6 for petrol 1:24,5 for diesel 1:18,5 for LPG Of course EV's are tax free. But instead of taxes, you pay a much lower car price for petrol cars and a much bigger variaty of cars to choose from. Higher maintenance costs but no range anxiety. For private drivers a petrol car still is very competitive. That said: EV's are the future and in a few years I will drive one for sure.

[@cfldriven]

In the US it was the tax credit that got me into an e-Golf. Also that fact that a co-worker was only charging her Chevy Bolt via 110 volt household current. I've had the car for three years and it still a great commuter car. So far I have yet to pay to charge it and with the exception of one cabin air filter I have not spent a dime on maintenance. The car gets charged while we are shopping or when I know I won't be driving for a few hours. In reality that most of the day and all of the night for a lot of us. For longer drives we use the Prius, but looking forward to the day that long range EV is the affordable norm.

[@quetzal4042]

Thanks so much, really interesting point about batteries needing periodic cycling.

[@GoGreenAutos]

You may also want to watch this video I made on EV batteries kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZK4qGeeg7ula9U or may of the others on the channel kzbin.infovideos

[@Altkinx]

Good demonstration of how little degradation happens in practice, but the logic behind liking high mileage batteries vs low mileage batteries makes no sense to me....

[@pewnice92]

Same, they will degrade over time, VW must have put a bigger battery than advertised

[@mtumasz]

Looking fwd to that i3 video. Highly respectable milage!

[@paulinchris]

Well presented video, shame about the AC charging speed & range!

[@600conormc]

An old battery having more capacity than a new one just goes against the laws of pysics entirely, makes no sence whats so ever !

[@ian-hm6cx]

im only 16 and learned this in high school chemistry class, i feel like this should be common knowledge among people

[@GGBel1]

I think what he means is that low mileage cars will have batteries that have been left on the charger and not been used alot. You don't want super high mileage, you just want somebody who's used the car and cycled the battery regularly...

[@600conormc]

@@GGBel1 that makes sence

[@tristenpieters1462]

@@GGBel1that’s what he explained I thought?

[@Harcix]

Real life range today?

[@steviepii]

Been over a year, never used a public fast charger. I have plugged in the standard lvl 1 into a gas station before😅

[@Noah-ly1nj]

you know you can charge it at level 2 in your garage using the dryer port

[@lanettefonseca8613]

@@Noah-ly1nj Excellent tip!! Thanks!

[@Noah-ql2ni]

@@lanettefonseca8613 no problem

[@BillDeanCycle]

Id take an e-golf over an I3 any day if range wasn't an issue.

[@fionaedwards9722]

i'm considering swapping to an e-golf, but 100 mile range is not good enough for me, personally. I can fill up my Polo, and it will go 400 miles on a full tank of fuel. I don't want to need to charge multiple times on a trip, up country.

[@GoGreenAutos]

But how frequently are you driving 400 miles. The UK average is 25-30 miles.per day. If you can charge at home overnight, then it's a breeze to switch to an EV. If you are regularly driving long distances, then you'd want a bigger battery vehicle, but even then you don't treat range the same as an ICE vehicle.

[@idontlikemytag]

@@GoGreenAutos I commute about 60+ miles a days and more on the weekends. Would you recommend this be a good commuter car?

[@GoGreenAutos]

@@idontlikemytag If you have off street parking and can charge at home overnight, or can charge at work, then yes. But if you are reliant on public charging, then you'd probably want a bigger battery EV.

[@erebostd]

The eGolf is such a great car. Got mine a while ago (the new version with the bigger battery) and plan to keep it for the foreseeable future. 😁👍 PS: I don’t know what version of egolf you got, i never saw one who couldn’t charge with 7kw AC. I do it every week in my garage

[@vavet39]

No, the more miles means a higher likelihood that the battery sits at 100% and isnt cycled as you explained with the lower milage car example, both statements aren’t mutually exclusive.

[@scammellman]

My brother's 2015 Tesla model S battery failed at £250000 miles .

[@Sb99992]

ID3 is the way to go. The range on these just isn't enough. Had one myself and the battery died and it was off the road for a month! No one could work on the battery. These were like a test mule for the id3 imho.

[@sllvll0k318]

What’s that?

[@davidpiper3652]

I like the idea of a stealth electric car. But I would have the I3 over the Golf.

[@garybaird2548]

Very expensive to fix. Not great space

[@stephan1558]

"Styling...personally I find it a bit dull" sorry, but have you seen American made cars?

[@ROBERTSTAINER-lk4my]

Exactly what my wife likes about this car, looks like an ordinary car but it’s electric. There’s a lot to be said for it personally I’ve recently had a Tesla, I adrima the technology. I adrima the acceleration but I just didn’t love the car. Take Audi A6 sports every day of the week.

[@jayprice1146]

Do Brit’s just not pronounce R’s?

[@buffbabybandit]

Absolute pile of garbage car. Had it for two years and 13k miles, payed $19,000 with interest only get 75 miles on a good day when it was advertised at 90-hwy / 110 city. DO NOT BUY THIS CAR

[@danchiricuta4692]

Thank you

[@terrancedactielle5460]

You probably should have tested the car before buying....

[@Defender247]

Great review mate l!!!!

[@Defender247]

Why do you prefer high mileage on ev vehicles?

[@GoGreenAutos]

Because they are cheaper, as vehicles are still priced based on their age and mileage. Yet EVs don't suffer mechanical wear in the same way ICE vehicles do, so high mileage EVs can be a bargain.

[@Defender247]

Thanks so much for taking the time to reply, I’m from Uk and currently live is Spain. Spanish cars hold their value a lot more as there is more second hand market (right hand drives and all). My worry is that getting a high mileage egolf with not good battery care will give me less life span due to poor charging. Another downside is I do a lot of motorway mileage and will rack up at least 20.000 miles a year and worried it’ll lose a lot of battery capacity

[@Defender247]

@@GoGreenAutos also wanted to ask…it takes 17 hours to charge…if I can o my charge 10/12 hours due to work schedule is that bad for the battery?

[@GoGreenAutos]

@@Defender247 Not not at all. Its perfectly fine to to charge to any level. I assume the 17 hours is for the later e-Golf with the larger pack, but on a portable charger. The early ones with the 24kWh pack (as this one in the video) take up to 7 hours on a wall charger or 12 hours on a portable charger. However, that is from 0-100% and you'll never be charging from 0%! For all the specs on the 24kWh e-Golf and this particular vehicle, see www.gogreenautos.co.uk/for-sale/volkswagen/e-golf/ou15ygn. This sold over 2 years ago, but the page might help you if looking at one of these models.

[@GoGreenAutos]

@@Defender247 From my experience of dealing with older EVs, high mileage EVs generally have better packs than low mileage EVs, even vehicles that have had a lot of DC rapid charging.