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And that it can only charge at up to 3.6KWh which will take 6 hours (18Kwh battery) and that on a normal socket this will take almost 10 hours?
The eUP has the type-2 combo connector. Pubic Type-2 DC charge points are currently non-existent, but if they appear the VW will be able to rapid charge in 30 minutes.
The Golf Blue e-motion and the BMW i3 also use type-2 combo connectors with DC rapid charging. There are multi mode charging stations that have CHAdeMO, Type- 2 AC and Type-2 DC rapid charging all in one box. It may take awhile but eventually there will be compatible public rapid chargers.
Multi mode rapid chargers make sense at Nissan/Renault dealers. THey would have a single rapid charger compatible with both Zoe and Leaf.
Steamrunner – very witty! (but probably lost on our foreign friends).
Mitsch – I agree with what farblue says. I can live with the ZOE’s 210km (NEDC) range, but I think I’d struggle with a 150km (NEDC) range. Basically the smaller battery is why it’s cheap.
The ZOE is not just another EV – it is a unique package. There is no other EV that can compete either now or in the immediate future, e.g. e-Up, i3, electric Golf, etc. The only BEV with a greater range is the Tesla, and there’s no alternative on the apparent horizon.
AnonymousSorry, I was unclear in my comment about 3.6kwh charging and 6 hour charging times. I was referring only to the charging capability of the eUP on a home charger. Like the first-gen and base-spec second gen Leaf and the Smart, the eUP only has a 3.6Kwh home-charging capability compared to the Zoe’s 7Kwh. I agree that the eUP can indeed fast-charge although I don’t know much about the options it supports.
It stands, however, that the Zoe can charge to 150% of the eUP range in 2/3 of the time.
The price of e-up is finally official
and it’s disappointing. It doesn’t make any sense to price the car 2,5times the gasoline version.
I don’t see who would prefer e-up to ZOE except those who need to own the battery.Zu teuer. A Leaf including the battery starts at 29,600€.
Wonder what the e-Golf will sell for.
A review of the e-Up:
what caught my eye was the reference to the ZOE as ‘lardy’! That’s rubbish as far as I’m concerned.
Come on, you can’t call someone serious who calls the E-Up styliing “cute”. This is the same boring Volkswagen monotony we’ve seen for years and years again.
But in fact, the Zoe is pretty heavy for the size. But this makes our real cutie much more affordable than the rest
Regards
Umbi
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