Volkswagen Passat Variant eHybrid: Nobody else can achieve 120km of range!
This video starts precisely where each and every morning begins at the comfort of our own home and if that happens to be the case whether it involves an electric car or a hybrid vehicle then it would ideally come equipped with the option of charging at one’s own home at
The absolute worst at a crowded public charging station for many who can’t charge comfortably at home it’s truly their only remaining option it’s commendable anyway that people who can’t charge at home choose to drive an electric vehicle because you’re dependent on many things for which there
Is a solution in my eyes and this solution is right here what kind of problems might you face charging station is blocked others are charging there you get a blocking fee have to go out again at night all sorts of these Shenanigans charging process stops you plan to head
Off on vacation the next morning seen it all with viewers before and then you’re left with only 20% it’s kind of crazy really isn’t it then you’ve got the Innovative plug-in hybrids the devil’s in the eyes of electric vehicle enthusiasts but it might not be as
Pointless as you think here we can see the Toyota Prius which I tested was really good but I’ll show you once again the next level of the plug-in hybrid and honestly I wouldn’t be testing and presenting it and you’ll see rightfully praising it if I didn’t believe this is
Indeed the ideal most fitting option for all individuals unable to drive electric vehicles mainly due to a lack of critical essential infrastructure extremely poor existing infrastructure or simply have no desire or inclination towards doing so no matter what the specific reason might be once we successfully get them into this car we
Have already won without a doubt environmentally speaking because with this particular car at least according to its detailed specification sheet you can drive on electric power for so incredibly long you could literally prance around joyfully for several days on end without a care feeling thrilled that you don’t have to head to the
Charging station every evening the public one because the plug-in hybrid battery drains so fast I’ll show you in very great detail the Volkswagen Pat configured as a plug-in hybrid which in my opinion is indeed the most modern and Innovative plug-in hybrid there is with impressive figures that will truly amaze
And impress you deeply even the hardcore electric vehicle enthusiasts who usually don’t like plugin hybrids will say well if not fully electric then miss because the customer who decides to purchase this particular car would otherwise opt for the diesel version or the entirely gasoline powered engine instead of selecting the electric vehicle option
And that’s why it’s the best alternative that’s what I want to show you including the purchasing advice as I always do this means you are now receiving here the most thorough and detailed review of this particular car the VW Pat plug-in hybrid in its very versatile estate
Version and if you subscribe to the channel That naturally makes me very happy and if you then say hey for me it’s electric then you’ll find it on Evo with special leasing offers and over 8,000 electric vehicles at Evo that we have ready for you not plug-in hybrids
Though but that’s why I’m showing you this video so you don’t miss out so welcome to Common here we click Start once the car it is still very much the car today as well when we carefully look at the impressive numbers this particular car achieves but as I said
I’ve just announced this I’m quite thrilled because great result I’m really pleased but I’m not a VW Fanboy we actually own a VW t7 as a plug-in hybrid and I’m such a fanboy that I’m actually considering switching from the t7 to the Mercedes v-class especially after having
Tested it recently I tend to switch between different car brands as it suits my preference and needs I have no brand loyalty I don’t care if I drive a Mercedes BMW VW Porsche whatever it is I I go for the best that’s what I drive but uh here’s a quick summary for
You to check out the car I actually want to discuss this plug-in hybrid topic because in fact I don’t want to promote combustion engines here but I’m sure there are some watching this video a very detailed test is what awaits you here and they’re looking for buying
Advice so I want to cater to both you buyers what this car can offer and those wanting to purchase it just briefly simply as a summary so you know what to expect so yes it looks very much like the id7 tour we just showed in meorc IQ
Light is also available here it’s an exceptionally well-functioning Matrix LED which I also very much like to use with the t7 and it works very well too here we have the charging port at the front we’ll get to that topic later just on the front left here’s the r given
That it’s an R Line This is a pure luxurious pearl white that we’re seeing right here we’re actually getting right to the rear if you want Franchesco did ask me not to walk in this direction but you know how much I stick to these kind of
Things that I have to remember the rear looks very similar to that of the id7 only connoisseurs realize it’s not or those who can read otherwise it’s quite a beautiful design so VW has really upped their game still it remains a VW typical company car Vibes but it is
Indeed very stylishly done in terms of trunk space the passet usually puts the ID po7 toura in its pocket the Volkswagen Pat has a 600 110 L trunk space however the plug-in hybrid version introduces some restrictions due to the significantly large battery which we will discuss obviously has to be placed
Somewhere and uh even then it’s not exactly small notice this the Region’s the same just not in terms of depth that’s 510 L expandable to over 1,700 L if you fold down the rear seat that’s why the Pat is so popular because it just offers an incredible amount of
Space I also left the clutter in there so you can see how all the stuff is spread out you can also use levers here to fold down the rear seat which folds down very elegantly and doesn’t topple over like a drunken Lumberjack but simply goes down pretty smoothly and
Quite elegantly and then you find you have ample space here to comfortably spread out a very important thing again where of course the plug-in hybrid or the combustion engine but that’s so to speak the positive collateral effect of the combustion engine on the plug-in hybrid the towing capacity with Volkswagen ID models you
Need the all-wheel drive for 1.5 4 tons of towing capacity without it you’re limited to 1.2 tons of towing capacity here with this model it’s 2 tons and yes so if you’re looking to tow you almost can’t overlook this and then when you’re towing here you’re not as
Limited in range as with an electric car this might also be an alternative for those who don’t have this charging issue or I travel long distances but I’m towing something and simply don’t want to have to stop after 200 km here too you consume more you just notice it much later because instead
800 km then only 600 km range but still not as drastically as with an electric car so as I said a towing capacity of 2 tons that’s really quite something we’ll also get to prices and more in the video I’ve got a lot to share especially about this plug-in hybrid technology there are
Crucial things to know like what happens when the combustion engine kicks in how harmful that is and so on and so forth this particular vehicle is 4.91 M long with a wheelbase that spans 2.84 M really that’s all you need need to know I believe the length is the most crucial
For the standardized German garage at 5 m so it fits in but then you won’t be able to fit a bicycle in front of it but it actually fits quite well in all right then we really should head into Munich now we’ll drive it until it runs out of
Power and in the end I’ll throw around some figures that I believe will impress you even if you’re DieHard electric vehicle enthusiasts even if you won’t admit it that’s what you’ll say at your computer not out loud yet it will impress come along uh uh Hey kid can you
Move I wanted to show the interior after all oh the Interior right true it’s actually really good that you notice that indeed I must say so the interior of course also important for potential buyers I wouldn’t hide that you know I run a car review channel so we have soft
Material on top here velour here a nice decorative strip here that’s not piano black but rather somewhat more playful the elbow rest is soft too it’s actually very soft only at the bottom we have the obligatory unpleasant hard plastic so here you go you see the seats that we
Have right here they are indeed well it’s a unique interesting mix of fabric and some leather or faux leather combination here with the r from the r line in it it actually reminds a lot of the id7 from the inside looking at the large Central display however one thing
Doesn’t and that’s what I really appreciate about the Passat I’d instantly swap out the steering wheel from the Passat so I don’t have those damn touch buttons from the ID models that really annoy me to the brink of Madness those buttons are also in the T
And they’re so much easier to use you can’t do anything wrong here you actually feel exactly what you’re pressing so you don’t need to look and swipe you just press it’s just purely tactile period no more end of story then naturally course something that has consistently put the Pat in an
Exceptionally positive light that is just the space in the back so right here this exact spot is directly behind me now Look I am planning to sit down right over here just look at how much space there actually is so this is a fist and even more so it’s extremely spacious here
Even upwards despite a very good drag coefficient we’ll also get to that later in the video I’ve got almost a fist space upwards so just what more do you really want from this I wonder truly in terms of available space it indeed seems to actually work quite well as an ideal
Substitute for the SUV because these particular SUVs don’t necessarily have much more trunk volume nor do they offer significantly more leg room they just tend to consume more fuel due to their considerably taller build so in this particular one there’s always the tan featuring the very same engine each time
I would actually never go for the tigan but rather this one because the tigan is kind of like a wannabe T egg this is the pat as it has always been looking even more elegant too in my eyes anyway okay can we go now or did I forget something
Again of course any kind of product placement or something like that perhaps later on maybe later but we do know we’ve already wrapped up no not the juice booster let’s do it given it’s a nice white paint and spring is coming Que szy car maniac to clean this car it also
Deserves to be cleaned you could take it to the car wash as well fortunately you have relatively few piano black surfaces here which then tend to get very scratched from the car wash so you can drive in you won’t see any streaks either especially not with white but if you love your car
Then do you wash it by hand drywash wonder is the magic word or of course for the interior especially for families the quica maniac 3 in one cleaner you’ll find everything linked below the video and now let’s hit the road how cool that you can drive across Munich with a
Combustion engine car and it may indeed happen a few times without causing any harm to the environment at all you know I am thoroughly committed to and passionate about Electric Mobility through and through then one might ask okay why are you even discussing a plug-in hybrid well because this
Particular plug-in hybrid vehicle here contrary to what many people might say is often considered the worst of Both Worlds it’s actually in my personal opinion The Best of Both Worlds because as I previously mentioned at the beginning ultimately we have truly one if those who would never drive
Electric now happily do Drive electric it would be pretty foolish not to in every aspect environmentally regardless of what one believes it’s a fact and of course in terms of finances we’re going to examine what that eventually signifies in monetary terms for every 100 km of consumption I’m really excited too
Because I know that the ID models like if we’re talking about the ID to7 for example are incredibly efficient in urban settings by the way we didn’t precondition the battery it’s kind of a worst case scenario and in such particular instances it could perhaps consume just a bit
More and I am quite eager to see just how much more that can actually be what precisely are the current engine specifications of this vehicle now so we are sitting in the top plug-in hybrid variant this means we have the combustion engine plus an 86 kilowatt
Electric motor getting us to a total of 200 Kil which is 2 72 horsepower you can also opt for a less powerful variant this makes sense if maximum power on the highway isn’t really your thing but rather you just want to drive economically because it has significantly less power offering 150 K
Or 204 horsepower so definitely less performance accelerating from 0 to 100 in 8.5 7.3 seconds so it’s more sensible that much must be said at this point these are the data points all of which are combined with a significant 19.7 KW hour net capacity battery pack respectively gross it’s precisely 25 KW
Hours that’s quite important for us to know because we have here an exceptionally unusually large buffer for such a remarkably small battery but it’s not small because actually it’s quite large for a plug-in hybrid but 20 to 25 is relatively large for the the battery size isn’t it why is that that’s because
You can clearly see these five distinct bars here and it’s specifically designed to act as a buffer so when you eventually do run out of power which inevitably happens sooner or later depending upon how you drive the driver should still have the chance to boost meaning when you’re overtaking and
You’re used to that extra push so the combustion engine combined with the electric motor you should still have that power you’re accustomed to and not end up looking foolish in in the middle of an overtaking maneuver and for that you essentially have these five bars meaning five free shots where you still
Have the EB boost even if the battery is empty since it retains a buffer of 5 Kow hours and 5 kwatt hours is enough energy to for short acceleration processes still have enough capacity it’s good to know and even if they get used up through various braking processes which
You also do on country roads or especially on the highway when someone pulls out in front of you when you break break because of construction then it quickly recharges and you suddenly have that energy boost again so the battery won’t notably recharge but this boost it will be
Provided to you again and again cool system what they’ve turned off here and I really think that’s quite impressive and good is the battery charging function for our devices the previous generation of plug-in hybrids like in our t7 plug-in hybrid has this function this means you can charge the battery
Via the combustion engine this is of course somewhat dubious and completely misses the point because one could ask as a criticism why are you charging the battery so you can drive electric but then you end up using more gasoline I’ve obviously tried this at home out of sheer curiosity because I really wanted
To know for science how much more it consumes that’s easily approximately around 2 to 4 L per every single 100 km depending on the precise RPM range you happen to be in by the way I’m turning into maximilan Street here because sometimes there are these car spotter
Guys who take pictures of unique cars since this is where all the fancy shops are pure showoff Bulgari and Georgio Armani what else do we have right here Dior let’s see if we also can get spotlighted with the new shiny Pat and they’ve essentially deleted this
Function but what was it used for it actually still had a purpose if you’re driving a long distance on the highway a very long one and eventually your battery runs out then you have the advantage that at the rest stop in countries that are very hot 40 45 de you
Can still charge up a bit just before the rest stop thanks to the combustion engine so you can turn on the stationary air conditioning when you’re traveling with the family and it’s not as bad as one might think when you’re cruising at 140 with the cruise control the effort of the
Combustion engine is marginal just to charge the battery would you do that in urban settings where we are driving in a very low RPM range with an internal combustion engine then it has to essentially or rather significantly expend more energy to charge the battery battery that’s
Foolish not what you wanted I don’t see the point just because I want Electric City driving and now charge with the engine it’s for that reason hey so the family doesn’t melt like Swiss chocolate on the back seat you just go ahead and turn on the stationary air conditioning and pre-charge the battery
For that the Turning circle is also interesting with this car um we have here a car that’s 4.91 M long not exactly small quite agile so given the size definitely we don’t have all-wheel steering or anything like that or a steering rear axle didn’t manage it here
But there wasn’t much space either but we made a good impact just to mention that on the side so the plug-in hybrid story is well thought out as mentioned they’ve killed off the function that allows for charging you can only maintain it so maintaining the charge essentially means when you’re driving on
The wide open Highway you don’t want it to really consume too much of the battery power it won’t it just drives with the combustion engine so to speak yes walking across the street while you’re holding a phone in your hand can indeed lead to spots appearing on the
Car by the way it seems we weren’t car spotted as I just realized now the guys aren’t here either I remember once with the Alpin when I was out with Celeste they were standing right here on the corner snapping pictures of it yeah so back to the topic um these
Are the numbers like I said the smaller one is definitely more sensible let’s also talk about the prices that’s also an aspect I’d like to mention especially in relation to the electric car where it’s always said they’re so expensive especially with the id7 clearly it’s not
Cheap but if we now take this car as a counterpart this one costs so the top plug-in hybrid as rline just as it is starts from 64,000 it’s already quite well equipped you can still push it up to 70 then you’re about on the level of the
Id7 if you’re not considering the range capability saying you’re a salesperson and have to drive a lot on the highway where of course with an id7 as opposed to such a Passat and then you’re just at a complete Break Even point the functionality remains perfectly identical in the end the image or the
Car so the electric isn’t significantly more expensive than its combustion engine counterpart the cheaper one cost 14,000 less so the smaller plug-in hybrid makes more sense actually because you pay 50,000 as the base price instead of 64,000 so you really notice that in the end you even have probably maybe
Slightly better range you just don’t have that acceleration but 8.5 seconds is not exactly a lame duck either I actually don’t really find that bad at all it indeed seems to be a much more sensible option honestly diesel prices can sometimes start somewhat around 54 well generally beginning at around 54 no
Actually around 58 my apologies the topend diesel model starts at 58 and once you fully Kitt it out with options you’re already hitting 65 so the difference to an id7 isn’t that vast I mean we often forget that even combustion engines are incredibly expensive these days a fully equipped Pat
7,000 so it’s not like this one’s 50 and the electric 70 now let’s talk about functionality and acceleration we have a kick down pin here below the accelerator pedal we know this from many cars so you go full throttle and then beyond Full Throttle to the kickdown then it shifts noticeably the
Combustion engine adds a bit of additional support if you don’t go beyond this specific kickdown point you are perfectly able to stay in e- mode which you can conveniently select over here right here you’re currently in e- mode you can make your selection right here at hybrid so by using the hybrid
Button you can opt for either hybrid mode or electric mode and in E mode you really have electric only you just need to make sure not to go beyond the kick down point when accelerating so the combustion engine doesn’t kick in now now some are afraid that was one
Reason among others why we gave up our Q7 plug-in hybrid now in terms of space that was a point because we are too big a family the other point however was that my wife was always annoyed that whenever she needed to accelerate dynamically she didn’t want to because
As soon as she hit the gas well before reaching that kickdown point the Q7 would then switch on the combustion engine which on short trips is always cold because you’re always driving electrically and if you only ever switch it on for those moments then you’re well punching a combustion engine right in
The face completely cold which is of course not good now with the Passat I also inquired about this matter if you do end up doing it because you’re driving electrically on the country roads and you need to overtake it could potentially get rather tight I might need the full system power when the
Combustion engine kicks in you don’t really have to worry too much because all bearings and all the various components that would be involved are appropriately Co in order to resist that I additionally inquired why the statistic of engine problems exists what about customer feedback that something has ever actually broken down and this
Particular detail wasn’t really at all noticeable in the previous generation I must say so they had no complaints and now with this one even less so because as mentioned it’s designed so that occasionally the engine just switches on cold that’s also very important to know
And it’s not like with the Q7 here but you have at least up to the kickdown Point full power hour I’d like to try that out too but wisely enough we’ve parked behind an open truck which means we’re in a tight spot here what I’ve also noticed is I’m driving now we’re
Going from Munich’s West over to the east of Munich Urban and at the beginning when I still had a small Urban Expressway section where you drive 60 but constantly did the battery drain faster than now since we’ve been driving completely in this typical rush hour stopandgo traffic because we’re
Constantly breaking and by doing so we’re naturally regenerating energy back into the battery it’s really just an electric after all and since then it uses less so with every kilometer I drive the battery indicator decreases Less in relation than before when we were constant 60 or 70 on the urban Expressway was shocking
To me initially I thought it’ drain away quickly but now it’s turned out to be pretty good should we perhaps check on our progress or would doing that just spoil the magic for us give me a moment more okay Franchesco is the reason you can’t see the progress
On consumption now take a look at the current issue right now we are still at an 80% battery level so even if we do not manage to resolve it immediately when we mention consumption we can at least say 80% battery level 73 kilm of remaining range is precisely what’s being displayed here
Interestingly enough I really wanted to know exactly how much power this car can charge into the battery this is always very clear at a wallbox because there we don’t have as high charging losses as at a DC charging station and so the electric vehicle was delivered to me
Completely empty because on the long journey from Wolfsburg to this place while driving rather fast the battery eventually ran completely out and that was good because now I could see how much actually fits in and it was 22.7 kwatt hours here’s the overlay filmed specially for you so 22.7 KW went into the
Battery meaning we still had 2.3 kwatt hours left in it sort of like a buffer this also means that for this very reason with this car you always start electrically maneuver even when the battery is completely dead this buffer doesn’t only apply to those acceleration frenzies I mentioned but also to start
Off quietly in the neighborhood early on it’s somewhat like that for me you see um I do indeed have this neighbor who happens to be quite sensitive when it concerns any kind of nor noise particularly with the children and stuff like that really and I’m truly not the
Type who deliberately wishes or aspires to be difficult even though sometimes it can seem overly exaggerated indeed but I’m not someone who pours salt in the wound I try to be as calm as possible of course obviously I can do this quite well with my electric cars often heading
Out to the airport at 5:00 in the morning and just gliding away the only thing she can hear is when a pebble falls from the tire onto the asphalt and with such a car with the Passat plug-in hybrid you have this feature as well no matter how low your
Battery is you always have this buffer which ensures you can drive out completely silent from the settlement from the garage whatever not as if a 2 L 4- cylinder engine is so incredibly 1.5 L it has a 1.5 L 4- cylinder a 2 L 4-
Cylinder is the old one I think so that it would be ultra loud like if you were to you know have a Maserati 3200 GT but it’s much quieter and it also drives incredibly smooth so it’s really on an electric level don’t you think I mean the way it
Drives it’s linked to the transmission which means it also shifts the gears but you don’t get the feeling that it’s just some kind of auxiliary engine rather I feel like I’m sitting in a full-fledged Electric in this range I mean in this area as I’m currently utilizing the car right now We
Additionally possess the advanced DCC adaptive suspension system which I also have installed in the t7 model so it’s indeed a DCC suspension that you can make softer or harder with such a dedicated controller I really praise this in the t7 because on specifically on really bad highways in Italy at
Higher highway speeds like 140 150 on cruise control it cushions so nicely over them that I barely notice a difference compared to the eqv or to the v-class with air suspension in the t7 because it’s just so harmonious now we also have the compression and rebound stages separated from each other this means
Essentially when you encounter bumps the sophisticated front damping system ensures that when the vehicle would normally bounce up because a standard damping setup would leave too much room for it it instead remains stable rattles what’s that peculiar rattling sound here exactly really and how much did it actually truly
Rattle two three times that’s not what we want enough now when the car sways like this due to unevenness a regular shock absorber lets it rebound this particular section remains just a bit more rigid at the very front thereby effectively preventing any kind of vertical bouncing movement up and
Down and it’s quite comfortable such a suspension system so please don’t skimp on it when you’re buying a car because it significantly enhances the Comfort especially since it’s also a family car with the large trunk with all that space in the back then you’d want the corresponding Comfort
Too so now’s the perfect moment to test the acceleration without going over this yeah the acceleration is amazing so we’ve already hit 50 so now you really can’t say it’s sluggish time to speed up a bit between you’ve always got to feel just as I previously stated like the engine
Isn’t ever kicking in you can really switch lanes and stuff quite swiftly here it works pretty well so touching briefly on the navigation system not as crucial as with pure electric but still noteworthy you’ve got the tremendous advantage in this car that you can charge it at 11 KOB AC let’s not forget
We can also charge DC we’ll address that soon and you see charging stations here that’s quite good because if you have a city appointment with your car why shouldn’t you charge here for instance here’s an 11 Kil station it’s available here’s a 22 Kil station it’s available
That one for instance is not available you can tell immediately by the Red Dot I think it’s great that this feature is implemented and that you can see it on the map just like that ad hoc because char charging a car really makes sense because every hour precisely 1 hour when
You charge this vehicle at an 11 Kil station you’ve effectively filled the battery halfway and in the best case scenario you’ve already achieved 50 km of urban range that’s really quite great and that’s precisely why I would most definitely recommend going ahead and doing that that’s why I think its
Charging feature is great I’m really annoyed with our t7 plug-in hybrid which costs noticeably noticeably more than this one that it can only charge at 3.7 Kil absolutely ridiculous it takes you 3.5 to 4 hours to recharge that tiny 10.4 KW battery to full sometimes I just
Forget to charge it because we decide on a whim hey let’s go to the zoo or let’s drive to the Wildlife Park in poing and it doesn’t matter whether I want to drive purely electric or in plug-in hybrid mode the thing is obviously when the battery is fully
Charged you have even more flexibility for the highway and for the city too to keep your fuel consumption low since the Electric System always steps into a assist greatly and then often it happened that only half an hour before it dawned on me oh crap the car only has
10% battery left what happened naturally I couldn’t get it anywhere near full again while here with 11 kilov you can of course charge much much faster so it really is precisely for this reason I say the most advanced plug-in hybrid in its class because you have the best
Combination of fast AC charging fast DC charging and a sufficiently large battery designed to also accommodate those individuals who might need to commute 40 km to their work place and then wish to complete the Journey of 40 km back home can easily charge at home
But for instance cannot do so at work at all and even if someone can’t charge at home and frequently finds themselves in a scenario where that charging station located near a charging box or perhaps a charging box or even simply a charging box at their very own home is blocked or
Whatever then even if they manage to cover half of their annual mileage be it 5,000 km out of 10,000 or 10,000 km out of 20,000 km electrically hey that’s already a win it’s not the person who says I was almost about to buy the id7 but now I’m getting the pat plug-in
Hybrid instead that doesn’t happen that person says do I buy the diesel or am I doing myself a favor with the plug-in hybrid and naturally of course you’re actually doing yourself a significant favor because after all you can drive fully electric and that’s what these eternally yesterday oriented folks
Simply just can’t seem to get into their heads that it’s not uh merely the simplistic combination of the absolute worst uh no what’s it specifically called uh the very worst of both possible worlds no what’s the saying um Lord Almighty the worst of Both Worlds exactly that’s it but rather It’s the
Best of Both Worlds and yes you are largely pulling along the traditional combustion engine but once again who really goes out and buys the car the one who would have driven the diesel not only is he dragging the diesel around all the time but he’s also puffing out the dirt in
Rush hour traffic in such traffic where you’re con stantly starting and stopping where you don’t have the advantage of the electric car all the time to the outside so how can that be the worst of Both Worlds someone really needs to explain that to me so
Somehow friends in a moment we’ll have a little chat about weight that’s also very interesting especially in comparison since we talked about lugging around a combustion engine and such but of course with an electric car you also have to Lug around the weight of the high voltage battery let’s now compare the id.
7 t with the Volkswagen Pat plug-in hybrid estate just to see what’s the actual weight difference there now though since you’re here with carmaniac we’re also conducting an official consumption measurement on our home test track where we always measure the electrics even here at 130 Kil H it can actually reach
140 purely electric which is pretty pretty awesome but we aim to measure the exact same speed as we always do which is30 by the way we have an external temperature of 8° so this is once again on the upswing or put positively better doable of course if we were in summer
Which we are not 8° is like that by the way the air conditioning is set to 22 degrees the whole time assistance systems we have just had the road trip .7 competing against eqi versus um i5 and the .7 scored remarkably well there it was ultimately more efficient in both efficiency in
Charging than its competitors despite being more expensive when it comes to assistance systems neither it nor any other can fully keep up with the I5 it features this hands-off driving which is currently the top score even better than what Mercedes offers but with steering assistant technology one notices the
Clear Lane display moreover in this presentation there’s a detailed depiction of the adjacent vehicle enhancing driver safety on the road however it sends out a warning earlier than with id7 advising to return hands promptly to the wheel and it very quickly found its right way back so within just a single
Second passing through the lane markings okay I really need to steer again right now without any hesitation it’s doing great steering very well and I’d almost say I don’t feel a difference compared to the id7 did you ride along the id7 on the highway no
Right yes of course do you notice a big difference compared to a purely electric one amazing right you literally can’t hear anything at all now we actually just need to figure out how far you can really go on the highway with this very car that’s really super
Interesting for all of you out there who might just have a plug-in hybrid and want to know okay hey how does it look I drive for example not at all in the city could be the case with you but only Highway and commute 50
There 50 back can I make it I believe it can’t manage 100 Kil but the average German doesn’t commute 100 km either sure there are always those extreme cas cases who say hey I commute 140 km round trip 60 round trip I don’t know sure that definitely exists but we simply
Cannot use that as a proper reference there are always those who write to us in the comments saying electric is for me I have to drive this much or I’m a pilot and I often get unexpected calls of course it’s complete for you if you need to zoom 80
Km to the airport and back we don’t talk about that but I’m super super curious to see what it consumes on the highway at this temperature doing 130 km h because with most plug-in hybrids if you manage to get 30 km on the highway you should be Clapping Your Hands wildly you
Won’t even manage that with the t7 and its peers at such a speed we mustn’t forget we actually have here a meticulously designed aerodynamically optimized car truly we have a 0.25 drag coefficient VW is pulling tricks from the world of Electric Mobility such as aerodynamically optimized tires adding 3 kilm then of
Course the drag coefficient itself sure one might criticize what’s so great about the id7 if it also just has such a drag coefficient it has a marginally better drag coefficient hey really you can’t go wrong here I would go so far as to say for representatives for people who need
To cover long distances quickly have no time to charge have no time to charge on site with clients or travel long distances on vacation like us then it’s the perfect symbiosis you just drive well with the combustion engine fill it up because well but not often and you then have the option to
Drive electrically both in the city and on the highway that’s pretty cool isn’t it uh we almost have to try it out right could you please navigate me directly to amble ham 1 located in jeva okay then jev amble ham one could you do that for me please safe travels today I have
Martin who very kindly brought us this car from such a very long distance away this morning we initiated our day by enjoying some coffee at home with Franchesco and subsequently handed over the mug emblazened with ulum one to Martin how else someone from VW surely
Had to get this mug we don’t have the root planning and stuff here of course that’s irrelevant now but it’s also worth seeing how it responds to the way of speaking according to his detailed prophecy how far are we actually getting now in Synergy still 430 km with a not full
Tank you can’t make that with the id7 I would purchase the id7 but I can also charge it at my home um that’s simply The crucial point of the matter so let’s see how far it goes we still need to adjust for topography then we’ll have the results shortly and then
Of course the final outcome of it all how far we’ve come in urban terms that is truly fascinating isn’t it we’ve really covered quite a significant distance already on this incredible journey together wouldn’t you agree it’s very interesting indeed so now here I am speeding up a bit when you unexpectedly accelerate
Through a stop sign on the highway which is quite rare now I’ll show you something it’s just for those serious about buying this car unimpressive for Eevee fans maybe not for others either knowing these cars are fast but how does the vehicle actually function now with this new
Eboost system we still have 35% battery life left and you can see here when it turns blue at the bottom of the speedometer that means it unleashes 140 150 60 um 70 so for such a small sewing box engine it really does quite well reaching 220 still gets a significant and notable
Boost 30 32 33 34 extremely commanding and effective brakes um and truly hauls like absolutely crazy indeed that’s just what I precisely mean time and again when you happen to be driving an rron at a speed of 210 on the left lane a Pat just blinks and honks you out of the way
That’s always the thing attention yes really fast yes and it performs well at high speeds too I can tell with the t7 in sport mode that it really has some zip for its 218 horsepower it’s really a small engine 1.5 L of displacement and it really hugs the road
Incredibly well can you feel that I don’t know no no it handles well on the road so for 230 it’s really not loud right the bite Point comes relatively late now with the brake it does move forward nicely and by braking you naturally recuperate a lot and regain
The Boost even if your battery would actually be empty that’s just the typical driving style of these ultra high Pacers who have to cover many kilometers a day neither is it economical nor is it as safe as say cruising at 150 with the autopilot on wanted to show you now top
Speed 220 without that boost and everything down to 139 38 if you add um boost into the mix but you do notice of course it’s not comparable to Electric to the smoothness of an electric so if you floor it in the id7 up to top speed up to 180 um first
It’s quicker and second it doesn’t sound as strained of course we’re at I don’t know 6,000 RPM so the id7 obviously pushes you back from behind and so do many other electric cars driving fast for long is harder for electric cars than plug-in hybrids so friends let’s discuss weight
We touched on that right and then we’ll discuss another very interesting topic where I’m really eager to hear your thoughts but first the weight the plug-in hybrid Passad estate weighs 1.8 tons for comparison the .7 Touro weighs just under 2.3 tons that’s a difference of 500 kilos now I don’t want to make
Plug-in hybrid seem better than electric because for me it’s clear what I drive and why I drive it which is electric but we know what kind of individuality we’re talking about once again about the person who wouldn’t have bought an electric at all this individual probably includes the driver of this id4 next
Door who is now after a brief conversation based on poor advice dissatisfied because for example no one told him that a charging power charging power Peak which is communicated to be 135 or with new software 170 kilo is not always achieved depending on the batter’s charged depending on the
Temperature he mentioned he’s quite disappointed since it only manages to pull this much yeah what he doesn’t know since nobody ever explained it to him is what a charging curve actually looks like and what affects it that’s not about the electric car itself but rather about the Battery Technology a cold
Battery if you plug in your phone in Sweden atus 20° it’s not going to charge the same way as it does when I plug it in now at a fast charger so that’s the point poor advice thus dissatisfied people who might leave who might find a better solution here because they say I
Can still drive electric because the basic idea seems to have been there but then so to speak it has a backup now the issue is that for instance the charging station broke down we don’t know why the charging stations here are just not working it’s just one of those issues
With plug-in hybrids you’re like okay I’m in a hurry now unfortunately it stopped charging none of the pillars seem to be working at all I know you’ve already been here two times then there’s a power grid issue in the area because it just shut off in the middle I doubt that certainly
Not right here you can see here’s the issue with plug-in hybrids you now at least have an option so I think it’s a good interim solution for those who don’t want to deal with it I get it when one often has such experiences you just have to understand how Electric Mobility
Works that’s why for instance on longdistance trips Franchesco is witness and he shouldn’t lie for me now we somehow never have problems with ionity sure if one station fails I’ll simply find another one but I’ve never had charging interruptions or anything and just do it while on the go and I really
Know how it operates but you also need to understand a lot to know what you should never do wrong now it’s not that they never work I used to charge here quite often I haven’t had a bad experience either but now for instance it’s not about if you’re in a hurry and
You come out after being there for 20 minutes no matter where and you’re at the same charge level as when you plugged in you can just drive off here and say my God okay okay but I do have the combustion engine you simply can’t achieve that with an electric vehicle so
I really just want to point out very clearly that there are specific scenarios with plug-in hybrids that indeed make them far superior in a number of different situations and or do and then for some people it might be a good solution allowing them to still drive electrically in urban areas regarding
Charging time Volkswagen States it takes 23 minutes from 10 to 80% 80% is quite relative indeed now a question arises and you can provide your answer below do you believe that a plug-in hybrid car should have the right to occupy fast charging stations or is it an unwelcome
Guest because it blocks the charging station for those who can only drive purely electric Franchesco just said the idea is that everyone drives electric as much as possible so if someone can charge 50 kilof DC why shouldn’t they do it an I3 can only charge at a 50 kilof
DC or at a Nissan Leaf which means it’s exactly the same thing the mere background knowledge that this particular model can also operate on combustion might indeed troubles some individuals but I’m curious to see what you have to say about it in the comments should we stand at fast charg stations
Or is it absurd or is it a good thing because that means he potentially goes about his daily routine Now using electric for the next few days and always comes back here because he can’t charge at home or even while driving on the highway but with lower fuel
Consumption since he still has a full battery the 80% being relative doesn’t apply here since the range isn’t comparable to a proper electric vehicle so I would definitely charge up to 100% here Accord to the display on the charging station and in the car it takes 45 minutes so fully charged that works
When you’re on the road and make that obligatory family stop where you then have lunch then you’ve got a full battery again and can continue driving with a low Highway consumption when it’s in hybrid mode because you know the navigation system if you have it active basically dictates how it allocates the
Battery charge the longer the journey the more it naturally stretches the battery consumption and relies Less on it than if the journey is short then it can use a lot from the battery to reduce consumption so I’m really curious about what you think whether such a plug-in hybrid with this charging power should
At least be able to stand at a fast charging station or not we couldn’t complete recording the charging window as you can see in the overlay because unfortunately the charging station just stopped charging for us it’s less of a nuisance really but for the id4 driver specifically it’s kind of a surprising
Twist and indeed for absolutely everyone else as well too bad now let’s get to the good news specifically what this guy here can actually achieve with pure electric power and I say impressive if you ask me now to the video’s most crucial exciting part dear folks before electric vehicle fans question this
Model’s highlight or its purchase I advocate reflection remove misleading optimistic glasses that distort perception now I urge a pause open your minds and prepare to absorb key enlightening insights I’ll share aiming to enhance understanding of this crucial topic that as mentioned the alternative for the buyer of this car would be the
Diesel or the gasoline car not the electric vehicle I’d never willingly choose to drive this vehicle over my electric one because I have the convenient option to charge it at home but even with a charging option at home after thoroughly testing it and accurately determining its power
Consumption it actually makes a lot of practical sense if you need to cover long distances in everyday life really have to be on schedule have a very stressful job take long vacation drives even though I usually recommend an electric car for home charging but let these numbers roll off your tongue for a
Moment we drove this car 25 km through Munich started off from home at 98% charged it overnight and 25 km through Munich typical traffic sometimes a bit busier sometimes around the middle ring and it consumed 16.8 kwatt hours in the process that’s a statistic quite impressive indeed that no other plug-in hybrid I’m
Aware of can match because as far as I know an id7 wouldn’t consume even a bit less power than that so at 8° that that’s an absolutely adequate electric consumption value which I would also consider adequate for a purely electric vehicle this implies in reverse that if
You were to drive exactly like this before we actually hit the highway and continued until it totally ran out we would have easily made a solid 110 km now think about the summer which is obviously much better for the battery the ideal temperature is 30° C the battery wasn’t preconditioned
Deliberately we only had 8° that negative affects everything so until it would have run out we would have managed 110 km and you can really run it down to the last drop because then the combustion engine kicks in and in city traffic when you’re rolling you still have the benefit of electric startup
Thanks to the buffer this essentially means that all starts and stops at traffic lights still happen electrically without a single exception each and every time this means you can use the full range of the battery so 110 km I dare say in the summer easily 120 km and
That with this battery size is it’s not big at all so many electrics can’t even manage that so we quickly hit the highway and you’ll see here in the overlay our standard daily schedule we drove a total of 89 km to reach the charging station and had only 4 km of
Battery range left that means we could have made it 93 km before it would have been completely drained in 1989 we successfully covered that significant distance despite it incorporating a challenging 40 km on the highway to assess fuel consumption we conducted test by driving a precise 20 km at a
Constant speed of 130 km H that is absolutely not the best friend of the electric motor maintaining a consistently higher speed had we omitted that just imagine we already made it to 93 km as it is that’s seriously intense isn’t it yeah and now when we start
Talking about what the cost for 100 km will be then it truly gets even more promising indeed and whoever is now thinking about diesel which is really efficient nowadays well we mustn’t always this overly Rosy view diesel being way too expensive and whatnot knock me
Dead it’s not so a Modern Diesel as a counterpart I guess around 6 l in urban traffic is doable multiply that please with the € 1.65 that a liter of diesel costs at least here in Munich you’re at 990 now listen with a 16.8 L consumption
At my address here in Munich 29 cents per kilowatt hour of green electricity it would cost me so to speak € 4.80 for 16.8 KW hours that is precisely half the cost of what diesel fuel would amount to for traveling 100 km but don’t forget if you
Do you’ll have to consider that the engine kicks in cold then it uses more fuel hey with a range of 110 km the average German can drive to work for a whole week or for 4 days including running errands completely electric for half the price of 100 km worth of diesel
That my friends is my final conclusion on the new Pat plug-in hybrid it’s one of the very few plug-in hybrids that I currently recommend I no longer recommend the very small battery plug-in hybrids for many it’s been pseudo technology for quite a while yes this saying about the type 2 cable being
Returned to the dealer after 3 years of leasing still unpacked that won’t be the case here and if so then you’re quite foolish because with that you’re literally throwing twice the money out the window every 100 km how did you like that let me know in the comments I’m
Really curious to hear what you think is that per chance an option for you shall I keep testing cars like this I’m quite curious about it
Better than the EV and cheaper than the diesel?
00:00 The problem
03:03 facts and figures
07:34 Interior
10:28 The most modern plug in
31:08 Highway
39:50 Charging
45:30 The great breakdown
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