Great review Eilis, the first of the ID7 I've seen. We have an ID3 and a Buzz so good to see how the ID line is improving. Hopefully v4.0 software will be rolled out to older ID models.
Awesome Eilis!!! I'm SO glad your doing another car review it feels like forever since you did the Megane e-Tech review. I know your main reviewer is also working for another channel or has switched to the other channel. I don't have time to watch your entire review right now, but will come back and finish it off, and this car may not arrive in Australia for a VERY long time but glad to see your back doing car reviews again. :)
In fairness to Tish, she had her own YT channel before joining Electroheads and does a great job on both. Eilis can’t be everywhere at once whilst running the company
@@bill_heywood She's not the CEO of the company. There are many others behind the scenes that are also working for the channel. I just prefer Eilis' reviews and am glad to see that she is back and doing the ID.7!
Of course I'm a subscriber with bells on, Eilis and team, thank you for making my birthday special (you didn't know that, did you ...) the only two things stopping me from getting another e-bike are the weather, the hills in Shrewsbury and the sad fact that most of them have a lower max rider weight. But I digress... Eilis, I really think that after many years, @matwatsoncars has finally met his match and some. Your performance as a car reviewer is stellar, the humour with the vehicle features, the scratchy ASMR (like on the Ioniq 5 test drive) ... I will not be surprised when Porsche calls you to loan you a Taycan as a daily. Which will come with a difficult decision -- can you be an automotive journalist on a bike? Fun fact, Mat Watson bought a GoCycle 3 years ago for £3000 ... ah, inflation ... (PS, it's another thing I really like about this channel, when something is too expensive, you call them out!)
So I compare this car to our BMW i4 and to Polestar 2 because of the German build (ok Polestar is Chinese), upscale demographic (for VW), and that massive rear hatch adding real practicality, especially if you fold those rear seats. What do others think? Ioniq 6 and Tesla Model 3 failed with sedan trunks.
I am a practical person and I feel like a hatch is a must for me. This definitely ticks that box but it doesn't mean everyone needs it. If it wasn't for the hatch, at the price I would consider a model 3 but not much else. eqe, eqs, i4 and i5 are too expensive, the ioniq 6 is also a good alternative but much less room....and there are not many other competitors in the sedan sector. So for me it's the best and I'll probably get it once the big battery version comes out
You people are my people. I got an i4 as well bcuz of the hatch. My next option was Model S. Ioniq 6 sure missed the mark here. This ID7 looks appealing but we shall see
7:10 You misinterpreted what they meant. By "scratchy" they didn't mean piano black, they meant textured hard plastics, higher quality materials will be softer and yielding and the materials on the dashboard and door tops are in fact quite soft in the ID.7.
I agree with you on that color, Eilis...it looks stunn9ing (though not as much as you!) and complements your beautiful self. ❤This looks very promising as well, though I wonder this: will the ID7 be available in the States and if so, what will the MSRP be for it here?
it is a high price but Nice. i think if and when Tesla or China comes out with a more affordable car or truck (under $28k ) we may see manufactures drop prices and way more folks dump gas cars . and Hi Eilis in Europe ⚡
A lot of potential here as a classy saloon with great range, and it’ll still be on my Shortlist, but I’m already marking it down a place or two due to VW’s launch price hike… and that could be ID7’s Achilles Heel against competitors!
Very very very badly. I actually look forward to charging my Model 3 on the rare times I need to. My previous car, a non Tesla was always like an impending nightmare.
It's good to see alternatives to Tesla with normal driver controls, indicator stalks and such like. Not sure about lane assist after I tried to swerve around a lorry tyre in the road and the car's "AI" tried to take over and drive me into it and make me crash and burn.
Ask yourself this, are you going to buy the ID7 which is styled on the ID4 which is not selling that well or are you going to buy the Skoda Enyaq Coupe which as you will see is a derivative of the very successful Enyaq Crossover. Both vehicles have the same underpinnings but one looks like a jelly bowl and the other looks mean and exciting. You choose.
Zzzzzz....bigger car with a bigger battery with prices heading further north. Bring the affordable ID.2 before going bust VW, that would be a better plan for the masses
@@bill_heywoodthe e-c3 is not out yet either. Will jave to wait for spring 2024. Sure, the demand is there, but most of the car manufacturers are just not there yet.
@@Marco-ce8kr what actual benefit is there? When the ID3 was launched some people noted the additional cost of the heat pump would take a very long time to be repaid with energy 'saved'! (I have an EV with a heat pump - but there aren't any versions sold without!)
@@FFVoyager The point is efficiency rather than savings. The more efficient is the car, the less battery you need. And a big battery is not just expansive, it is also heavy and takes longer to be charged.
Sorry, but those range figures 385mile/77kWh are the best city test cycle numbers and should be quoted as such . Combined cycle figures would be of more relevance.
There is absolutely no way that it will do over 5 miler per kW! The Volkswagen diesel gate cogs are still in motion. There's no way it will be more efficient than my model 3. I get on average 4.3. If the VW manages to get near 4 (extremely doubtful) it'd do 300 on a good day.
@@PedalPowerPantherIt’s more an issue with WLTP being fit for purpose. EPA (275 miles) seems to align better with my experience of the big battery ID.4 (around 3.6 in the summer and 3 in the winter). I guesstimate the ID.7 will achieve a real world range of somewhere in the region of 330-340 miles summer, and 280-290 miles winter. We’ll see next year when they start to be delivered.
How would you measure that? Purchase price, cost to charge and run or panel fit and the number of niggling faults that shouldn't exist with a new vehicle? 🤔
I thought your demographic was people who are over expensive EVs with massive production impact, but who instead understand that e-bikes and micromobility is the right way to go. JK, congrats on the expansion of your work, but I hope you can stay focused on Active Transportation.
Ha yes that is definitely the case! But we can't ignore those who do need an electric car for long distance travel (who also have a sizeable wallet?!?!). Active transport is our number 1 priority 😉
While it's important to know battery size, charge rate and range, we need more data and results from the real world, revealing the conditions you drive under. I have a BYD that boasts 480 kms of range but, as you can see by my road trip video, it wasn't safe to go 320 kms. Around town it falls short by 80 kms and you can wipe off another 80 kms when the speeds are over 100 kph. You say that one does 600 kms (smaller battery model)? I would like you to get it back and drive on the highways until it's almost out of charge, and tell us how far shy of 600 it was? You could have used the trip computer; worked out the efficiency and projected range and told us your average speed. That would have improved the information greatly, even if you couldn't tour it. Charging speed were also overstated by a country mile on the BYD, and real-world charging speeds should be given for all test drives. I hope that helps for future reports? BTW, VW is really dragging the chain in Aus - they don't expect to bring out any EV until the end of 2024.
@@FFVoyager Good question. I used to tour my Citroen C5, and it would estimate under 900 kms when the tank was filled, due to all the town driving prior. As I headed south, by the time I got to Tweed Heads, about 100 kms away, it would stop climbing and read 1,400 kms of range. Then it would go down from there, and only do 1,300 of that, but it had already done that 100 while increasing the readout. I estimate my BYD in four charges and less than that same distance would have estimated over 1,900 kms of range and done under 1,300. I used to fill up once in about five minutes and get to Melbourne in just under 20 hours. The BYD took 36. Need anything else cleared up?
Eilis is one the most fashionable people I know, and she wears a different outfit every day. So it must a coincidence. (from Rich - her unfashionable co-presenter)
Electric cars will take a tumble in 2024 , car manufacturers will be shocked with the amount of drop off in regards to electric cars , keep an eye on this market , when it happens you’re more than welcome to ask how I knew , take care .
I was watching a video on Tesla and the movements in the market -- Tesla lowered their prices on the Model 3 (to clear the order books ahead of the new model, I presume) but are experimenting with increasing the price of the Model Y. However, the Model 3 Highland starting price is lower (in some markets) than an ID.3 Pro ... which belongs to a lower segment. So you may well be right, I woulnd't say "a tumble" but when the mother of all Model Y will arrive tu rule the roost (biggest selling units worldwide, dethroning the Toyota Corolla) every manufacturer with cars of a similar size and prices above 55k (looking at you, Kia and Genesis ...) will have to include a slice of humble pie if they want to sell cars.
@@Alessandro--- personally thinking that’s just the tip of the iceberg , looking at the bigger picture there’s many more problems in regards to the electric car industry than just the fact it happens to be an electric car , be it price or size or changing or the price for charging or the availability of charging or the infrastructure of charging obviously not forgetting the pending recession or the demise of current economic downturn, many factors involved, I think more people are coming to realise it is no longer a form of transport but is very expensive pain and something that will lose a lot of money in the long run, of course I could be wrong it’s bound to happen one day.
@@Alessandro--- So you try your best to pretend that the 2024 Y Tesla models have som big improvements? They do not. So yet another year where Tesla is getting behind the EV competition. Tesla has reached a standstill in development, nothing new, same booring car. And Elon? What a disgrase for the brand, once the shining star of EVs
@ekk... You should do some basic research before coming here with straight out lies. VW software in this model (which will be the same in all VW EVs) is second to none (according to yt reviuws) And "Another miss from VW" ?? I guess you are a shareholder in a competing EV brand, and getting really nervous
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Really nice reviuw, thanks! This EV has huge potential, ticks all my boxes. What an improvement from previous models, well done VW
"Looks amazing", "looks great", "gorgeous", yes, indeed; Eilis is all of that. Loved the enthusiasm you showed for this remarkable car.
Great review Eilis, the first of the ID7 I've seen. We have an ID3 and a Buzz so good to see how the ID line is improving. Hopefully v4.0 software will be rolled out to older ID models.
Awesome Eilis!!! I'm SO glad your doing another car review it feels like forever since you did the Megane e-Tech review. I know your main reviewer is also working for another channel or has switched to the other channel. I don't have time to watch your entire review right now, but will come back and finish it off, and this car may not arrive in Australia for a VERY long time but glad to see your back doing car reviews again. :)
In fairness to Tish, she had her own YT channel before joining Electroheads and does a great job on both. Eilis can’t be everywhere at once whilst running the company
@@bill_heywood She's not the CEO of the company. There are many others behind the scenes that are also working for the channel. I just prefer Eilis' reviews and am glad to see that she is back and doing the ID.7!
Of course I'm a subscriber with bells on, Eilis and team, thank you for making my birthday special (you didn't know that, did you ...) the only two things stopping me from getting another e-bike are the weather, the hills in Shrewsbury and the sad fact that most of them have a lower max rider weight. But I digress...
Eilis, I really think that after many years, @matwatsoncars has finally met his match and some. Your performance as a car reviewer is stellar, the humour with the vehicle features, the scratchy ASMR (like on the Ioniq 5 test drive) ... I will not be surprised when Porsche calls you to loan you a Taycan as a daily. Which will come with a difficult decision -- can you be an automotive journalist on a bike? Fun fact, Mat Watson bought a GoCycle 3 years ago for £3000 ... ah, inflation ... (PS, it's another thing I really like about this channel, when something is too expensive, you call them out!)
So I compare this car to our BMW i4 and to Polestar 2 because of the German build (ok Polestar is Chinese), upscale demographic (for VW), and that massive rear hatch adding real practicality, especially if you fold those rear seats. What do others think? Ioniq 6 and Tesla Model 3 failed with sedan trunks.
I am a practical person and I feel like a hatch is a must for me. This definitely ticks that box but it doesn't mean everyone needs it. If it wasn't for the hatch, at the price I would consider a model 3 but not much else. eqe, eqs, i4 and i5 are too expensive, the ioniq 6 is also a good alternative but much less room....and there are not many other competitors in the sedan sector. So for me it's the best and I'll probably get it once the big battery version comes out
You people are my people. I got an i4 as well bcuz of the hatch. My next option was Model S. Ioniq 6 sure missed the mark here. This ID7 looks appealing but we shall see
7:10 You misinterpreted what they meant. By "scratchy" they didn't mean piano black, they meant textured hard plastics, higher quality materials will be softer and yielding and the materials on the dashboard and door tops are in fact quite soft in the ID.7.
Thank you for mansplaining this 👍
Well done VW, a great big barge that's almost as roomy inside as a Suzuki Ignis. So much for the space saving benefits of electric powertrains
02:28 She's like the wind 🎶 - sang Patrick Swayze.. and her little tricks to spice things up - we say :)
I agree with you on that color, Eilis...it looks stunn9ing (though not as much as you!) and complements your beautiful self. ❤This looks very promising as well, though I wonder this: will the ID7 be available in the States and if so, what will the MSRP be for it here?
Hi, it will be coming to the US as well. I guess in Q1 of 2024. No prices revealed yet (as far as I know).
No word of a US market at the moment but this may change!
Great review, first time I've watched one of your videos but (I am sure I dont need to tell you) they're great. Just subscribed :)
Awesome, thank you!
it is a high price but Nice. i think if and when Tesla or China comes out with a more affordable car or truck (under $28k ) we may see manufactures drop prices and way more folks dump gas cars . and Hi Eilis in Europe ⚡
Eilis. Your budgies have died girl 😢
😂😂😂
What a cool jacket. Where can I find it?
A lot of potential here as a classy saloon with great range, and it’ll still be on my Shortlist, but I’m already marking it down a place or two due to VW’s launch price hike… and that could be ID7’s Achilles Heel against competitors!
Its not a saloon.
@@krane15 Yeah, take your point. Even with the hatch opening I’d still consider it to be a saloon. Either way, nice car!
I would love to see you in a James Bond film, Eilis ❤😀
Always top reviews 😊
Thank you so much 😃
Refreshing
That's a whopping big purchase price even for leasing, anyway interesting car and nice review.
Iam in OZ ......as yet we are yet to see any electric VWs..😢😢😢...I will look out for you in case your sat. nav. sends you down here 😅😅😅😅😅
I entered this car and did not see " scratchy plastic" anywhere! That is a hard and cheap plastic, not to be confused with " piano black"!
How does the charging network experience compare to Tesla?
Very very very badly. I actually look forward to charging my Model 3 on the rare times I need to. My previous car, a non Tesla was always like an impending nightmare.
@@PedalPowerPanther All charging is inferior to Tesla. That shouldn't come as a surprise since they've been at it the longest.
ID.7 tourer wagon to the United States 2024! I will not buy the sedan Volkswagen of America make the right choices. BTW lovely accent.
North American don't buy saloon/station wagons.
@@krane15 yeah they do
When you test the boot to see if it takes a bicycle ....you MUST have one to put into the boot😮 & it has 2 USB-Type c PORTS not CABES 😂😂
It's good to see alternatives to Tesla with normal driver controls, indicator stalks and such like. Not sure about lane assist after I tried to swerve around a lorry tyre in the road and the car's "AI" tried to take over and drive me into it and make me crash and burn.
Nice drive
Ask yourself this, are you going to buy the ID7 which is styled on the ID4 which is not selling that well or are you going to buy the Skoda Enyaq Coupe which as you will see is a derivative of the very successful Enyaq Crossover. Both vehicles have the same underpinnings but one looks like a jelly bowl and the other looks mean and exciting. You choose.
Zzzzzz....bigger car with a bigger battery with prices heading further north. Bring the affordable ID.2 before going bust VW, that would be a better plan for the masses
Great point. VW should have started with the ID.2
Harder to make with profit. There is a reason why a good cheap EV is not out yet.
Also be happy it is not yet another SUV
@@Astke I’m not convinced, let’s see how many EC3s Citroen sell and then we can judge
@@bill_heywoodthe e-c3 is not out yet either. Will jave to wait for spring 2024. Sure, the demand is there, but most of the car manufacturers are just not there yet.
There's no need to look so good girl, I got distracted
😂🙏
Hickquity Pickquity 😂
I like this channel as it feels modern and hipstery in a way. I might even subscribe!
Doooo it 😎
How much? What planet are they on?
Does it have a heat pump?
Does it need one?
@@FFVoyager why not?
@@Marco-ce8kr what actual benefit is there? When the ID3 was launched some people noted the additional cost of the heat pump would take a very long time to be repaid with energy 'saved'! (I have an EV with a heat pump - but there aren't any versions sold without!)
@@FFVoyager The point is efficiency rather than savings. The more efficient is the car, the less battery you need. And a big battery is not just expansive, it is also heavy and takes longer to be charged.
@@didierpuzenat7280 how much energy do you think you 'save' by having a heat pump?
No one-pedal driving, no deal.
What is ‘intuitive handling’?
Sorry, but those range figures 385mile/77kWh are the best city test cycle numbers and should be quoted as such . Combined cycle figures would be of more relevance.
There is absolutely no way that it will do over 5 miler per kW! The Volkswagen diesel gate cogs are still in motion. There's no way it will be more efficient than my model 3. I get on average 4.3. If the VW manages to get near 4 (extremely doubtful) it'd do 300 on a good day.
@@PedalPowerPantherIt’s more an issue with WLTP being fit for purpose. EPA (275 miles) seems to align better with my experience of the big battery ID.4 (around 3.6 in the summer and 3 in the winter).
I guesstimate the ID.7 will achieve a real world range of somewhere in the region of 330-340 miles summer, and 280-290 miles winter. We’ll see next year when they start to be delivered.
The badge looks like it belongs on a child’s toy car
I used to own a VW Type 3 Fastback.
Why do vw persist with those haptic steering wheel buttons? Infuriating much!
For sure a facelift will change this, since the CEO told already to switch back...but too late for the ID7 at this stage of the project
Ye great test (not)
Test in the uk with 3 passengers a head wind and Baltic outside.
What about the one pedal driving?
Nice looking car. Somebody that can do the maths is it better value than model Y? I suspect not. Would be happy to be wrong.
How would you measure that?
Purchase price, cost to charge and run or panel fit and the number of niggling faults that shouldn't exist with a new vehicle? 🤔
Led lighting is not luxury…it’s just a luxury price tag.
Matrix LEDs are.
@@krane15 inside cabin.
I thought your demographic was people who are over expensive EVs with massive production impact, but who instead understand that e-bikes and micromobility is the right way to go. JK, congrats on the expansion of your work, but I hope you can stay focused on Active Transportation.
Ha yes that is definitely the case! But we can't ignore those who do need an electric car for long distance travel (who also have a sizeable wallet?!?!). Active transport is our number 1 priority 😉
Second
Dude you is first!
Nice car but the price.... its horror 😢
An electric Mondeo for over £50k? Pass.
While it's important to know battery size, charge rate and range, we need more data and results from the real world, revealing the conditions you drive under. I have a BYD that boasts 480 kms of range but, as you can see by my road trip video, it wasn't safe to go 320 kms. Around town it falls short by 80 kms and you can wipe off another 80 kms when the speeds are over 100 kph. You say that one does 600 kms (smaller battery model)? I would like you to get it back and drive on the highways until it's almost out of charge, and tell us how far shy of 600 it was? You could have used the trip computer; worked out the efficiency and projected range and told us your average speed. That would have improved the information greatly, even if you couldn't tour it. Charging speed were also overstated by a country mile on the BYD, and real-world charging speeds should be given for all test drives. I hope that helps for future reports? BTW, VW is really dragging the chain in Aus - they don't expect to bring out any EV until the end of 2024.
Did your previous fossil manage the fuel consumption it was advertised as being able to get? 🙄
@@FFVoyager Good question. I used to tour my Citroen C5, and it would estimate under 900 kms when the tank was filled, due to all the town driving prior. As I headed south, by the time I got to Tweed Heads, about 100 kms away, it would stop climbing and read 1,400 kms of range. Then it would go down from there, and only do 1,300 of that, but it had already done that 100 while increasing the readout. I estimate my BYD in four charges and less than that same distance would have estimated over 1,900 kms of range and done under 1,300. I used to fill up once in about five minutes and get to Melbourne in just under 20 hours. The BYD took 36. Need anything else cleared up?
@@aussieideasman8498 yes. Why is someone as thick as pigshit buying an electric car when they were so happy with their fossil? 🙄
is it intentional that you always wear the same jeans and top in videos or just a coincidence?
Eilis is one the most fashionable people I know, and she wears a different outfit every day. So it must a coincidence.
(from Rich - her unfashionable co-presenter)
it looks like a Tesla Model X
Not in any way actually. 😅
It look noting like a Tesla.
VW reading the room like a blind man with his deaf dog. No one wants a 55k electric car, even if it can got 600km+.
I think a lot of people do want one - but don't need it!
No one? Sure?
Tell that to Tesla.
An expensive car with no soul, mediocre design, so boring
no thanks
Why don't you give them some suggestion. That way your criticism can be constructive.
Vw making more rubbish
Electric cars will take a tumble in 2024 , car manufacturers will be shocked with the amount of drop off in regards to electric cars , keep an eye on this market , when it happens you’re more than welcome to ask how I knew , take care .
I was watching a video on Tesla and the movements in the market -- Tesla lowered their prices on the Model 3 (to clear the order books ahead of the new model, I presume) but are experimenting with increasing the price of the Model Y. However, the Model 3 Highland starting price is lower (in some markets) than an ID.3 Pro ... which belongs to a lower segment. So you may well be right, I woulnd't say "a tumble" but when the mother of all Model Y will arrive tu rule the roost (biggest selling units worldwide, dethroning the Toyota Corolla) every manufacturer with cars of a similar size and prices above 55k (looking at you, Kia and Genesis ...) will have to include a slice of humble pie if they want to sell cars.
@@Alessandro--- personally thinking that’s just the tip of the iceberg , looking at the bigger picture there’s many more problems in regards to the electric car industry than just the fact it happens to be an electric car , be it price or size or changing or the price for charging or the availability of charging or the infrastructure of charging obviously not forgetting the pending recession or the demise of current economic downturn, many factors involved, I think more people are coming to realise it is no longer a form of transport but is very expensive pain and something that will lose a lot of money in the long run, of course I could be wrong it’s bound to happen one day.
@@Alessandro--- So you try your best to pretend that the 2024 Y Tesla models have som big improvements? They do not. So yet another year where Tesla is getting behind the EV competition. Tesla has reached a standstill in development, nothing new, same booring car.
And Elon? What a disgrase for the brand, once the shining star of EVs
In what way do you imagine will EVs 'take a tumble'? 🤔
@@FFVoyager The list is endless, all you have to do is watch for yourself as it unfolds during 2024, it will surprise lots of people, take care.
Compare to what are available in the market ID7 is lackluster especially with its below subpar software. Another miss from VW.
@ekk... You should do some basic research before coming here with straight out lies.
VW software in this model (which will be the same in all VW EVs) is second to none (according to yt reviuws) And "Another miss from VW" ??
I guess you are a shareholder in a competing EV brand, and getting really nervous
False. Research, then comment.