Overview & Reviews

User Reviews:

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  Really like it - 2015 Volkswagen e-Golf
  By sweetwagon - September 17 - 6:03 pm

  I wanted to try out an EV. After over a month with the car, happy I chose this one. Best interior and looks out of all the budget EVs. So far this car is great. Ive got two kids. Its become the primary car for just going around town. Definitely a great experience with my first EV. Cant wait to see the next iteration of EVs.

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  Great EV -- Extremely Pleased - 2015 Volkswagen e-Golf
  By teconnor - March 7 - 7:39 pm

  I Highly recommend this eGolf. An EV with range that feels like a solid, real car. Im extremely impressed with how it drives and feels. Its sporty, smooth, responsive, and more powerful than expected. It feels comparable to much pricier luxury compacts. Range is solid (100+ achievable under right conditions). The Car-Net (think OnStar by VW) bugs are a nuisance. If you need delayed charging, Id wait for VW to resolve this (keep an eye on myvwegolf.com). As of May 15, some report success with the VW updates/fixes. My opinion (as a non-delay charger) is that the flawed extra features do not distract from an otherwise solid vehicle and great EV.

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  No more ICE - 2015 Volkswagen e-Golf
  By Minka vB - January 23 - 11:17 am

  Never go back to internal combustion engine(ICE)!! Electric is here to stay and will get better every year.

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  Love this car - never buy gas/oil/smog check again - 2015 Volkswagen e-Golf
  By mrmichaelwill - September 14 - 6:24 pm

  I bought this car January 2015 assuming it is going to be our secondary car. Turns out its so much fun to drive that its used as our primary car, and we use the Honday Oddysee only when we need the extended range going on vacation, need more than 5 seats or transport bikes, or when second adult commutes to near by train station. At the rate it is going we are putting about 12k miles per year on the car, so I am glad I did not lease it. Update: May 2016 we replaced our Honda Odyssey with a Tesla Model X, and now the VW eGolf is our secondary car again. Still we put 25,000 miles on the eGolf in the last two and a half years and it is still a lot of fun to drive. Gas cars are still revving up behind me at the light when the immediate electric torque propels me forward continuously accelerating. My only gripe is that Volkswagen sold me the car with three years of remote phone access car-net service included and then two years in their sales people started harassing me Comcast / SiriusXM style to start paying $15/month for it. They are lying and harder to get rid of than toilet paper stuck to your shoe. Since tesla Model 3 comes out this July and has more range and a more honest business model I will probably trade the car in for that.

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  Great, but know what youre getting into. - 2015 Volkswagen e-Golf
  By Jeff Rut - August 1 - 10:26 pm

  I own an E-Golf, and generally I love it, but I dont think general discussion touches on two important points. First, my only real negative to the car: the Navigation/Entertainment System is a complete joke. The entertainment/navigation console takes a minute to boot up. So if youre going to use navigation, you have to turn on your car and wait a minute before you can get on your way. Then, the screen is slow, its small, etc. I do like the little dashboard screen. Overall, Google Maps is incomparably better than VWs navigation. Theres also a problem that it doesnt have standard USB power, and they just assume you have an iPhone, so no micro-USB/Android charger is available for their proprietary slot (I got a 3rd party wire off Amazon, but its crazy slow). Also, it has a weird bluetooth problem where it switches up music sometimes. Its just generally clunky and ugly and problematic. It does allow an SD card full of MP3s, I know thats like 2003 tech but I actually really like it. Also, about the range: I drive with a heavy foot, mostly on freeway, I dont use the annoying auto-brake or evo modes, and I get 85 miles or so. Before I got the car, I thought charging stations were going to be a big deal. But unless you have charging at work, charging stations are really not a large part of the EV experience. Even in the Bay Area, you just cant count on one being available - somebody else is parked there, and will be parked there for at least another hour or two more. Or its broken. Or a non electric vehicle parked there. You just cant rely on it 100%. Anyway, who wants to wait around an hour to charge up enough to get home? A better way to think about it is, every morning your car starts with a quarter tank of gas. Sure, if theres an EMERGENCY, or you need to BARELY extend your trip past the cars range, something will probably be available. But if you think this will be a regular occurrence for you, buy a gas or diesel car. OK, not to scare off buyers, because yeah I do love this car. If you have a regular daily commute its incredibly cheap to operate, especially with the lease deals out there. Quality isnt luxury car, but its very high-end for a low-end car. With the torque and tight turns, its really fun to drive around town - I feel like Im driving a go-kart around on city streets. Its not quite as good on the freeway, but its not bad. Im six and a half feet tall and my wife isnt all that much shorter, and its still surprisingly spacious inside, I dont keep the slider all the way back. However, tall people up front does mean that the people in the back row have basically no space at all.

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  e-Golf is an unreliable nightmare - 2015 Volkswagen e-Golf
  By John Smith - May 26 - 1:11 am

  This car does not charge properly. The range is a complete lie. It might be able to go 50 miles on a charge - nowhere near the range of the lie on the sticker. Acceleration is abysmal. I had a leaf that I traded in and am so sorry I did. VW has been a complete nightmare to deal with. Both the dealership and horrible people at VW customer service. If you want a crappy car that will leave you stranded, from a horrible company, you should immediately get an e-Golf.

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  Recently leased 2015 E-golfs. - 2015 Volkswagen e-Golf
  By george ivanov - May 19 - 3:13 pm

  Before I begin my review I want to say I am in the Navy and this is the first time I am writing a negative review about anything that I have bought in my life. I recently leased one of those 2015 Golf-e models. It looks great feels great until you get on the freeway. The mile estimate on the sticker is not nearly accurate. I drove only 40 on a fully charged battery and I was almost out of juice. Beware and avoid at all times if you commute on highway to and from work. Unless you want to see your wife crying and deal with all the head aches and range anxiety due to fact that the battery runs out so fast when you dont have the break regenerating. If you how ever like traffic and drive only in traffic by all means get it. The moment there is constant acceleration cross your finger since you will be looking for a charging station in no time. If you are lucky enough you dont have to pay and the charging station actually works. I will post a video on you tube to show the true performance of the Golf-e on a highway. I guess if you drive in town less than 40 miles a day this car is for you. If not I do not recommend taking your chances like I did. Now I am stuck with a vehicle I cannot use for 3 years.