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And therein lies the rub. If the pricing of the e-Golf is similar to the regular Golf, why not go electric and save your monthly fuel bills? Well that’s what we wanted to find out. So we spent a full week with the 2017 Volkswagen e-Golf, which was aptly dressed in a spritely and charming Peacock Green colour, possibly to remind us of all the trees we were saving. Cues to tell the e-Golf apart from its evil brothers? The obviously badging, C-shaped LED daytime running lights on the lower front bumpers, coloured strip on the front grill, ham-cutter wheel designs, and fake exhaust outlets at the back (re: Audi SQ5 levels of exhaust tip fakery). The good news first. The Golf hasn’t lost its zippy, zappy, and fun personality by going electric. Handling is still wonderful, even better actually, helped by a low center of gravity since batteries are mounted down low below the floor. The front end is still eager to bite down and it turns direction with ease. The brake pedal, unlike other electric vehicles, doesn’t feel like pressing down on a spongy springboard.
The pedal almost feels natural, but not even the LC 500h that we recently piloted could replicate the organic feel of a brake pedal without a regenerative system. As with all other electric cars, off the line acceleration is potent and exciting. The front wheels will even chirp and struggle for traction for a millisecond before getting maximum grip. Once that happens, the e-Golf whirls itself forward with vigour and doesn’t let up even past the highway speed limit. It glides almost effortlessly. The electric range of the e-Golf is perfectly acceptable for city driving and the rare bout on the highway. The official range is 201 km, but our e-Golf quoted us a magical 228 km on a full charge. That’s quite impressive and competitive with the Hyundai Ioniq. We netted a total range of 215 km over a week of driving with the help of regenerative braking, which made it a rather self sustaining vehicle in stop and go city traffic. The e-Golf also lets drivers pre-set their vehicle during chilly mornings to get it nice and toasty while it’s still plugged into the socket, meaning you leave with a warm car and a full charge.
