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VOLTSWAGEN THE PEOPLE’S EV?

WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDING AND, CRUCIALLY, SELLING MOTOR VEHICLES EN MASSE, VOLKSWAGEN HAS A BIT OF A KNACK.

“INSIDE, THE ID.3 ISN’T FULL TESLA, BUT IT’S HEADING THAT WAY”

It shifted well over 20 million Beetles and then, in the Seventies, introduced a car called the Golf... you may have heard of it. Seven generations, an eighth coming later this year, 35 million sold so far. Now we arrive at the ID.3, a car VW says marks the beginning of its third era (hence the name) and with any luck will sweep all of that Dieselgate nonsense under the carpet once and for all.

This isn’t a toe in the water like the stopgap e-Golf and e-Up,

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