► Life with a VW ID.7 continues
► Touch sensitive controls are causing headaches
► Read month 4 here
We’ve rightly pilloried Volkswagen for the ergonomic flaws that afflicted the first generation of ID electric cars. Seemingly in the rush to launch EVs, it cut corners – perhaps most famously with the new generation of infotainment lacking illumination for heating and volume controls. These are thankfully fixed on the ID.7.
But there remain details that grate. The touch-sensitive keyless locking button on the driver’s door handle is hopeless. I’d estimate it works one time in three, so I tend to lock the doors with the key.
It’s a similar story with the electric windows. Did you know many modern VWs have deleted the buttons for the rear windows from the driver’s armrest? There are now just two switches and a touch-sensitive button that swaps their operation between front and rear. I regularly brush the button by mistake and consequently open the wrong windows. Is this progress?
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Logbook
Price: £51,550 (£55,270 as tested)
Performance: 77kWh battery, e-motor, 282bhp, 6.5sec 0-62mph, 112mph
Efficiency: 4.7 miles per kWh (official), 3.2 miles per kWh (tested), 0g/km CO2
Energy cost: 9.4p per mile
Miles this month: 789
Total miles: 5197