Tesla Model Y vs Volkswagen ID.4
The Model Y costs less to run, by the official figures: about $120 a year less in Australia.
Side by side
Specs are for each car's newest version. The better figure is in green.
A typical year's fuel
- Australia
- $603 (better)
- $718
- New Zealand
- $707 (better)
- $841
- United Kingdom
- £458 (better)
- £546
- United States
- $644 (better)
- $767
Official figures
- Uses
- 16.5 kWh/100km (better)
- 19.6 kWh/100km
- Range
- 527 km (better)
- 468 km
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Boot
- 971 L (better)
- 543 L
- Towing, braked
- 1,600 kg
- –
- Length
- 4,750 mm
- 4,584 mm
- Weight
- 1,909 kg
- 2,124 kg
Engine
- Engine
- Single electric motor
- Single motor
- Power
- 220 kW (better)
- 150 kW
- Torque
- –
- 310 Nm
- Gearbox
- Single-speed reduction gear
- Single-speed
- Drive
- RWD
- RWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- ★★★★★
- Euro NCAP
- ★★★★★
- ★★★★★
- Airbags
- 7
- –
A typical year: New Zealand 11,000 km (Ministry of Transport's average for a light vehicle); Australia 11,100 km (ABS Survey of Motor Vehicle Use average); United Kingdom 11,265 km (DfT National Travel Survey average of about 7,000 miles); United States 21,726 km (FHWA average of about 13,500 miles). Real costs depend on how and where you drive. Work out a particular trip.
Model Y or ID.4?
Which is cheaper to run, the Tesla Model Y or the Volkswagen ID.4?
The Tesla Model Y: about $120 a year less in Australia than the Volkswagen ID.4 at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which has the bigger boot, the Tesla Model Y or the Volkswagen ID.4?
The Tesla Model Y, at 971 L to the Volkswagen ID.4's 543 L, for their newest versions.
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