The Excitement

 

I am now waiting for a delivery date and I was given a rough date of mid to late April 2020 but then a global pandemic hits and amongst the lockdowns and working from home the motoring press report of car production lines closing and yes, the e-Tron was affected.

So, I took to YouTube and soon found I should have done my homework on YouTube first. I started watching e-Tron reviews and what a mixed bunch, I must have watched about 100 reviews over two weeks and my conclusion was the e-Tron was a good car but a bad EV? This did not affect my view too much, I knew the range would more than fit my needs.

What this form of research did was to open the EV world for me and I started to watch Channels like “Fully Charged”, “Bjørn Nyland” and “Electric Vehicle Man”.

If you are thinking of dipping your toe into possibly moving to an EV, I would say get on YouTube and do your homework.

For me watching these videos turned me from a person interested in giving an EV a go, to being completely convinced I have made the right move.

Now I was desperate to get my hands on the car and start the EV experience for myself.

In April subscribed to a channel called “The PlugSeeker” on YouTube and in turn followed the channel on Twitter for updates.

To my surprise The PlugSeeker himself direct messaged me to give thanks for the follow and we started chatting on line. He gave me some great advice on what apps to use and how to plan a long journey. Just being able to chat to an experienced EV driver just helped to build my confidence.

At this point I was given a rough delivery date of late June 2020.