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ROAD READY
10%-to-70% charge in about 24 minutes.
That's slower than the 800-volt
competition from Hyundai and Kia, but
again, fully competitive.
The VF8's
two primary
models offer
lithium-ion
battery packs
of 82 kWh
or 87.7 kWh
capacity.
sold out of its initial 999, posts an EPArated
207-mile (333-km) range in Eco
guise, or 191 miles (307 km) for the Plus.
From here on, VF8 Standard editions
adopt a larger 87.7-kWh battery from
China's CATL, boosting range to a respective,
class-competitive 264 miles (425
km) and 243 miles (391 km). Our tested
VF8 City Edition Plus was on pace to top
its 207-mile rating by a good 20 miles, a
welcome sign of real-world efficiency.
A nominal 400-volt vehicle electrical
architecture delivers a claimed charging
rate of up to 160 kW, allowing a
Troubling quality, electronics
Things went downhill from there. The generic-looking
cabin carries serious whiffs
of cost-cutting, especially in an EV pitched
as a " premium " offering: Hard plastics,
dreary " vegan " leather (read: vinyl) over
shapeless and unsupportive seats, vaguefeeling
switches. Windshield wipers were
loud enough to make passengers pray for
drought. But the most maddening Vinfast
noise was the constant chirps and buzzes
from its lane-keeping and other ADAS
systems, a tragic Greek chorus of audible
and visual warnings.
Get in the same zip code as a lane
marker or curb, and the Vinfast loudly
declared an " emergency steering " situation,
even when there was no emergency.
The blind-spot monitor worked
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