Sitat fra: fmaalen på fredag 05. desember 2014, klokken 14:38
An e-Golf from the US has CCS with type 1 interface not type 2. So you will not be able to use European CCS chargers. I doubt you'll be able to easily change out the charging port on the car.

Would something like this allow me to use CCS charging stations here?
https://www.phoenixcontact.com/online/portal/us?1dmy&urile=wcm:path:/usen/web/main/products/subcategory_pages/e-mobility_plug-in_connectors_p-20-12/66a01be7-9a16-40f6-8fdd-0b61392ae691/66a01be7-9a16-40f6-8fdd-0b61392ae691

It says "this enables vehicles equipped with a type 1 inlet (standard in the USA and Japan) to be charged using type 2 standard European charging stations."

Sitat fra: Finnøy på fredag 05. desember 2014, klokken 15:15
Generic issues between US and European/Norwegian specs in addition to warranty and charging for EV's:
- radio's don't match easily.
a) European/Norwegian use more FM with RDS and frequencies than typically available from US specs
b) DAB + in Norway vs XM in the US
- Sat Nav - totally different maps, not always possible to upgrade
- Lights: needs to be adjusted. In particular the US specs orange parking lights. But the AMCAR club is experts in the latter.

I assumed the navigation system/radio would have some problems over here. But it's not a huge concern to me, I mostly will just use my phone for music. And I guess I can just it use it for maps as well if that is a problem too!

As far as the parking lights, I believe that varies in the US by car company. I think some American car companies use odd colors like orange or red, but I had a MK4 Golf at home with white.

Sitat fra: Thomas Parsli på fredag 05. desember 2014, klokken 13:40
Major worries are software updates and warranty;

I didn't think about the software updates, good point. I guess I will have to talk with a Norwegian VW dealer to see if they have any experience with this. I wonder if it's possible to just overwrite the US version with the Norwegian version when an update is available, or if it's something I could do myself.

But just how important are software updates on electric cars, would it do things like increase range? I have zero experience with this.

I've just moved to Norway from the United States, and I was considering buying and importing an e-Golf from home. The US has some really good tax incentives for buying an electric car, you can get about 75.000, NOK off your income taxes at the end of the year. And that's on top of the already somewhat lower retail price, about 249.000, NOK for the fully loaded model. If I've done the math correctly the car would cost me 190.000, NOK in total. (That includes shipping and Norway's import fees)

The e-Golf is a new addition to the US car market, dealers just started getting their first shipments a couple months ago, and right now it is only being sold in certain states. So I'm thinking I might be one of the first to do this. But if anybody else has looked into doing this/has done this or knows of any issues I might encounter I would really appreciate the advice.

Some potential problems that popped into my head:

• The charge plug? VW's US website says it uses the "Combined Charging System" or CCS.
• The license plate size is different
• Warrenty

Thanks!