First VinFast VF8 Road Trip! Driving The Worst Reviewed EV Over 800 Miles w/ Model Y Support - Pt.1
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- čas přidán 7. 02. 2024
- Francie and Jordan set off on an 800 mile road trip in the new Out of Spec VinFast VF8! Join us on the inaugural journey, as we start to unpack all the intricacies of this new EV.
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While charging, the VinFast will shut down the power but that's normal. If you want the power to stay on throughout the charging time, you should set the VF8 to "Camp Mode" which keeps the power on to run heater/AC until the time you start driving or press on "Exit camp mode". The nice thing with being in Camp mode is that you can watch movies or CZcams in full screen. I use Camp Mode when I leave the car in an hour or less. That way, when I get into the car, I don't have to wait for the car to boot up and that all settings will be saved.
This car was saying it was overheating though, yours didn't say that, right?
@@theproffessional9I have never seen that message after 11 months of driving my VF8 City Edition. I charge mostly at home and 4 times a week at a slow Charge Point station, a faster EVgo station near home, and once in a while at a Electrify America fast station.
@@JHaviland1 I thought VinFast just started selling the VF8 to the public in America? How did you get one 11 months ago?
And thank you for your input on "Camp Mode" but that doesn't address the two major DC fast charging issues noted in the post.
@@nc3826hello. VinFast has been selling only in California since March 1, 2023. I got mine 3 days later. At the time, only the City Edition with 200-mile range were available.
Why would anyone buy a Vinfast with so many better EVs on the market? Reminds me of PT Barnam… “There's a sucker born every minute"
The VinFast ADAS is great in traffic jam or stop and go. Makes it so much less tiring to drive..
Francie, my leased VF8 is my 5th BEV (Taycan, ID.4, MME, Model 3 previously) and I’ve also been very pleasantly surprised in my first 500 miles of ownership.
how you liking the VF8 so far?
Drive mode always defaults back to "normal" as VinFast up to this point decides that it's not part of the memorized settings. Internet connection should be good all the time. Never heard of "battery conditioning" nor needed it on the VF8 here in San Diego the past 11 months of driving it. Driver Assitance works wonderfully. It has saved me twice from possible accidents.l: one time from trying to change lane on the left without looking (I was new at driving the car at the time). The car took me back to my lane ever so smoothly. The other time was attempting to change to the right lane at a speed slower than the approaching car in that lane. Again, the VF8 took me back to my lane. Love my VF8. It looks good and unique among the many Teslas around it as it seems that every other one sees on the road in San Diego is another Tesla!
Thanks so much
Francie has been such an awesome addition to the OOS team! Love her contributions to the podcast and YT videos!
I do too Francie is breath of fresh air at out of spec. She can speak in a professional way but have fun too and does her research.
Vinfast makes VF8 to be as closest to ICE car as possible. Remember that Donut were angry that they could not accelerate VF8 instantly in their first review. However this acceleration delay feature is controlled by the car's firmware as planned and could be modified to make VF8 accelerating immediately without delay.
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Switch to sport mode and you'll have plenty of power. It's funny how many people have never even used vf8 or don't know about its features but comment on vf8 as if they know it very well.
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I went into watching this video with low expectation. Somehow couldn't stop watching the entire thing, and came away with positive vibe. Nice review!
Ditto.
I love your openness in using new product when there are very negative reviews everywhere.
Thank you for your reviews, Francie. I trust you because you are the real owner of VF8, so I'm sure no one is more objective than you.
Hello Francie, great video. You are the best thing happened to consumers who might’ve interested in a unique and fun ev.
And you're the first group of Vinfast owner :)
SuperNam tuyệt vời!
And you are a fine Lady not a Guinea pig ! Come on Jordon think before you speak.
their reviews are quite difference then your review right? they did very detail on each area had been covered...positive and negative they were high-line all. Your review only positive in Vietnamese language caused unfair to audient.
@@vutran3183 Because he has a car for free. What do you expect from him?
I have so say I'm surprised on how well the VF8 performed compared to the Y. The software seems the only issue really. I would drive one and sounds like the best way to "own" one is to lease.
I must say the VinFast is the best looking EV SUV I have seen yet.
WHAT
😅
Sure
Yes , Sure
I guess that you haven’t seen a Taycan yet …
Great to see you two, you guys work great together, hope to see a lot more of Jordan and Francie on all the OFS channels.
Clearly they are in love.. :)
fair enough for Vinfast . Vinfast properly watching you guy now. hope they will update and adding battery preconditioning option that is very important thing specially in cold weather
People may think Kyle has done the most dangerous videos on out of spec but nope, Francie is right here doing the most death defying feat; charging a Vinfast.
Idiots will always listen to others instead of exploring and experiencing
Just saw a video of a 2 seater 20k VF3 set to release in America soon. Looks like a mini Jeep EV. Vinfast means business.
Always enjoy OOS content featuring multiple team members like this!
This is great to see how the Vinfast performs on road trip even without battery preconditioning, not too shabby! Better than my 2020 Kia Soul EV at least the charging!
But Kia Soul is better in every way. Comparing decades-old carmakers Kia to VinFast? Everyone chooses Kia!
@@user-dv5if1hm2wIf your logical is TRUE, then decades ago people will surely did choose Toyota, Ford, GM,….instead KIA and Hyundai.
@@alwaysinmymind181 Please watch review of the VinFast.
Please watch the full initial review of the VinFast. The main issue was the result of dealer error. And will be resolved shortly.
Fwiw, the specs of the last available Kia Soul EV in the US suck, versus the vf-8.
@@nc3826 I'm not a fan of Kia but better than EV from Vietnam lol
my job in grapevine texas is opening a vinfast dealer in april next to our vw dealer.
Thanks so much
Can anyone open a dealership or are there strict requirements? Thanks
Seems the BMS is working fine, just the software is not all together great as it does have some issues, but in the end, seen a lot worse from the likes of GM and its Blazer, well done Vinfast!
Or if you go back to the first Tesla that was built.... Every initial EV brand has numerous software bugs....
Yeah I think they got a bad shake when they were first released but they are making progress on fixing bugs. You can lease one of these for $249 and no down payment. Pretty tempting if you lived near a dealer.
@@richdaley9982may I ask how long the lease with no down payment? Thanks
As a Tesla Model Y owner I really would love that lane centering and lane change feature from the VF.
My Model Y has lane keep/centering ... no lane change though. but I don't care for that feature. Click couple buttons to change lane vs Just pull on the wheels. it's a gimmick I don't care for. Lane ctr & adaptive cruise I use all the time.
Wait, so youre saying your Model Y doesnt center your car while on autopilot????
Basic autopilot on Tesla should keep your car centered.
@@Cu_Ty_Pro no Idea about him but mine (US) has it. I didn't know tesla makes 2WD either, but apparently some guy has a 2WD model. Different region tesla equip them differently, so keep an open mind.
@@Cu_Ty_Pro To clarify, autopilot does keep the car centered but I'd like that feature on the standard traffic aware cruise control.
@@_Hao_Nguyen_ The lane change is even more aggravating. I don't need the auto lane change feature of enhanced AP or FSD but I should absolutely be able to signal and complete a lane change without disengaging and re-engaging autopilot every time. That's dumb.
I was pleasantly surprised by the end of the video,things went better than expected,hopefully your profile hun goes live soon ,looking forward to the next instalment👍😉💪.
Thank you for your review. I think with this new product, you will have great experiences. Vinfast company also listens to customers and immediately changes feedback issues. They have a 10-year warranty, which shows they have confidence in their products.
Really?
Wow! Your video on VF8 was incredibly informative and well-edited. Great job. Thanks from VN.
I love the driving shots where the vinfast rims are in synch with the camera frame rate.....looks cool.
The VF overheating while charging and then finally forcing the cabin AC to go off would indicate that battery cooling is being shared with cabin AC cooling and cabin cooling is being given priority until the battery reaches warning thresholds. Other OEM have this same issue and the way to mitigate it to shut off the cabin AC while charging so that the battery receives the benefit of the full cooling system power and hopefully preempts the battery overheating
This makes sense
Except in this video the AC was off, and the weather is cool (NC winter). Nice try though.
@@SSintox except it wasn’t. Maybe you should rewatch the video with attention. Specifically 37:08. You can start a few seconds before that to see AC was set to 69 degrees with fan speed 2. Then at 37:10 they literally commented “ok it just shut your climate off”. And are you this nasty and confrontational in real life with your comments? You must be the life of the party.
So happy to see Francie again on the channel. Please keep bringing her back!
Hi Francie, I like your video. I'm VF8 Eco trim owner too from VN. I drove Model3 for 2 week roadtrip in EU too. It is very true that VF8 could not compare with Tesla in term of efficiency because of 2 main reasons: 1. VF8 does not have heatpump. So, if you turn ln heater, heated seat, it is about 30% less efficiency. 2. VF8 is much heavier. If you drive in summer with AC, it will get more range. After all, vf8 is still not as good as Model Y for sure. However, I like Vf8 Adas, more than Tesla level 2 auto pilot.
Thanks for watching! Yeah they can't compare but the VF8 isn't the worst. I'll have to keep all that heater and heated seat stuff in mind - I like to stay warm on my drives lol. Summer is really hot here so I'll see what happens to efficiency then!
i love how the VF8 goes up to 300 MPH on the startup screej
Great video. You are appreciated going through so much on our behalf. Thank you.
The first charge was like charging a 2019 Kia E Niro. Not enough for a car in 2024. But later it was better. Perhaps in a few years VinFast will be fine.
And remember what Toyota is doing with its first EVs.
Except it's not Toyota's first EVs
Can we all acknowledge how amazing Rafiki has been through this whole ordeal? Can we please get him a steak dinner or something?
He's the best dog ever!
When we got our brand new model y a couple of months ago the location on the app and car was saying it was in a spot it wasn’t so we could use autopilot and could not navigate and could not see where it was in the app but after randomly doing that for a few days it fixed itself
The fact that South Korea is beating Japan at the charging game is one thing. But having Vietnam's first entry into the EV game beat the Toyota bZ4X is another thing entirely. If I were Japanese I would be ashamed that their culture has allowed old petrol-heads to derail their automotive future.
Don't think Japan could lose their domestic car industry? Britain had a great car industry back in the 1960s, but it hasn't domestically made as many cars as it did in the 1970s (when the world's population was half what it is now). All their major brand names are foreign owned now (Vauxhall by Stellantis in the Netherlands, Mini by BMW in Germany, Jaguar and Land Rover by Tata in India, MG by SAIC Motor in China). All they have are luxury brands, and even Rolls Royce is owned by BMW and Bentley by VW Group.
You are way too fast to judge. EVs have not reached the mass market yet. ANY manufacturer which has an EV which is solid-build and has up-to-date tech and software until 2026 will be fine. So give Toyota, Nissan and others at least another 1.5 years. No problem
The car manufacturers which are earning good money are mostly those which produce ICE and hybrid cars on top of EVs at the moment.
By the way Apple uses this trick for years. They are never the first to a party and when they arrive they do not even deliver the absolute best possible performance (product).
But the product has reached a high enough tech plateau that people are excited, it is good enough in most areas and only in some specific areas it shines. Combined with an easy to use software the ownership experience is good.
You have no idea of who really made VF8, it is made in China and imported by Vinfast in the CKD form.
Viet Nam's input accounts for very little to next to nothing in this car. So it is not really Vietnamese car.
@@ongmat4439oh dog ong mat again here, crazy hate about Vietnam and vf
@@ongmat4439aww someone is really butt hurt now😂. Please tell me where did you get those info from? Is it another trashed CZcamsr that you watch? Really ashamed to be you, always turning your back to your own heritage 😂
@@ongmat4439 sao bạn lại có thể sống nhục nhã như vậy??? Bạn là người Việt cơ mà
Thanks for leasing the Vinfast! Great content for first trip!
Great video. Great dog. Rafiki is such a wonderful, chill doggie -- YES, he is the "Perfect" doggie. Please more Francie. Please more Jordan. Please more Rafiki.
Love Francie’s VERY positive attitude. Nice video team. Cheers!
Frank & Jordan the best buddy roadtrips
and Rafiki🐕
you can change the distace between the front car when using Adas by using button on the wheels, also change lane by using the button two
Loving the old school Top Gear vibes with the radios. 😅
The VF8 is a pretty sharp looking car. I imagine that the user interface and phone APP will improve over time. Good luck with the car. Lotsa love to all ❤❤❤
Great video guys! I agree Francie that a great part of driver assist is using it when in slow traffic. I have a Bolt EUV and I use it a lot in Atlanta traffic. The only problem I run into is if the gap is too big, people will squeeze in and cause the collision avoidance to trip. The Bolt also allows you to adjust in the lane while SuperCruise is engaged which is a huge bonus. I can’t imagine not having that feature. I usually put a hand on the wheel when passing a big truck and sometimes edge over to the side of the lane if there is a big vehicle next to me and then it snaps right back when it has passed.
Glad to watch !! This is what i’m waiting
VF is a very sexy car
Some owners report they’ve seen their VF8 pull 170 kW. Not likely with the coldish battery but wish you would’ve tried the 350.
Enjoyed the video! Looking forward to part 2! When's it coming out?
Great video, very well done! 👏👏👏
@4:50 Rafiki in the back seat: "I want to ride in the _good_ EV ..."
This isn’t as bad as I thought it would be. Definitely doesn’t stack up well against the competition but good enough
Excelllent video so far. Actually considering the VinFast because it’s so cheap
Thank you for the objective first look at travel with the VF8!!
So some parts of s/w are very good (drive automation), some are mostly OK (screen reporting of statistics for drive and charge), and some parts are JUNK (during charge vehicle status recognition AND during-charging thermal control-big issue). The real test may be how quickly VinFast gets battery thermal control RIGHT. Battery longevity is at stake when RC is HOT.
Love your smile Francie!
Francie thanks for the initial VF8 road trip review. And good luck getting the correct VIN assigned to your car, so you will have preconditioning available in the future. And if you could please stop referring to it as the "worst reviewed EV"?
Also hopefully you'll be able to do some level 2 AC charging posts with it too. Suggest 'calling' ahead of time to 'confirm' if L2 (ie destination) charging is available or not. It's more time consuming, but more accurate than an app. Just a thought, good luck with your future adventures with the VF8.
Except it is the worst reviewed EV, probably one of the worst reviewed cars in the past decade, they are not lying
@@pine111 Yes, it sounds like when Tesla just launched, I'm sure it's better than the Tesla when it first launched. You must have a lot of bias against this brand or country. If you need an example, look at Toyota's ev vehicles
@@Chan-cd2th The Model S was widely well received by the press, so no it’s not better or even similar to early Tesla. Toyota EV’s are extremely uncompetitive, like the Vinfast, but at least they have decent reliability, which the Vinfast doesn’t have.
Great video. Thabks for rhe comparation
wow, i like this color, look green and friendly
46:00 LOL. Jordan wants his time in the VinFast. Jealous Jordan.
28:00 Love your singing, Francie! No preconditioning for Ioniq or R1T unless you navigate to it. Whatever. My Ioniq also makes bing, bing, bong, bong noises (welcome tones) and "Charging Started" voices but I set it that way and I love it. So take that, Kyle. LOL. I've named my Ioniq Gizelle (or Giselle) because she is a beautiful French lady and she is fast like a gazelle.
La la laaaa! Love all of this Diane. Some bing bongs really don't bother me lol. I love the name Gizelle! Cute and clever.
@@heyfrancie Thanks, Francie.
Cannonball run with Vinfast VF8 !!!
We need Francie on more road trip videos! She's fun to watch. Ladies can love EV too! All the Out of Spec team are great, I'd just love to see more ladies in the driver's seat.
I feel so bad for non-Tesla EV owners. What a nightmare. I liked the video though!
Great Video. Nice to see in a new EV.
Because Vietnam is close to China, it can import electric vehicle parts from China. Haha, VINFAST is actually an assembly of Chinese parts. Even the car logo is made in China.
Because Vietnam is close to China, it can import electric vehicle parts from China. Haha, VINFAST is actually an assembly of Chinese parts. Even the car logo is made in China.
The adoption of NACS has another benefit that often is underappreciated, the ease of size of handle for someone not a large man to insert and handle at a charging station. The charge at the EA Station in Charlotte illustrated that CCS isn't very ergonomic for majority of people to manipulate.
Sorry guys, but the most anoying thing with Teslas AP is, that they do not have Auto-Reengage. Even the Vinfast has it.
You can enable it with sexy buttons. It's the best feature
@@priceburnettbut you still gotta do it.
Plus it has fart mode
@@priceburnett Agreed! It was my favorite OTA update.
The fact that a new company like VF is being compared to Tesla is pretty good
I am not expecting much from VinFast but think it’s unfair to take a car not fully prepped by a dealer, not current software etc and than not expect to have issues. Good chance it still would have issues but maybe the gps and some other issues get solved by dealer prepping car properly. Good to see this video though of semi-real life experience.
100% agree
Rockstar reviewers🎉 really liked watching this video and if it weren’t for good talk I might not have cared about the Vinfast 😂
Glad to see this drop.
I'm surprised that
I think they went thru Atlanta to see friends of Jordan, he avoided a hotel bill.😊
Likely.
It was just not the routing I was expecting.
Irony is that I (and my wife) are notorious among our friends for what we consider "on the way". I once did a trip to Reno, NV from Detroit, MI by way of Seattle.
Finally saw the full route, and it is not as much of a detour as I thought.
After driving VF8 for a while, can Francie please drive Ioniq and compare it with VF8? PLEASE!
What about the second day? I love this video. Vf8 awesome looking car. Hopefully, they will fix it.
bao thinh vlog drove VF8 around USA with more than 19000km without problem.
16:00 No Flipping water. LOVE IT
My autopilot “slight turning force” on model y is actually amazing. Many they changed it in an update or something. It’s a 2021 model and I just need the weight of my hand resting on the side of the wheel and it never bothers me. It is also nice that scrolling the wheel also gets rid of the message.
I love this video, and both of you rawk. Such a fun time through both videos, including Rafiki!
I do have a slight concern. I see you're both using Beofeng 5VR handheld radios (which I haven't noticed in other videos before).
According to the FCC Rules, these are high power radios and even after limiting their capabilities manually, don't qualify for FRS or any other unlicensed spectrum use that I am aware of.
I'm sure you both have HAM Technician licenses to use those already... and I'm probably overthinking. 💜💜💜
B-Roll & Rolling shots ............ Thank-You
Vinfast VF8 look so great. Very nice Ev car
Jordan and Francie are a pleasure to watch, they have a Great chemistry that's VERY hard to come by these days!!! The review was very informative and easy to watch because of that Great chemistry!!!
Francie in Concord!! Cool deal!
I kind like the hatchback/station wagon format great for camping in on long trips or slow charging stops.
Good to see real world feedback on Vinfast.
Great job ! Great fun video. Like your objective opinions.
I like to see temperature data when the Vingast charges.😊
I agree the force needed on the Tesla wheel is excessive, I just click the right thumb wheel up and down one click, and that takes care of the wheel warning.
Beautiful car,, 👍🌟🌟👍
That Vinfast is getting dual motor R1T highway efficiencies there.
I'd like to see them switch car for the rest of the roadtrip to see them comparing the driving experience
ATTN: EvGo says to have windows up and doors locked before starting a charging session. Electrify America says to keep the vehicle unlocked then lock after charging has begun. Keep cables out of the parking spots when departing! Hope my making a few minutes to make this comment helps some people enjoy happier charging. If at first charging does not start Unplug start car & shut off then try starting a second charging session. Read your vehicle manual about charging you will learn something useful.
Fun to watch, can't wait to see how it all works out. And for the record, I'll take 85 kW DCFC on my Mach-E SR any day of the week. That's "fast" for me 🙂 And the Tesla ADAS is absolutely NOT the gold standard - it's not even hands-free.
Tesla auto pilot is free with purchase. Ford chargers hundreds per month for hands free now… and I love driving the Lightning, but get real on facts
@@smartelectriccar I never mentioned BlueCruise. On a pure technical level there are more advanced ADAS systems out there. Ford, Mercedes-Benz, GM, BMW, Audi - all technically superior, just to name a few. "Free" doesn't mean "better". And while I'll take Consumer Reports tests with a grain of salt, AutoPilot scored about mid-pack, with seven systems ranked ahead of AutoPilot. TechCrunch picked BlueCruise as the "winner" in their testing. So...absolutely not the Gold Standard anymore. Facts.
@@smartelectriccarI would love the lightning if towing range is better by 2-3x. So ford does not have free ADAS? I think 1m hand free is good enough for me & paying monthly is dumb!
love Francie!
It’s not as bad as expected. Most of the problems looked like programming issues. If it’s not overheating while driving I suspect that is more of the same…
Excellent review Vinfast.. Electric SUV VF8 looked so Beautiful and so far so awesome👍😊
You can move the scroll wheels on the Tesla’s steering wheel to let Autopilot know that your paying attention.
The reason why the Vinfast thinks that you’re tired, even though you only recently started driving, is due to the sun shining on the camera on the steering column. The sun’s rays will throw it off. Sometimes it thinks that you’re looking away from what’s ahead of you, but you’re actually not. The Cadillac’s supercruise function works the same way. I would have to hold my hand out to shade the camera, when it’s in direct sunlight.
Nice videos thanks
@38:21 The VinFast is pulling 68kW with the battery at 77%
@38:36 The Model Y is pulling 56kW with the battery at 75%. Wow Tesla is "incredible" 🤪
That Drive Mode reset is a problem for our Ford Maverick Hybrid too! It's really annoying that the Mode has to be changed with every start!
Was part 1 a pilot and this is going to be a weekly 8 part series? 🙂
Or is part 2 going to be edited and uploaded any time soon? 😋
I’m assuming you’ve made it home and not still wandering around the country trying to find a charger that’ll work. Put a microfiber towel in your center console so you can wipe off that fingerprinted screen. They work well.
If a mobile phone is illegal to use in cars then a radio is as well. Certainly not allowed in the UK
Vin so fast they mix up the vin 😅
its not bad looking imo - i'd wrap all the chrome/silver gloss black and remove the "VF8" badge.... make it look sleeker.... and then take a look at some dark rims :p
I wonder what all will change wen/if there will be a software update.