Just bought an ELECTRIC VW E-Golf? Oh dear.

Volkswagen has announced it’s cut the price of the electric E-Golf by almost £3k ahead of the debut of the new ID 3 electric cars.

As you can’t fail to have noticed, Volkswagen is intent on turning itself in to a maker of electric cars, taking a massive gamble that car buyers are ready to buy EVs in droves and eschew ICE cars.

We’ve had endless teases for the ID 3 Hatch, a Golf-sized electric hatch, and it’s finally due to debut in a few days at the Frankfurt Motor Show, and at prices which are ‘affordable’.

But ‘affordable’ is relative, and although in EV terms a starting price for the ID 3 of around £25k is a decent one, it’s far from the ‘electric car for everyone’ VW claim, and is around £8k more than the entry-level Golf.

But that ‘low’ entry-level price does give VW a bit of a headache, as the current electric VW hatch – the E-Golf – costs more than £30k, even after government grant. But VW has a solution.

It’s announced that the E-Golf is going to be cheaper, slashing almost 10 per cent off the price, cutting it to £27,575 (after grant) with immediate effect.

Of course, this price cut is just a temporary measure, because the imminent arrival of the MK 8 Golf will put an end to the electric Golf (although there will probably be a plug-in hybrid) as VW centres its electric offerings around the ID 3 range.

So if you really want an electric Golf with a 144-mile range and 134bhp for £27.5k, rather than an ID 3 with a 200-350 mile range for £25k, then you better get a shake on.

And what if you’ve just paid over £30k for an electric Golf? Tough.