Demand for the VW ID.3 electric car was so high, the system crashed

Volkswagen’s ID.3 may not be expected to arrive until mid-2020, but that didn’t stop a flood of reservations and would-be owners overwhelming the automaker’s systems this week. VW revealed the ID.3 – the first of its all-electric cars to be based on the new MEB EV platform – on Wednesday, and within 24 hours more than 10,000 registrations, complete with …