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Volkswagen launch its first fully electric van in the UK – ABT eTransporter 6.1
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has launched its first fully electric van in the UK with prices for the zero-emission ABT eTransporter 6.1 starting from £42,060 ($78,000 AUD). Developed in collaboration with Premium Partner ABT e-Line, the ABT eTransporter 6.1 combines quiet and smooth driving, instant torque, fast charging and high load capacity for the ultimate zero-emissions…
Read full article >>Volkswagen plant in Zwickau, Germany is restarting production of electric cars after COVID shutdown
The Volkswagen plant in Zwickau is gradually restarting production of electric cars. Production of the all-electric ID.3 has resumed, initially with reduced capacity and significantly slower cycle times. Numerous additional measures to protect the health of the workforce are being implemented, and the restart is also oriented to the gradual stabilization of international supply chains.…
Read full article >>Volkswagen Motorsport farewell fossil fuel engines to concentrate on an all electric future
Volkswagen has announced it is focusing its motorsport strategy purely on electric mobility. A clear emphasis on fully electric racing cars will be backed up by the farewell to factory-backed commitments using internal combustion engines. “The role as a technological pioneer will continue to be taken over by the ID.R electric race car, which has…
Read full article >>Volkswagen starts pre-production in its first plant purely focused on e-mobility based in China
The new plant of the SAIC VOLKSWAGEN joint venture has been completed. It is purely built for the production of all electric vehicles on Volkswagen’s Modular Electric Drive Matrix (MEB). Celebrating the start of pre- production, a first China-specific all–electric Volkswagen ID. model rolled off the production line. The plant sets the next milestone in…
Read full article >>Volkswagen’s first fully electric production car, the ID.3, makes its debut at the IAA in Franfurt
The future is rarely as tangible as at the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt with the debut of the new ID.3 from Volkswagen. This is the first fully electric production car of the all-new Volkswagen ID family. With a base price in Europe less than €30,000 the ID.3 has the potential to usher in…
Read full article >>Ford to use Volkswagen’s MEB Electric Vehicle Architecture in 600,000 new EV’s
Ford Motor Company and Volkswagen today announced they are expanding their global alliance to include electric vehicles. Ford will use Volkswagen’s electric vehicle architecture and Modular Electric Toolkit (MEB) to design and build at least one high-volume fully electric vehicle in Europe for European customers starting in 2023, more efficiently advancing its promise to deliver expressive…
Read full article >>Faster than a Formula 1 car – New record for the Volkswagen ID.R EV at Goodwood
The Volkswagen ID.R has made motorsport history again by setting a new all-time record at the ‘Goodwood Festival of Speed’. Romain Dumas completed the 1.86-kilometre track in the south of England in just 39.90 seconds. In doing so, the 500-kW (680-PS) electric race car broke the previous record, which had stood for 20 years, by…
Read full article >>For the life of the car – Interview with Volkswagen’s battery cell chief Frank Blome
Frank Blome heads Volkswagen’s Center of Excellence for Battery Cells. In this interview he explains how batteries are changing the automobile, what drivers should know about charging their e-cars and what advances we can expect to see in the next generations of battery technology. Many people enter unknown territory when they buy an electric car.…
Read full article >>Volkswagen to guarantee the capacity of ID. EV batteries for eight years or 160,000 kilometres.
Volkswagen will launch production of the ID.3 before the year is out. The compact-class model is the first member of the ID. family whose lithium-ion batteries will allow for a range of up to 550 kilometres, making the models perfect for comfortable long journeys. The future owners of ID. models won’t need to worry about…
Read full article >>Volkswagen ID.R sets new electric lap record of the Nürburgring Nordschleife in just 6:05.336 minutes
Volkswagen has achieved another milestone in electro-mobility: The ID.R, powered by two electric motors, lapped the Nürburgring-Nordschleife in 6:05.336 minutes – faster than any electric vehicle before it. Driver Romain Dumas beat the previous record set by Peter Dumbreck in a NIO EP9 back in 2017 by 40.564 seconds. With an average speed of 206.96…
Read full article >>Volkswagen have received 15,000 orders for the new ID.3 in just the first week of pre-orders
It was a big statement from Volkswagen that their ID.3 electric car would be the third chapter in the company’s long history. When you consider that the first two were the Beetle and then Golf that’s a lot to live up to. But less than one week after the start of pre-orders for the ID.3…
Read full article >>Volkswagen has announced their new full size SUV EV, the ID. ROOMZZ, at Auto Shanghai
Volkswagen has presented the newest member of the ID. Family, the ID. ROOMZZ, in the run-up to Auto Shanghai. The multivariable all-rounder is a zero- emission SUV of the five-metre class which is tailored to both family and business requirements. The series version is to be initially launched on the Chinese market in 2021. The…
Read full article >>Volkswagen to build 22 million electric vehicles in the next ten years
The Volkswagen Group is forging ahead with the fundamental change of system in individual mobility and systematically aligning with electric drives. The Group is planning to launch almost 70 new electric models in the next ten years – instead of the 50 previously planned. As a result, the projected number of vehicles to be built…
Read full article >>Return of a legend – VW ID. BUGGY premieres at the Geneva International Motor Show
Volkswagen to presents the ID. BUGGY at the Geneva International Motor Show. On the evening prior to the first press day, the concept car will celebrate its world premiere at the Volkswagen Group Night. The ID. BUGGY is a zero-emissions high-tech vehicle for summer, on the beach or in the city, based on the modular…
Read full article >>Retail giant Tesco & VW to roll out the UK’s largest retail network of EV chargers
Volkswagen and Tesco have announced the development of the largest UK retail electric vehicle charging network, powered by Pod Point. The world’s largest vehicle manufacturer and the UK’s largest fuel retailer will roll out more than 2,400 EV charging bays across 600 Tesco stores within the next three years. The charging bays will be based…
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