SKODA AUTO has started manufacturing battery systems for all-electric vehicles based on the Volkswagen Group’s Modular Electrification Toolkit (MEB) in Mladá Boleslav. This makes the car manufacturer’s main plant the only production facility for MEB ba…
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Volkswagen and Ford expand collaboration on MEB electric platform
Ford Motor Company and the Volkswagen Group are expanding their e-mobility partnership. Ford plans to produce another electric model for the European market based on the MEB platform. The automaker will also double its planned MEB volume to 1.2 million…
Cupra starts manufacturing the Born in Germany
Cupra is now starting series production of its first all-electric Born model at the Volkswagen plant in Zwickau. With the sales launch in November, Cupra will introduce a new sales strategy with the agency model. In addition, customers will have the option of purchasing the Born by subscription. The Born was first introduced in 2019 […]
Serial version of the UrbanRebel to release in 2025
The production version of the ‘UrbanRebel Concept’ by the Seat brand Cupra, planned for 2025, is to cost around 25,000 euros, which is around 5,000 euros more expensive than the VW offshoot of the planned electric small car family. With the ‘UrbanRebel Concept’, Cupra had shown its own idea of a sporty electric small car. […]
Volkswagen’s electric ID.4 was already good—does AWD change that?
We test out the new AWD version of the electric VW and visit its new factory.
VW launches OTA updates for all ID. models
From now on, all VW ID. models will receive regular software updates via mobile data transfer. The first update ‘ID. Software 2.3’ provides improvements in the image recognition of the camera or the operation of the infotainment system, among other things. Until now, the updates were only available in the test phase to customers registered […]
Performance ID.3 could release in 2022
VW is also planning a performance variant for the ID.3. Brand manager Ralf Brandstätter confirmed this in an interview on the sidelines of the IAA. The basis for the model, presumably called ID.3 GTX, is already known. In May, Volkswagen had shown a concept car under the project name ID.X, which was basically an ID.3 […]
Volkswagen adresses small EV segment with VW ID. Life
At the IAA Mobility, Volkswagen presented the show car ID. Life. The production version – then probably as ID.1 – will look different from the Golf I study. But real technical data are already available. The good news first: With the ID. Life show car, Volkswagen has given a preview of the “MEB Small” framework […]
Skoda Enyaq iV Coupé to drop in 2022
A few months before the sales launch, Skoda has revealed more details about the Enyaq iV Coupé. However, the SUV coupé of the well-known MEB battery-electric car will only be launched in three of the five drive variants of its SUV brother. Specifically, these are the Enyaq Coupé iV 60, 80 and 80x. The 60 […]
Cupra presents battery-electric ‘UrbanRebel’ concept
With the ‘UrbanRebel Concept’, the Seat subsidiary Cupra has presented its idea of a sporty electric small car. The concept car at the IAA Mobility is a design study that is intended to give a preview of the “urban electric vehicle” that is to be launched on the market in 2025. At the unveiling of […]
