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VW ID.3 to cost 29,990 euros with a 48 kWh battery
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Volkswagen Group Joins Responsible Sourcing Network
Volkswagen Group is joining an open industry collaboration for the responsible sourcing of strategic minerals that will use blockchain technology to increase efficiency, sustainability and transparency in global mineral supply chains. Joining the colla…
Carmakers To Spend $255 Billion On Electrification By 2022, Some Are Skeptic
Some manufacturers invest heavily, others are reluctant According to the AlixPartners consulting firm, the collective spending on electrification will reach $255 billion by 2022, but opinions about how it will pay off are divided. The first example of the bullish strategy into all-electric is Tesla, which is the biggest manufacturer of BEVs and in recent […]
Production Volkswagen I.D. Buggy Would Be A Low-Volume Halo EV
Volkswagen still developing a business case for all-electric dune buggy. Volkswagen has developed a penchant for bringing modern takes of some of its most famous vehicles to the world’s auto shows as all-electric concepts. Unfortunately, none of those concepts has made it through to production (yet), and with the Beetle on its way out the door, […]
Volkswagen ID R Adds DRS For Electric Nurburgring Record Attempt
Volkswagen will give its I.D. R electric prototype a Formula 1-style Drag Reduction System for its electric lap record attempt at the Nurburgring Nordschleife this summer. VW announced its intention in January to challenge the benchmark set by Peter Dumbreck and the NIO EP9 electric supercar, off the back of Romain Dumas’ record-shattering Pikes Peak hillclimb run […]
Volkswagen ID. R ready for its record attempt on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife
The ID. R has completed the next series of tests in preparation for the challenges that lie ahead. After working on the aerodynamics in the wind tunnel, the most recent tests at the racetracks in Le Castellet and Alès (both France) focused on the energ…
Volkswagen Wants “Gigafactories” For Its EV Future
But it wants its battery suppliers to build the factories for all the battery-powered vehicles it plans to build. In the run-up to all of its electric plans, the Volkswagen Group may be most affected by a problem facing every automaker manufacturing battery electric vehicles now: where to get enough batteries. VW Group CEO Herbert […]
Volkswagen ID. BUGGY makes North American debut in New York
Drawing inspiration from the classic Californian dune buggies of the 60s, the Volkswagen ID. BUGGY concept was shown for the first time in North America at the New York Auto Show. With a minimalistic design with no roof, no doors, and a weatherpro…
MOIA electric ridesharing starts operations in Hamburg
MOIA, the ridesharing service of the Volkswagen Group, officially launched its shuttle-on-demand service with environmentally friendly electric cars in the city of Hamburg, Germany. The service with 100 fully electric MOIA vehicles is intended to close…