VW announces longer range e-Up for IAA

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According to sales director Jürgen Stackmann, VW will not only present the series version of the ID.3 at the IAA, but also the revised e-Up with a longer range and the series version of the fully electric SUV coupé model, which was introduced as a concept under the name ID. Crozz. The report indicates that […]

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VW ID.3 to cost 29,990 euros with a 48 kWh battery

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The basic version of the VW ID.3 is expected to run on a 48 kWh battery and will probably cost 29,990 euros, but is not yet ready for launch. A launch edition of Volkswagen’s first MEB electric car can be pre-ordered from 8 May onwards. The German automotive magazine Auto Motor & Sport has published […]

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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 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 […]