The Volkswagen group confirmed that it might have to recall as many as 124,000 electric and hybrid cars from its VW, Audi and Porsche brands due to poisonous cadmium finding its way into a charger component.
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I have been reporting on electric cars full-time for the past 3 years now. Over 5,200 articles later, I am frustrated by the number of articles I wrote about vehicles you still can’t buy today.
But I think that will change in the next 2 years.
We now know of dozens of electric vehicle programs coming to market in the next few years and we believe they will change the auto industry forever.
Here we take a quick look at the 5 most exciting new electric cars you can buy in the next 2 years.
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Volkswagen had mixed feelings about making its own battery cells for its upcoming new series of electric vehicles, but now it is warming up to the idea – especially when it comes to the next generation of solid state battery cells.
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Volkswagen has aggressive electric vehicle plans, but it is focused on Europe and China where the German automaker sees regulations pushing for quicker adoption of electric vehicles.
Yet, the automaker has now confirmed plans to produce its upcoming all-electric microbus and crossover in the US.
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The Volkswagen I.D. R Pikes Peak, an all-electric race car custom built to conquer the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, broke the overall record during the famous racing event last month.
Now VW has released an impressive video of the record-breaking run filmed from a helicopter that can barely keep up with the electric race car.
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With the decline in car ownership for young people and the increased interest in all-electric vehicles, VW is announcing a new all-electric car-sharing platform called ‘WE’ that will launch next year.
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Strong regulations to encourage electric vehicle adoption in Europe and China are expected to have a major impact on the auto industry in the next few years.
VW thinks it will create enough electric vehicle demand to help them beat their goal to make 1 million electric vehicles per year by 2025.
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Volkswagen is planning to start launching a new generation of electric vehicles based on its I.D. electric concept vehicles next year.
A report from Germany claims to have the first image of the first production version of those vehicles as well as its name.
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At the 2018 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, several new market exclusive electric vehicles are being unveiled by automakers.
Volkswagen’s Chinese joint-venture with JAC is now adding a ~$19,000 all-electric SUV to the list.
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After months of teasing, VW has finally unveiled its new all-electric racing car built to climb the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb this summer.
They claim that the vehicle is faster than even Formula 1 and Formula E cars.
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Volkswagen is preparing a major electric vehicle effort with its new MEB platform supporting a series of new models starting in 2020.
Now, the German automaker announced this week that it contracted its Braunschweig plant to produce ‘up to 500,000 EV battery packs per year.’
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The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb has been a great proving ground for new electric vehicles. Now, VW wants in on the fun racing event with a new all-electric prototype racing car built with the I.D. technology that will find its way into its production electric cars next year.
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Ahead of the Geneva Auto Show today, Volkswagen unveiled the latest car of a series of electric vehicle concepts that serve as the basis of its new generation of production electric vehicles coming in 2020.
The new I.D. VIZZION features a 111 kWh battery pack, self-driving technology, and more.
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Volkswagen’s design head Klaus Bischoff has said that the company is using Apple’s approach to guide future electric car designs beyond the I.D. concept seen above.
Bischoff said that there was a purity, clarity and significance to Apple’s designs …
Volkswagen is investing heavily in electric vehicles after slowing down its diesel program following the ‘Dieselgate’ scandal.
The German automaker now says that its Zwickau factory in Saxony, Germany is going to be a major hub for the production of its next-generation electric cars.
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Volkswagen has a fairly important electrification plan in motion, but it has a focus in China and Europe for now.
At the Detroit Auto Show this week, the German automaker announced that it is bringing its new all-electric car platform to production in the US by 2020.
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Volkswagen still doesn’t have a full all-electric car program from the ground up in production, but it is already seeing demand for EVs increasing and it decided to turn to its compliance EV, the e-Golf, to satisfy demand.
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Options are still limited today for an all-electric commercial van. Nissan owned the market with its e-NV200 all-electric van, but now VW and Daimler are coming up with competitors in the segment.
The former even started deliveries to customers for a test program this week.
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The Los Angeles Auto Show is now open to the public and they will have the chance to see quite of few electric vehicles displayed at the event. Here we take a quick look at most of them with pictures.
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VW has been unveiling a lot of all-electric vehicle concepts over the last year with the goal to bring them to market relatively soon, but that doesn’t mean globally.
Today, they debuted their all-electric SUV concept in the US, the I.D. CROZZ, and confirmed the vehicle will make it to the US in 2020.
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Volkswagen has been making a lot of noise about electric cars lately. Announcing huge investments and new concept models, trying to recover their reputation after the dieselgate scandal. Its newest electric push comes from somewhere new: racing. While VW group has been involved in electrified racing before, with the Audi Formula E team and with several wins from Audi’s retired hybrid Le Mans car, the Volkswagen brand hasn’t yet undertaken electric racing on their own.
This changes next year, when Volkswagen will enter a car into the famous – and difficult – Pike’s Peak International Hill Climb. Details are light on VW’s entry, all we have to go on so far is a silhouette – pictured above – and a promise of all-wheel-drive. But it’s clear that VW are going after the electric prototype record – 8:57.118 by Rhys Millen in the Drive eO PP03. That car had over a megawatt of power available (1367hp), so expect VW’s entry to have similar horsepower if it wants any chance of getting that record.
While it started getting popular in some European markets, VW e-Golf still hasn’t launched with official pricing in the US.
Today, VW finally revealed pricing for the all-electric vehicle today and it’s only a slight price hike.
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Just as Volkswagen announced its updated electrification plans with a massive new $84 billion investment in electric cars and batteries, the German automaker also unveiled a new electric vehicle concept.
The vehicle is called I.D. CROZZ and VW presents it as “a crossover of an SUV and a four-door coupé.”
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Volkswagen updated its plans for electric cars with a complete overhaul of its investment strategy.
After announcing an initial investment of $10 billion in EVs earlier this year, which was still smaller than the German automaker’s investments in gas-powered cars, they now promise to spend up to 70 billion euros (~$84 billion USD) in order to bring 300 electric vehicle models to market by 2030.
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