Posts Tagged ‘Volkswagen’

  • Volkswagen e-Golf: New Images
    Volkswagen has released new set of official images of the upcoming electric version of the Golf. Dubbed Golf blue-e-motion, it will make its official debut at this year’s Madrid Auto Show and is expected to go on sale in 2013. The Golf blue-e-motion is powered by an electric motor integrated in the engine compartment in front, and its power of 85 kW / 115 PS drives the...
    by at May 18th, 2010 at 02:05 am
  • Volkswagen Unveils Golf Blue-E-Motion Concept
    Volkswagen has unveiled the all-electric Golf blue-e-motion concept in Berlin that is scheduled for market launch in 2013 alongside an Up blue-e-motion electric car. Volkswagen said that in three years would also launch technically closely-related Jetta blue-e-motion. In the same timeframe, the Lavida blue-e-motion will also launch in China. The Golf blue-e-motion concept...
    by at May 3rd, 2010 at 04:05 am
  • Volkswagen Presents Electric Milano Taxi
    Volkswagen has presented electric Milano Taxi, a study of a mass-market taxi powered by an electric motor, at Hannover Messe Show. Volkswagen also announced it will be launching several electric vehicles in 2013 The electric Milano Taxi is based on decades of experience at Volkswagen as a successful taxi manufacturer. The electric concept car designed for urban transport...
    by at April 19th, 2010 at 09:04 am
  • VW Sets Ambitious Electrification Plan
    Volkswagen has outlined an ambitious strategy for electrifying the brand’s model lineup. The use of hybrid technology in production vehicles is already being demonstrated in the Touareg Hybrid at this year’s Geneva Motor Show. In 2011, a test fleet of 500 Golfs with electric drives will follow. Starting in 2013, the high-volume Golf and Jetta models of the Volkswagen...
    by at March 2nd, 2010 at 02:03 am
  • VW to Build its Own Electric Powertrains
    Volkswagen plans to build its own electric powertrains at its existing engine plant in Salzgitter, Germany. The news comes just a couple weeks after GM said it would design and manufacture electric motors for its future hybrids and electric vehicles in-house. Volkswagen will set up new components organization to become the electric powertrains supplier across the entire...
    by at February 16th, 2010 at 03:02 pm