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Volkswagen XL1 Makes UK Debut [video]

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The world’s most fuel-efficient plug-in hybrid production vehicle, the Volkswagen XL1, was taken for a drive through London and unsurprisingly, it got quite a lot of attention.

The Volkswagen XL1, which achieves a fuel consumption figure of 313 mpg imp (0.9 l/100 km or 261 mpg US) while emitting just 21 g/km of CO2, turned heads as it passed through the streets of the city, with its white carbon fibre body shell standing out in contrast to black cabs and red double-decker buses.

While one XL1 made its way to the Goodwood Festival of Speed to take pride of place on the Volkswagen stand and make its way up the famous hill climb, another crossed the capital, heading to Buckingham Palace where it will be displayed as part of the Coronation Festival this weekend.

The super-innovative, ultra-frugal XL1 model looks like a vision of the future, but it is in fact already in limited production.  Its body is made largely of carbon-fibre reinforced polymer, while its drivetrain melds a two-cylinder 800 cc diesel engine with an electric motor.

To achieve the target fuel consumption figure the Volkswagen XL1 was aerodynamically optimised, adopting the classic ‘tear drop’ shape and utilising innovations such as removing traditional wing mirrors and replacing them with small cameras called e-Mirrors which transmit exterior images to interior displays.

The XL1 is manufactured (left-hand drive only) at Volkswagen’s Osnabrück factory in Germany (which also produces the Golf Cabriolet and Porsche Boxster).

Unlike these cars, the Volkswagen XL1 is ‘handcrafted’ using small series production processes.  An initial production run of 250 XL1 vehicles will be made.

Pricing and sales channels are yet to be confirmed.[wzslider height=”400″ lightbox=”true”]

Jul 11, 2013Blagojce Krivevski
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July 11, 2013 Electric Car News, Plug-in Hybridsplug-in hybrid, Plug-in Hybrids, Volkswagen, Volkswagen XL1, Volkswagen XL1 UK, XL1
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