Volkswagen e-Up EV details released

[Norbert]

Volkswagen e-Up Electric Minicar: Forbidden Fruit For Europe Only

Today, first details of the Volkswagen e-Up minicar were released--with the car being shown at the company's Annual Press and Investors Conference, held at its Wolfsburg headquarters.

The Volkswagen e-Up is a four-seat minicar with a stated electric range of 93 miles (150 km) on the European test cycle.

(That range might translate to perhaps 75 miles or so on the EPA test cycle.)

The Volkswagen e-Up will accept the European version of the new Combined Charging System (CCS) quick-charging standard, which can recharge up to 80 percent of the battery capacity in just 30 minutes.

Volkswagen Unveils Its First Production Electric Car | PluginCars.com

The e-up!—likely to only be available with four doors—is a small electric four seater city car. This format works well for the European market. With limited range and performance, Volkswagen clearly says that its e-up! is "for daily use in the city," and that "is also ideal for commuters," or is "an innovative second car."

Price?

 

[widodh]

Again, a ICE car converted to an EV... It will never be as good as an EV developed up from the ground.

I saw the news here as well, no price though.

 

[Bipo]

I want to know the max. AC charging power it can support... Maybe 22 kW?

 

[GSP]

More info on the VW e-up! from the Sociery of Automotive Engineers. Like any good EV, it is quicker than the (anemic) gas version. It still fits the "punishment car" mold however.

More interesting than the e-up specs is this info on VW's electric powertrain effort:

This year the VW Group as a whole is scheduled to offer 14 models available with electric or hybrid drive. If public demand is sufficient, up to 40 new models could be fitted with alternative drivetrains, said Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, CEO of Volkswagen AG: “We have developed the know-how for electric motors and battery systems at our own component plants; we have recruited 400 top experts for electric traction and qualified almost 70,000 development production and service employees in this new technology, the biggest electrification training program in the industry.”

The VW Group’s annual R&D budget tops €7 billion, with electric programs and projects taking a “significant” chunk of that.

The e-up! points way to VW’s electric future - SAE International


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[HVM]

 

[drift]

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I must ask, why does an all electric car have a tach and a gas gauge as shown in the pics?

 

[ralph142]

The local vw dealer here is buying tv adds touting the “new” 2019 egolf. $31 k and $38 k trim levels. 125 mile epa range. Dancing evgo level 2 chargers in the background. Wtf ? Lmao.

I haven’t talked to them, but I would sure guess heavy discounts.

 

[HVM]

I must ask, why does an all electric car have a tach and a gas gauge as shown in the pics?

E-Up uses regular Up's instrument cluster with it's own EV decals. Right-side "gas gauge" shows the charge level, and the left-side "tach" shows input/output power.