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  1. Volkswagen News Blog
    It’s not just hot versions of its current concepts, Volkswagen is reportedly planning a dedicated electric sports car. According to Autocar , the ID sports car will be a two-seater or a 2+2. Volkswagen has made no secret of the fact that it has handed its ID vehicles over to R GmbH to see what...
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    Volkswagen has been showing that electrified doesn't need to mean boring or dull, thanks to a series of ID. brand concepts. The latest one is the seventh in the line, and it's part station wagon, part crossover, and 100 percent cool. This is the ID. Space Vizzion The freedom of the electric...
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    Volkswagen is working hard to ensure that the ID.3 is as safe as possible when it comes out and its latest innovation is a new airbag. You may think that, like blades on a razor, automakers couldn’t possibly fit more airbags on a car, but VW has found a place. Right between the driver and the...
  4. Volkswagen News Blog
    The first vehicle on Volkswagen’s exclusively electric drivetrain has finally been unveiled and it will start at less than 30,000 Euros ($33,172 USD at conversion rates at time of writing). The ID.3 1st edition will come with a range of 420 km (on Europe’s NEDC test cycle). Although the...
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    With a large portion of its sales coming from cars built in Mexico, trade tariffs are a particular concern for VW. According to a recent report from Reuters , VW feels that the tariffs would hurt its US business. "We believe that tariffs of this kind are a tax on the U.S. consumer and will...
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    Volkswagen is looking to recapture the magic of the original "people's car" that was the VW Beetle with a new €20,000 EV. According to Autocar, a concept version of the affordable electric subcompact is expected to debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show this fall. The crossover will be about the...
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    Volkswagen needs to race the I.D. BUGGY at the Baja 1000 before another manufacturer does and you're wrong for disagreeing with me! “Waaaaah, why would VW even want to go to Baja?” You ask, ignorantly. “Ooooooooh, an EV could never make it,” you say, incorrectly. “Bu—bu… but why would...
  8. Volkswagen News Blog
    Even though Volkswagen won’t fully reveal the ID.3—its first MEB-based all-electric car—Europeans who are excited about the car can now get their pre-orders in. By putting €1,000 down, people looking to buy the ID.3 can get their name on the list for an ID.3 1st, which is the special launch...
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    Volkswagen is opening the order books on its first MEB-based electric vehicle in Europe later this week and it seems the Dutch division got a little overexcited. VW Holland released a short video of the car with its name ahead of schedule and then quickly took it down. Fortunately...
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    Volkswagen’s latest electric retro-mobile, the I.D. BUGGY made its debut at the New York International Auto Show last week. To celebrate the occasion, the automaker invited Bruce Meyers, creator and namesake of the legendary Meyers Manx to speak to journalists. While sharing stories about the...
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    The latest member of the I.D. family has finally been shown off in China. The I.D. ROOMZZ is the latest concept in VW’s ever-growing range of all-electric vehicles. The ROOMZZ is a big SUV that VW says is ready for families and businesses. Thanks to its sliding rear doors, it blends vans and...
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    Volkswagen has released more pictures of its larger electric SUV concept ahead of the Shanghai Motor Show. The three pictures follow a pair of pictures first released a little over a week ago . The new ones, though, show the concept from different angles and shed some new light on the vehicle...
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    Volkswagen has given us the first glimpse of its next concept in its electric lineup. The I.D. ROOMZZ is a slightly larger SUV than we’ve seen yet. The concept will make its debut at the Shanghai Auto show later this month (starting on April 16) and follows in the futuristic tradition of the...
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    A VW representative has categorically stated that the company won’t make a Beetle on the MEB platform. The assertion follows other denials from Volkswagen, but counters rumors that spread on the internet. Specifically, when asked by MotorTrend if a Beetle was in product planning, VW’s CEO...
  15. Volkswagen News Blog
    Auto shows can be hard to figure out. Better thought of as fashion show clothes—designed more to impress and show off certain design elements than to actually be worn—it’s best not to get too excited about them. But Volkswagen really wants to make its latest concept car, the I.D. BUGGY. And if...
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    That is, at once, a very old-fashioned and very futuristic headline and it’s all thanks to Volkswagen, which will sell Germany’s e.Go Mobile electric chassis for an upcoming vehicle. e.Go Mobile is the first third-party manufacturer to buy the MEB platform to make a car of its own. “We are...
  17. Volkswagen News Blog
    Volkswagen has taken the wraps off its latest retro electric concept and this one takes its cues from the Meyers Manx. Named the I.D. BUGGY for obvious reasons, the concept comes sans roof with waterproof upholstery, and with 200 hp going to the back wheels. Designed for short trips, the I.D...
  18. Volkswagen News Blog
    We’ve seen it in concept form, we’ve seen it under camouflage, and now we’ve seen it with a SEAT badge on it: the Volkswagen I.D. hatchback. This is SEAT’s annoyingly capitalized “el-Born.” Named after a trendy neighborhood in Barcelona, this is SEAT’s first crack at the electric hatchback...
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    Volkswagen has a warning for any electric vehicle enthusiasts hoping to get themselves into a small, affordable EV one day: these cars won’t be so affordable. Speaking to Germany’s Welt am Sonntag newspaper, VW group chairman Hans-Dieter Poetsch said VW has a goal of making battery electric...
  20. Volkswagen News Blog
    One of the major disadvantages that electric cars face is the charging infrastructure. Although you can charge your EV at home, there still aren’t that many stations set up around the country dedicated to charging your car, especially when you compared to gas. But VW wants to help with mobile...
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