Not news as such, more an excuse for some interesting photos, Volkswagen’s superb hybrid XL1 supercar (not in the speed sense but in the technology stakes it certainly is) hit the streets of New York. Some very lucky Volkswagen employees are conducting a month long tour across America which takes them right across from Los […]
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The all-electric Volkswagen e-up! goes on sale on today, Monday 2 December priced at £19,250 (including £5,000 Government grant or £24,250 on the road). Customers will be able to order their e-up! from one of 24 Volkswagen EV specialist retailers across the UK, with the first deliveries expected at the end of January. However, priced
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Volkswagen has unveiled a hybrid version of its up! city car at the Tokyo Motor Show. The twin up! concept car uses a 0.8-litre two-cylinder turbodiesel engine in series with a 27 kW electric motor and a seven-speed DSG gearbox – a version of the drivetrain found in the pioneering XL1 – and offers combined
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Bragging rights for the manufacturer with the largest and brightest display at this year’s 2013 IAA Frankfurt Motor Show are bound to be claimed by a German manufacturer seeing as they’re on home turf. Volkswagen have taken things to new levels with an enormous 53 car display. At the centre of their display will be
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At next week’s Geneva International Motor Show, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles will be showing a transporter concept vehicle: the e-Co-Motion. Despite its large cargo capacity it is compact and manoeuvrable. Eight hundred kilograms of payload, yet zero emissions on the road thanks to an electric drive system. ‘Electric mobility – especially in light commercial vehicles –
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