http://www.gizmag.com/volkswagen-first-electric-e-up/26654/ [image] Volkswagen announces its first electric production car – the e-up! By C.C. Weiss Mar 14 2013 Source VW
[image http://images.gizmag.com/hero/volkswagene-up.jpg The e-up! is powered by an 81-hp electric motor http://www.gizmag.com/volkswagen-first-electric-e-up/26654/pictures Image Gallery http://images.gizmag.com/inline/volkswagene-up-4.jpg The interior includes chrome and leather accents ] Volkswagen may be a bit late to the electric vehicle game, as far as major global manufacturers go, but it's making up for it quickly. Hot on the heels of the world premiere of its e-Co-Motion electric van concept and the revolutionary XL1 hybrid, the company is introducing its first electric production car – the e-up! – which made its debut at its Annual Press and Investors Conference. The electric up! is a city car that can travel up to 93 miles (150 km) per charge. Volkswagen has been growing its line of up! city cars for the past several years. The four-seat e-up!, which debuted as a concept at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show, brings a zero-local-emissions presence to the line, and according to Volkswagen, also a "nearly zero noise" presence. The e-up! is powered by an 81-hp electric motor and 18.7 kWh lithium-ion battery. The motor puts out 155 lb-ft (210 Nm) of torque and sends the car rolling to 62 mph (100 km/h) in 14 seconds. Its top speed is 83 mph (135 km/h). The car doesn't receive the intensive weight savings of the XL1, but it does manage to keep light at 2,612 lbs. (1,185 kg). In terms of charging, the e-up! will offer an optional Combined Charging System that will allow for charging from both AC and DC sources. Volkswagen has not detailed exactly how long charging will take. The styling of the e-up! is simple, blending unassumingly with the rest of the up! family. A few changes include the smiley, curved LED daytime running lamps and aerodynamically optimized front-end, sills and underbody. The car rolls on 15-inch alloy wheels. Inside it features light grey seat covers with blue stitching and leather and chrome accents. The e-up! will make its official auto show debut at this year's Frankfurt Motor Show, and VW will begin taking orders shortly thereafter. [© 2013 Gizmag] http://3d-car-shows.com/2013/volkswagen-electric-vehicle-e-up/ Volkswagen Electric Vehicle e-up! - Wolfsburg, 14 March 2013 – Volkswagen is writing a new chapter in mobility in presenting its first fully electric production vehicle: the new e-up! http://www.carsuk.net/electric-volkswagen-e-up-revealed-in-production-guise/ Electric Volkswagen e-Up revealed in production guise ... there's leather and chrome highlights for what VW call “…a puristic impression that matches the vehicle concept of a full-fledged urban electric car“. http://www.itechpost.com/articles/6584/20130314/volkswagen-vw-e-up-latest-electric-car-revealed.htm Volkswagen E-Up!: Latest Electric Car Revealed The company debuted its new electric car Thursday at the Annual Press and Investors Conference in Wolfsburg, Germany. The car was first revealed in 2009 at ... http://www.newcarnet.co.uk/Volkswagen_news.html?id=12752 Volkswagen e-up! revealed Special leather and chrome accents have been used to convey a puristic impression that matches the vehicle concept of a full-fledged urban electric car. http://www.torquenews.com/1079/vw-officially-unveils-first-full-electric-car-e VW Officially Unveils First Full Electric Car e-up! - Torque News VW has been talking about electric cars for sometime but have never delivered anything. Today, the company officially announces its ... http://www.plugincars.com/e-first-production-electric-car-volkswagen-126686.html Volkswagen Unveils Its First Production Electric Car We missed it in Geneva last week, but the first production electric car from Volkswagen was unveiled at VW's headquarters in Wolfsburg this morning. We've ... For all EVLN posts use: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=evln&sort=date Here are today's archive-only EV posts: EVLN: Drivers Willing to Pay More pkWh @work, EVSE Congestion EVLN: Free-car2go-EV-hour with a room @San Diego's Pearl Hotel EVLN: World Premier OF Saab's First Electric Vehicle EVLN: Tata sees market for small electric delivery vans in U.S. EVLN: BBC's 4.5k Think EV trip w/o Top-Gear-shenanigans = successful + EVLN: 2013 Nissan Leaf TV Ad Selling Electric-Car Fun, Finally! (video) {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-VW-e-up-announced-their-1st-production-EV-r-150km-ts-135kph-tp4661981.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
