Volkswagen Builds Its Most Efficient Electric Vehicle Ever
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Volkswagen gives the XL1 an electric car comeback – with components from the ID.Polo and solar cells in the roof. However, you cannot buy the vehicle.
The electric car race has been dominated by huge, heavy batteries, ever-increasing ranges and hundreds of horsepower in recent years. Volkswagen is now showing that there is a different path, a car that can cover vast distances while using extremely little energy. The result of that vision is Mission Efficiency, a near-production electric concept with which the German manufacturer has just set three world […] The post Consumes just 6.4 kWh per 1…
The range of electric cars is still one of the most important topics for drivers, and manufacturers are reaching for increasingly radical solutions to extend it.
Forget the race for raw power and gigantic batteries. Volkswagen has just reminded everyone that the future of electric mobility will be played on another ground: that of pure efficiency.
The Mission Efficiency is a 2+2-seat coupe prototype, almost ready for production. Built on VW's MEB+ platform, it demonstrates how pushing the boundaries of design can achieve revolutionary efficiency results. And it has already broken three world records.
World's most efficient EV covers 450+ miles on small 55 kWh VW battery to challenge Cybercab
Volkswagen has a habit of beginning its most interesting engineering journeys with concept cars nobody gets to buy, and Mission Efficiency is the latest example. The teardrop coupe reveals a Tesla Cybercab competitor that walked away with three official records: a drag coefficient of just 0.158, an “ideal” consumption of 6.48 kWh/100 km at [...]
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