In November, the news spread that Volkswagen is planning a modern electric car for less than 20,000 euros – an unprecedented price. Now it became known: The vehicle is not a model of the upcoming Stromer family I.D., but the further development of an existing series.
United States manager Matt Renna told the US blog InsideEVsthat VW's new electric car at a competitive price on the next generation of the e-up! will build up. The small car developed for internal combustion engines has been offered since 2013 with purely electric drive, the E-variant sold in the past due to the high price and their short range but only slowly.
The only visually altered e-up since the launch! According Renna will soon get a new, more powerful energy storage. When exactly this will be the case, and what range is planned, he could not say, since the series is not offered in America.
According to some reports, the e-up! with larger batteries in 2020 at the dealers stand. At this time, the introduction of the first I.D. planned in the Golf format, which is to be followed by various other electric cars based on the new MEB platform. According to current status plan the Wolfsburg initially for the time being only with I.D. models in and above the compact segment.
For the current e-up! VW has recently reduced the price significantly: Since November, the electric car racer instead of 26,900 only 22,975 euros – a price reduction of almost 4000 euros. Together with the environmental bonus, the starting price for a new car in Germany is now 18,975 euros.
The 60 kW (82 hp) e-up! accelerates from zero to one hundred in 12.4 seconds, a maximum of 130 km / h are possible. The battery with a capacity of 18.7 kWh stored in the vehicle floor enables a range of up to 160 kilometers according to the NEDC standard. VW advertises that the delivery time for the e-up! unlike the electric cars of many competitors currently lie at just under three months.