IAA 2013 – Volkswagen electrifies high-volume production: World premiere of the Electric-up! as leading duo

The Electric-up! The world champion of efficiency.

11.7 kWh/100 km for €3 sets benchmark for efficiency

Wolfsburg, August 27, 2013 – In a dual world premiere, Volkswagen will be presenting two new and extremely efficient electric cars at the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt (10th to 22nd September): the Electric-up! and e-Golf. This means that Europe’s most successful carmaker is transitioning two high-volume production models to the age of electric mobility. Both zero-emission cars offer unlimited everyday practicality, each has four doors, and they are attractively equipped.

Standard features: automatic climate control with parking heater and ventilation, radio-navigation system, windscreen heating, LED daytime running lights and, in the e-Golf, the Volkswagen brand’s first use of LED headlights. The two newcomers are also leaders in energy efficiency: the Electric-up! consumes just 11.7 kWh of electricity per 100 km – this makes it the new world champion in efficiency. Given an electricity price of €0.258 per kWh (Germany, as of 31st July 2013), driving 100 km with the Electric-up! costs just €3.02.

Made in Germany. Innovative drive technologies are core competencies at Volkswagen. Therefore, the e-motors, gearboxes and lithium-ion batteries of the Electric-up! and e-Golf are developed in-house, and they are manufactured in large Volkswagen component plants in Germany.