Volkswagen begins E-Golf pilot program in three...
Volkswagen begins E-Golf pilot program in three US cities
This month Volkswagen America is beginning a nine month pilot scheme involving twenty E-Golf plug-in electric cars in three locations in the US (Detroit, Washington DC and San Francisco). The four-door, five-seater E-Golf has a 85 kW (114 bhp), 270 Nm (199 lbft) electric motor and a 180 cell lithium-ion battery (arranged as a T-pack in the center tunnel and below the rear seats) with a paltry 26.5 kW hour capacity (less than half of the Tesla Roadster) providing a quoted 150 km (93 miles) range. Interestingly the E-Golf features a three-level regenerative braking option which can be controlled via paddles on the steering wheel (providing more or less braking and hence electricity regeneration). The E-Golf is expected to go on sale in the US in 2014 and will be based around the new VW MQB platform rather than the older Golf platform used for these pilot cars.
This month Volkswagen America is beginning a nine month pilot scheme involving twenty E-Golf plug-in electric cars in three locations in the US (Detroit, Washington DC and San Francisco). The four-door, five-seater E-Golf has a 85 kW (114 bhp), 270 Nm (199 lbft) electric motor and a 180 cell lithium-ion battery (arranged as a T-pack in the center tunnel and below the rear seats) with a paltry 26.5 kW hour capacity (less than half of the Tesla Roadster) providing a quoted 150 km (93 miles) range. Interestingly the E-Golf features a three-level regenerative braking option which can be controlled via paddles on the steering wheel (providing more or less braking and hence electricity regeneration). The E-Golf is expected to go on sale in the US in 2014 and will be based around the new VW MQB platform rather than the older Golf platform used for these pilot cars.
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