The VW ID.4 – Volkswagen’s second electric ID model – goes on sale in the UK as a First Edition with 77kWh battery, 310-mile range and £37,800 price tag. We’ve had Volkswagen’s first ‘ID’ electric car for a while with the ID.3 Hatch, but the car VW expect to be the sales star is the […]
Volkswagen ID.3 helps VW’s electric car sales in 2020 to TREBLE
The electric Volkswagen ID.3 has helped Volkswagen to treble the number of electric cars sold in 2020, and increase sales of PHEVs too. We all know Volkswagen is in the process of reinventing itself as a purveyor of fluffy green transport as it tries to move on from Dieselgate and keep on the right side […]
VW e-Golf is the LEAST depreciating electric car, and for hybrid it’s the Porsche Panamera E-Hybrid
The electric Volkswagen e-Golf is the UK’s slowest depreciating electric car, and the Porsche Panamera E-Hybrid the least depreciating hybrid. It’s still an uncomfortable fact that electric cars are just too expensive for ordinary car buyers to consider, and until that changes, and electric cars can be sold profitably, and without subsidy, at parity with […]
Volkswagen’s mobile charging robot for EVs becomes a ‘real’ prototype
Volkswagen are back with their mobile charging robot for EVs, allowing the charging of electric cars without the need for installing multiple charge points in car parks. With Volkswagen on a mission to change themselves from the world leader in ‘clean’ diesels to the world leader in ‘clean’ EVs, there’s lots to do to ensure […]
Electric Volkswagen E-Golf Production ENDS to make way for ID.3
Production of the electric Volkswagen E-Golf has ended in Germany as VW gear up to replace it with production of the new ID.3. It’s well over a year since the Volkswagen Golf Mk8 was revealed, and a bit under a year since the Golf Mk8 went on sale in the UK, so you might have […]
Electric Volkswagen ID.4 GTX on the way with 4WD and 302bhp
The new Volkswagen ID.4 electric SUV is getting a performance model – the VW ID.4 GTX – arriving in 2021 with 4WD and 302bhp. The second of Volkswagen’s new ID range of electric cars arrived in view in September as VW added the ID.4 to the ID.3, and as the ID.4 is a car destined […]
New Volkswagen Golf R and VW Golf GTI Clubsport now on sale in the UK
Volkswagen’s new Golf Performance models – the Golf R and Golf GTI Clubsport – go on sale in the UK with prices from £37,215 and £39,270 respectively. Having got the ‘regular’ versions of the new Volkswagen Golf out and on sale, VW recently turned its focus on new performance models, with the new Golf R […]
CHEAPER electric cars planned by Volkswagen – and an ICE model cull too
Volkswagen in planning cheaper electric cars to join its ID offerings and due in 2023, and an ICE model cull too. We learnt only yesterday that the electric VW ID.3 is the best-selling EV in Europe (well, in October it was), and before long the electric ID.4 SUV will go on sale, followed by more […]
New Volkswagen Golf Estate – and rufty-tufty Golf Alltrack – go on sale in the UK
The Mk8 version of the Volkswagen Golf Estate – and the high-riding Golf Alltrack – go on sale in the UK from £24,575. Volkswagen may be pushing hard down the electric road with the new ID.3 and ID.4, but it’s still the Golf that pays the bills. And despite the VW ID.3 being the best […]
Volkswagen ID.3 was the best-selling ELECTRIC car in Europe in October
The new electric Volkswagen ID.3 makes its mark in Europe, becoming the best-selling electric car in a difficult market. New car registrations have been decimated this year in the wake of Covid, and sales/registrations of new cars across Europe was down by seven per cent in October compared to the same period in 2019. But […]