Volkswagen tease new Electric car for Paris Motor Show

Volkswagen has released photos of a new electric car they will reveal at the Paris Motor Show later this month ahead of a production car in 2018.

Volkswagen have become born again electric car enthusiasts since dieselgate, and are planning to attack the market with a significant number of new electric cars in the next few years.

We’ve already seen the Porsche Mission E electric supercar, and the Audi Q6 EV is on the way too, but heading for the Paris Motor Show later this month is a new electric Volkswagen (pictured above and below) VW think will be the next Beetle.

In fact, in the press release to accompany these tease photos of a new electric VW, pretty much all VW has to say is that this electric EV is on the way. Fortunately, we do know a bit more.

Using  VW’s new Modular Electrification kit (MEB), the VW EV will be Golf/Focus in size but, thanks to better packaging, offer interior space from the sector above.

Construction will be traditional and, as you’d expect, the new VW EV will come complete with all the connectivity you could want (and probably far more than you’d ever need).

It’s said VW is aiming for a range of 250 miles plus and a charging time of minutes rather than hours. Which sounds a complete game changer, although we’re not entirely sure existing technology could offer that combination, and certainly not at the Golf/Focus price point.

Still, this VW Electric Concept previews a production car not likely to actually hit the roads until 2019, so there’s time for technology to catch up with its objectives.