Electric Vehicles

2-door electric concept car Volkswagen, E-Up!, Introduced at the Frankfurt Motor Show to-63 in 2009. This electric car has a length of 3:19 m and is scheduled to begin production in 2013. Using the 3 +1 seating configuration. Power source comes from the electric motor mounted at the front generating a total power 60 kW (82 ps, 80 hp) (generally 40 kW (52 ps, 52 hp)). Using a front-wheel drive.

Volkswagen E-Up !

Hybrid electric vehicles

Volkswagen and Sanyo have collaborated to develop battery systems for hybrid electric vehicles. Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn has confirmed the company plans to make a compact hybrid electric car. He said, "Surely there will be compact hybrid models, such as the Polo and Golf, without delay", along with gasoline and diesel engines. For example, Golf is a suitable model to be a hybrid car because this car has been awarded the "Auto Environment Certificate" by the Oko-Trend Institute for Environmental Research, and is also regarded as one of the most environmentally friendly cars in 2007. Volkswagen's R & D facilities in Braunschweig, northern Germany, is also preparing a hybrid version of the Touareg.

VW plans for the future, all models had to have a hybrid model. "Cars VW in the future will also consist of hybrid concepts," VW's development chief Ulrich Hackenberg in an interview with Automobilwoche. Hackenberg mentioned that the cars are based on the concept Up! and all other models will be offered with hybrid options. VW up! sendri will begin production in 2011

Volkswagen announced at the Geneva Motor Show 2010 that they would launch a Touareg Hybrid in 2011. Other cars VW, Volkswagen Jetta, will also be provided a new diesel electric engines in 2012, followed by Golf and Polo in 2013.