Volkswagen has boosted the range of its battery-electric e-Golf compact sedan for 2017 by increasing the range by 50% to 125 miles, the automaker has announced.
Compared to its predecessor, the 2017 e-Golf offers an increased range by about 50%, with the aim of a driving range of up to 124 miles on a single charge.
The recall, which got under way March 15, covers more than 5,500 electric cars in the 2015 and 2016 model years.
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Volkswagen will offer its entry-level e-Golf SE battery-electric vehicle for the 2016 model-year, with a starting price of $29,815 (including $820 destination charge), the automaker announced.
Volkswagen's 2015 Golf TDI clean-diesel compact car reached 81.17 mpg on a trip across 48 states on its way to setting a Guinness World Records achievement for non-hybrid fuel economy.
The e-Golf drives and handles exactly like its gasoline and diesel cousins — meaning smoothly and efficiently with the kind of get up and go that modern drivers expect and the handling and solidness that fleets need.
Volkswagen has reduced the price of its 2015 e-Golf compact EV by more than $2,000 by introducing a new base trim model called the Limited Edition, the automaker has announced.
Volkswagen has begun testing a hydrogen fuel cell version of its Passat sedan on the streets of California and has developed a fuel cell model of the Golf SportWagen for research.
Volkswagen’s first fully electric car for the U.S. market, the 2015 e-Golf, has arrived at dealerships in select states. Volkswagen will be advising dealers in these states on how to sell to government fleets.