The VW e-Up is now all battery and all trousers

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Written by Ollie Kew

This lady does not look very pleased with her new VW e-Up. Perhaps that"s because it"s painted the colour of a hangover wee. But it"s probably not due to range anxiety. It certainly can"t be because of the new VW e-Up"s tech spec. Or what it costs. See, VW"s slashed the basic price of its entry-level electric car to 21,975 in Germany, down from 22,975. It"d previously been cut from 26,900 back in 2018 too.

Date written: 11 Sep 2019

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[TransAmDan]

Numbers look pants, something wrong in their calcs here.

162 miles) on a charge, thanks to a more power-dense 32.3kWh battery. The old car had a sub-18kWh battery that would take the car a maximum of 118 miles

So they almost doubled the size of the battery, yet it only added on a tiny bit of milage on that charge. I guess the extra battery size is heavier which could account for it.
I'd like to see 200+miles on a 20kw charge.