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This is an electric Volkswagen minivan concept. It"s called the BUDD-e, and it is, you"ll agree, quite adorable.It"s the firm"s keynote car at this year"s Consumer Electronics Show, and the first car to be based on the all-new small-to-medium modular electric platform (dubbed MEB), designed specifically for plug-in vehicles. Vehicles that will, by the end of the decade, have a range comparable with today"s petrol cars. It"ll form part of VW"s new wave of electric cars.Setting aside, um, that-which-shall-not-be-named for a moment, Volkswagen tells us the BUDD-e (a fresher take on the Bulli concept we saw years back) is a vision of electric mobility in the year 2019.It"s powered by two electric motors, one on each axle powering all four wheels, with a flat 101kWh battery integrated into the floor of the van. When everything is hooked up, we"re promised a top speed of 93mph and a range of up to 373 miles on full charge. Of course, the point is the packaging of the platform. Things like the heating and air con integrated into the front of the car freeing up space, along with that low-fitted battery. And in the future, VW reckons such batteries will only take 15 minutes to get 80 per cent charge.
Date: 6 Jan 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 1581
This is an electric Volkswagen minivan concept. It"s called the BUDD-e, and it is, you"ll agree, quite adorable.It"s the firm"s keynote car at this year"s Consumer Electronics Show, and the first car to be based on the all-new small-to-medium modular electric platform (dubbed MEB), designed specifically for plug-in vehicles. Vehicles that will, by the end of the decade, have a range comparable with today"s petrol cars. It"ll form part of VW"s new wave of electric cars.Setting aside, um, that-which-shall-not-be-named for a moment, Volkswagen tells us the BUDD-e (a fresher take on the Bulli concept we saw years back) is a vision of electric mobility in the year 2019.It"s powered by two electric motors, one on each axle powering all four wheels, with a flat 101kWh battery integrated into the floor of the van. When everything is hooked up, we"re promised a top speed of 93mph and a range of up to 373 miles on full charge. Of course, the point is the packaging of the platform. Things like the heating and air con integrated into the front of the car freeing up space, along with that low-fitted battery. And in the future, VW reckons such batteries will only take 15 minutes to get 80 per cent charge.
Date: 6 Jan 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 1581
