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Volkswagen

Volkswagen mobile charging robot protoype
EV charging Technology 

Meet the robot that could soon be charging your electric car

December 29, 2020January 5, 2021 Toby Hagon 3821 Views autonomous charging, charging, electric car charging, ev charging, robot, Volkswagen

Charging an electric car could soon involve little more than a tap of a smartphone screen. Volkswagen has developed a

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VW ID Buggy
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Bye bye, buggy: VW’s epic EV heartbreakingly scrapped

December 17, 2020December 27, 2020 EV Central team 1890 Views electric vehicle, Volkswagen, volkswagen meb

One of the coolest EV options has now officially hit the scrapheap, with the epic, off-road VW ID Buggy cancelled

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Volkswagen EV wagon concept the Space Vizzion
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VW unveils EV wagon with 700km range

November 20, 2020November 26, 2020 Stephen Corby 4545 Views EV Concept, EV station wagon, Volkswagen, Volkswagen EV

Volkswagen’s plans to sell a million EVs a year by 2025 have been boosted by the announcement of a new

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Volkswagen ID.4
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ID.4 electric SUV most important VW ‘since the Beetle’

September 24, 2020October 2, 2020 John Carey 8831 Views ev, id.4, Volkswagen, VW

How big a deal is the new ID.4 electric car for Volkswagen? Massive… “This is the most important launch for

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Tesla chief Elon Musk getting out of a Volkswagen ID.3
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Power brokers: Tesla, Volkswagen bosses trade EVs and compliments – but still rivals

September 8, 2020September 18, 2020 Toby Hagon 2075 Views electric car, electric vehicles, elon musk, EVs, herbert diess, id.3, id.4, model y, Tesla, Volkswagen

Elon Musk and Herbert Diess are two of the most influential people in electric cars and last week the pair

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CGI of the Volkswagen Golf ID.4
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Volkswagen vows to overtake Tesla on tech and production by 2023

September 8, 2020September 10, 2020 EV Central team 3596 Views Berlin Gigafactory, elon musk, ID 4, id.3, Tesla, Volkswagen

Volkswagen says it will have caught rival Tesla on both production volumes and technology by 2023, or earlier, as the

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2020 VW Golf GTE PHEV
News 

Latest VW Golf PHEVs on-sale in Europe

August 31, 2020October 6, 2020 EV Central team 4400 Views Golf, GTE, Volkswagen

Volkswagen has rolled out the latest plug-in hybrid versions of the popular Golf small car in Europe. VW has doubled

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Range record: Volkswagen ID.3 makes the journey from Zwickau to Switzerland
News 

Volkswagen’s ID.3 hatchback cracks 500km EV range

August 28, 2020September 2, 2020 Iain Curry 7342 Views id.3, id.4, Volkswagen, VW

Volkswagen’s ID.3 electric car has travelled 531 kilometres on a single charge, exceeding its official WLTP range by more than

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2023 Volkswagen ID 4
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Volkswagen ID 4’s cover blown

June 23, 2020July 2, 2020 EV Central team 3913 Views battery electric vehicle, bev, ID 4, Volkswagen, VW

The new Volkswagen ID 4 battery electric SUV has leaked undisguised into the public arena. The pictures of the Tesla

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Happy electric new year! Every EV coming to Australia in 2025
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Happy electric new year! Every EV coming to Australia in 2025

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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming in 2024
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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming in 2024

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New EV electric car calendar

December 5, 2023 EV Central team Comments Off on New EV electric car calendar
The electric year ahead: Every EV coming to Australia in 2023
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The electric year ahead: Every EV coming to Australia in 2023

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FCEV: Fuel cell hydrogen electric vehicle
EV advice EV types 

FCEV: Fuel cell hydrogen electric vehicle

January 10, 2021 EV Central team Comments Off on FCEV: Fuel cell hydrogen electric vehicle

Hydrogen electric vehicles, often called hydrogen fuel cells vehicles (FCEV), drive the same as regular EVs. They can have one

PHEV: Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
EV advice EV types 

PHEV: Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle

July 27, 2019 Stephen Corby Comments Off on PHEV: Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
Hybrid vehicle
EV advice EV types 

Hybrid vehicle

July 26, 2019 Stephen Corby Comments Off on Hybrid vehicle
EV or BEV: Electric vehicle or battery electric vehicle
EV advice EV types 

EV or BEV: Electric vehicle or battery electric vehicle

July 26, 2019 Stephen Corby Comments Off on EV or BEV: Electric vehicle or battery electric vehicle

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EV videos

Mad video: G-force overload as we ride with F1’s Liam Lawson in Ford’s 4000Nm electric SuperVan
LATEST News Videos 

Mad video: G-force overload as we ride with F1’s Liam Lawson in Ford’s 4000Nm electric SuperVan

April 13, 2024 Iain Curry Comments Off on Mad video: G-force overload as we ride with F1’s Liam Lawson in Ford’s 4000Nm electric SuperVan

With acceleration to rip the skin from your cheekbones, Ford’s SuperVan 4.2 is an electric Transit with performance from another

VIDEO: Kia EV6 GT-Line AWD review
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VIDEO: Kia EV6 GT-Line AWD review

February 25, 2022 Toby Hagon Comments Off on VIDEO: Kia EV6 GT-Line AWD review

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