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Indian giver! VW to supply tech as Mahindra plans electric vehicle attack

February 26, 2024February 24, 2024 John Mahoney 2616 Views Mahindra, MEB, VW

Volkswagen has inked a new deal that will allow Indian car-making giant Mahindra to use its MEB architecture and key

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VW ID.7 Tourer
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Volkswagen ID.7 Tourer is teased for the first time: Could brand’s first-ever electric wagon tempt you out of a Tesla Model Y?

November 3, 2023November 3, 2023 John Mahoney 3896 Views VW, VW ID.7

Volkswagen has given us our first glimpse of its incoming 2024 Volkswagen ID.7 Tourerahead of its official unveil in the

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The Volkswagen ID.5 is one of the reasons the brand is rated highly on the electric vehicle winners and losers list.
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Volkswagen adds ID.5 Paddle Pop to range

April 30, 2021May 5, 2021 Stephen Corby 2486 Views ID.5, Volkswagen EV, VW

Volkswagen’s genuinely exciting EV range has expanded yet again, with a sneak preview of the ID.5, a “coupe” styled SUV,

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The new Volkswagen ID.4 GTX
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X the new I: Sporty GTX version of Volkswagen ID.4 revealed

April 29, 2021May 3, 2021 John Carey 4201 Views VW, VW GTX, VW ID.4, VW ID.4 GTX

At Volkswagen, X is the I of the EV era. The ID.4 GTX, revealed in Germany overnight, is the electric

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Volkswagen battery recycling pilot plant in Salzgitter, Germany
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VW begins EV battery recycling

January 30, 2021February 10, 2021 John Carey 2617 Views battery recycling, electric car, ev, Volkswagen, VW

Volkswagen’s has opened its first EV battery recycling plant. The company says it aims to be able to recover more

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VW pulls the plug on motorsport to amp up EVs

December 2, 2020December 2, 2020 John Carey 2147 Views VW, VW ID.R

VW Motorsport is to be shut down and the racing division’s 169-strong workforce transferred to developing production cars, including the

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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 8121 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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VW ID.4 to target Toyota RAV4, not Tesla

September 2, 2020September 8, 2020 EV Central team 2871 Views id.4, Toyota, VW

Volkswagen’s all-electric SUV, the ID.4, will offer “a lot of what Tesla offers at a much lower price point”, but

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Range record: Volkswagen ID.3 makes the journey from Zwickau to Switzerland
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Volkswagen’s ID.3 hatchback cracks 500km EV range

August 28, 2020September 2, 2020 Iain Curry 6703 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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2021 VW ID 4
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VW ID 4 EV SUV closes on launch

August 22, 2020October 6, 2020 EV Central team 4307 Views ev, ID 4, SUV, VW

The Volkswagen ID 4 electric SUV has commenced production in Germany weeks ahead of its late September global launch. One

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

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