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05-06-2017, 10:15 AM
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2017 Volkswagen E-Golf
Volkswagen announced in March that the upcoming new 2017 Volkswagen E-Golf will increase its driving range by 50 percent compared to the outgoing 2016 model. That’s a big and important jump in range from 83 to 125 miles—by virtue of a 35.8 kilowatt-hour battery replacing the current 24.2 kWh pack. The E-Golf’s bigger battery means the VW electric car is in second place for range among affordable electric models, way behind the 238-mile Chevy Bolt but in a dead heat with the 124-mile Hyundai Ioniq Electric.
We had a chance yesterday to take a pre-production E-Golf on a roundtrip 90-mile spin from Sonnen Volkswagen*in San Rafael, Calif., to Half Moon Bay. It’s that length of trip that would be questionable in the 2016 E-Golf but was a no-brainer in the 2017 model. The experience behind the wheel—and via information provided by Megan Garbis, product manager of the entire Golf product line—provided new insight into the only electric car VW sells in the United States.
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2017 Volkswagen E-Golf
Volkswagen announced in March that the upcoming new 2017 Volkswagen E-Golf will increase its driving range by 50 percent compared to the outgoing 2016 model. That’s a big and important jump in range from 83 to 125 miles—by virtue of a 35.8 kilowatt-hour battery replacing the current 24.2 kWh pack. The E-Golf’s bigger battery means the VW electric car is in second place for range among affordable electric models, way behind the 238-mile Chevy Bolt but in a dead heat with the 124-mile Hyundai Ioniq Electric.
We had a chance yesterday to take a pre-production E-Golf on a roundtrip 90-mile spin from Sonnen Volkswagen*in San Rafael, Calif., to Half Moon Bay. It’s that length of trip that would be questionable in the 2016 E-Golf but was a no-brainer in the 2017 model. The experience behind the wheel—and via information provided by Megan Garbis, product manager of the entire Golf product line—provided new insight into the only electric car VW sells in the United States.
read more (http://www.plugincars.com/what-we-learned-first-spin-2017-vw-e-golf-132852.html)
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