VW e-Up! and e-Golf revealed with 99-mile and 118-mile ranges

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Volkswagen unveiled two new electric models today, the e-Up! and e-Golf powered by lithium ion batteries and electric motors giving them ranges of 118 miles and 99 miles, respectively. The pair of VWs were designed in-house by the automaker, and critical components, including the motors, gearboxes and batteries, will be built in Germany at VW's Kassel components plant.

Let's start with the five-door hatchback e-Golf. It has a higher-capacity 24.2-kWh lithium ion battery mounted in the floor, and being the more upscale car, it also has a more powerful electric motor, rated at 199 pound-feet of torque from 0 rpm and 85 kW (114 horsepower). Accelerating from 0-62 miles per hour takes 10.4 seconds in the electrified seventh-generation Golf, according to VW, and top speed is electronically limited to 87 mph. As stated earlier, the powertrain gives the e-Golf a range of 118 miles, and VW is quick to point out that the car, helped by its low drag coefficient of 0.28, manages to use about 12.7 kWh of energy per 62 miles, depending on driving style.

The e-Up! is the smaller of the two EVs, a three-door hatchback with a higher drag coefficient of 0.31. The EV based on the up! is equipped with an 18.7-kWh lithium ion battery, also mounted in the floor, generating 155 lb-ft from 0 rpm and 60 kW (81 hp). With a top speed of 81 mph, a 0-62 mph time of 12.4 seconds and a range of 99 miles, there's only one measure of performance at which it beats the e-Golf, and it greatly matters in a vehicle trying to be ultra efficient: the e-Up! uses just 11.7 kWh per 61 miles, which VW says makes it the "efficiency world champion."

Both EVs have three drive modes, Normal, Eco and ECO+, the latter two of which progressively limit electric motor power and torque levels and vehicle functions to obtain the best fuel economy. Four levels of regenerative braking are featured on both models, D1, D2, D3 and B. Starting from level D, progressively higher levels of regenerative braking allow the e-Up! and e-Golf to recover more energy to store in the battery. The process has an effect on how the car drives as well, so as levels are raised from D to B, drivers will notice a stronger slowing effect from the electric motor - similar to engine braking in a car with a traditional engine.

Standard 230-volt wall-socket chargers will fully charge the e-up!'s 18.7 kWh battery from empty within nine hours, VW claims, and can do the same for the e-Golf's 24.7 kWh battery within 13 hours. Step it up with an optional wall box charger for garages or carports (and charging stations) and the e-Up! will go from empty to full within six hours; it will do the same for the e-Golf within eight hours. The quickest charge comes courtesy of an optional combined charging system (CCS) using a DC power supply. Using that, the e-Up! and the e-Golf can be charged from empty to 80 percent in half an hour.

The e-Up! and e-Golf launch in Spring 2014 in Europe, followed by North American and Asian markets in late 2014 or early 2015, VW says. The automaker provided an in-depth press release for its new EVs, which you can peruse below. (We'll make an e-up! gallery as soon as VW provides us with images.)Continue reading VW e-Up! and e-Golf revealed with 99-mile and 118-mile ranges

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