Located in the rear where an air-cooled four-cylinder once sat is a 100 kW synchronous electric motor. In the e-Golf, ... to live on into the electric age,” said Volkswagen E-Mobility and ...

The four-door e-Golf's 85-kW motor is powered by a 24.2-kWh lithium-ion battery for a claimed range of up to 190 km (118 miles). The motor can reach up to 12,000 rpm delivering a torque of 270 Nm ...

The 2015 Volkswagen e-Golf might just be our favorite electric vehicle yet. ... a Golf. The 12,000-rpm, 85-kW electric motor equates to 115 horsepower and 199 pound-feet of torque, ...

Like most BEVs, the e-Golf has an electric motor and a single-speed transmission. ... 2015 Volkswagen e-Golf SEL Premium. Electric front-drive, five-passenger compact hatchback.

Even before we drove it, the 2015 Volkswagen e-Golf, which is based on the seventh-generation of the Golf family, ... Instead of a beak and plumage, we got a 12,000-rpm electric motor.

VW is already expected to debut the electric ID.GTI in 2026, but the new ID 2 R will be a lot more advanced.In addition to the front-mounted electric motor in the GTI, the R model will get ...

Volkswagen, though seemingly late to the battery electric game, has been testing fully electric prototypes since the 1980s. Introducing the e-Golf as a model year 2015 car, it’s now entering a ...

While VW doesn’t sell a hatchback smaller than the Golf in the United States, the ID 2 R could pave the way for the future all-electric Golf R, and VW seems to have come up with a clever way of ...

The 2014 Volkswagen e-Golf is a solid electric car, offering comfort and good driving dynamics, but its range and feature set do not distinguish it in any particular way from its competitors.

An electric motor in the system acts as both a generator and a starter for the engine. ... VW e-Golf wraps new electric drive in hatchback goodness +34 More See all photos.