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Volkswagen’s electric ID. 4 was already good—does AWD change that?

Do cars like the VW ID. 4 spell the end of the gas station? [credit: Jonathan Gitlin ] VW provided flights to Chattanooga and a night in a hotel so we could drive the ID. 4 AWD and visit its factory. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. CHATTANOOGA, TENN. —Volkswagen in 2021 seems like […]

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Everything we know about Audi’s next electric crossover, the Q4 e-tron

The Q4 is the first Audi to use Volkswagen Group’s new MEB platform for battery EVs. [credit: Audi ] Although it hasn’t announced plans to give up internal combustion engines completely, the future is definitely an electric one for Audi. In February, the company revealed its third battery electric vehicle, the e-tron GT, which joins […]

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Volkswagen Group wants six new European battery by 2030

Enlarge / Thomas Schmall, Member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Group for Technology, and CEO of Volkswagen Group Components. (credit: Volkswagen AG) Volkswagen Group is planning six new European lithium-ion battery factories with a total yearly output of 240 GWh once they’re all operational in 2030. It made the announcement on Monday at […]

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Volkswagen’s new ID.4 electrical vehicle –just how far, how much, how and when?

That is our very first appearance in the 2021 VW ID.4, the new battery-electric crossover. [credit: Jonathan Gitlin ] On Wednesday, at an Online livestream, Volkswagen introduced the ID.4 crossover. Made from the ground up as a battery-electric automobile, it is a part of a massive electrification program which VW embarked on at the aftermath […]