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Volkswagen: e-mobility and sustainability; Part 1, the e-Golf and Golf GTE

Green Car Congress

Volkswagen is organizing the e-mobility weeks to inform politicians and policy-makers; journalists; dealers; fleet managers (70% of sales in Germany are to fleets); and the general public about present and future e-technologies and e-vehicles, as well as to make the case that, as one presenter put it: “ e-mobility is at the heart of Volkswagen ”.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

Older houses that haven't been upgraded sometimes only have 100-amp service, and to put in a 240-volt electric car charger, you really need to have 200 amp service. It might be 50 percent if you compare it to the absolute base stripped-down RAV4 that no dealer actually has. The last Chevrolet Volt had 53 miles of range.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

Older houses that haven't been upgraded sometimes only have 100-amp service, and to put in a 240-volt electric car charger, you really need to have 200 amp service. It might be 50 percent if you compare it to the absolute base stripped-down RAV4 that no dealer actually has. The last Chevrolet Volt had 53 miles of range.

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Volkswagen’s first two production battery-electric vehicles debut at Frankfurt

Green Car Congress

The simplest recharging option is to plug the charging cable supplied with the car into a conventional 230-volt socket. As the conventional solution, the charging cable supplied as standard with the car is plugged into a 230-volt mains electrical socket. Interested customers can order the wall box from their dealer.