2013 Golf E-Motion Electric Car Coming To US

Volkswagen has entered the war of electric cars by introducing one of its own. It will commensurate as part of the Golf series, Volkswagen’s number one seller worldwide. The VW-2013 Golf E-motion Electric car is one of the most greatly anticipated cars. The vehicle is equipped with a lithium battery having a capacity of around 26.5 kilowatt hours and is expected to generate as much as 270 Newton meter in torque from the start.

The car has a driving range of more than 100 miles and of course is dependent on a number of factors. Obviously, using the heater and the radio will use the battery much faster; so calculating the range is going to depend on many factors. It can reach a speed of around 85 miles per hour and has shown enormous capacity to save energy while on ‘sail’, that is when the driver lets go of the gas pedal once the car has got a forward impulse. The VW-2013 Golf E-motion Electric car is coming to US and will definitely please the environmentalists with its no nonsense zero emissions approach. It can even recover some of its energy by regenerative braking, a technology becoming more and more trendy these days.

The five door vehicle can accommodate 5 people easily and has a weight of around 3,300 lbs. It can do 0-60mph in less than 12 seconds and has a top speed of 85mph, this having been limited due to battery constraints. It is expected that around 500 such vehicles will be tested before a large scale production is started in 2013. It should then be available in the US and around Europe. However, while such cars will definitely reduce the Carbon dioxide emission, a major concern that remains to be sorted out is where the electricity will be supplied from. Incentives will likely encourage owners to investigate energy sources such as solar or wind if they want the VW – 2013 Golf E-Motion Electric Car to run exclusively on renewable resources.