Next Volkswagen e-Golf To Have At Least 200 Miles Of Range

When it launched in fall 2014, the Volkswagen e-Golf electric car all but duplicated the Nissan Leaf in range and efficiency: 83 miles and 116 MPGe against the Leaf's 84-mile and 114-MPGe ratings.

Since then, the Leaf has gotten an upgrade to 107 miles, and an increase is en route for the e-Golf as well.

Now attention is turning to the next generation of the e-Golf, to be launched as part of the updated eighth-generation Golf lineup that will start to appear late in 2018.

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While the Golf VIII will sit on a revised version of the current model's MQB architecture, the 2019 e-Golf will instead ride on the VW Group's dedicated MEB underpinnings meant just for battery-electric cars.

The e-Golf will continue to look virtually identical to conventionally powered Golfs, according to Autoblog--despite its considerably different platform.

The MEB architecture will also spawn at least one dedicated electric Volkswagen model, as previewed by the Budd-e Concept microbus revealed at this year's Consumer Electronics Show.

In addition, there will be a smaller dedicated electric VW that the brand claims will be the world's most affordable long-range electric car.

And, finally (for now), at least one Audi electric car will employ the MEB platform as well--smaller than the Audi Q6 e-Tron Quattro that will arrive during 2018 as well.

While today's e-Golf receives an 83-mile range rating from the U.S. EPA, its EU rating is 190 kilometers (118 miles).

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