Tuesday, November 14, 2017

VW floats plan for an electric, zero-emissions Beetle

Volkswagen's Beetle design is iconic - and the car company reportedly is actively considering developing an electric version. Herbert Diess, chairman of the board of management of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand told Autocar they're mulling over an electric successor to the Beetle of today utilizing their Modular Electric Baukasten (MEB) platform. He said such an electric Beetle would actually be "much closer to history" as it could be rear-wheel-drive like the VW Beetles of our 1960's dream...

from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/vw-floats-plan-for-an-electric-zero-emissions-beetle
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