大众承诺到2025年推出30款全新电动车，而在今年巴黎车展上，大众将推出其首款纯电动车型。该车的车身尺寸与高尔夫类似，但内部空间则与帕萨特不相上下，这就是电动车所带来的好处德国媒体《经济周刊》报道，该车续航里程在400至600公里之间，预计将于2018或2019年初发布。未来，该车采用的平台还将应用于包括小型跨界车到轿跑车，甚至更多车型中。大众未来还将提供一款豪华轿车，将替代命途多舛的辉腾。大众CEO Matthias Muller 曾要求工程人员开发一款续航里程500公里，充电时间15分钟的电动车。

 

Volkswagen to Preview a 300-Mile EV at This Year's Paris Show

Volkswagen has promised 30 all-new electric models by 2025, and while that's indeed a long time, it's also a lot of new cars. However, rumors have it that the first glimpse of this electric VW line-up will be on display this fall in Paris, taking the shape of a vehicle roughly the size of a Golf, but with the interior space of a Passat - that's what the electric architecture can do for you.

 

German publication Wirtschafts Woche claims that the EV will have a range between 400 and 600 kilometers (around 250 and 370 miles), and it will be ready to launch in late 2018 or early 2019. Soon after, the same platform will be used for a series of different models ranging from a small crossover to a coupe and even a delivery van. Later on, Volkswagen is said to offer a luxury sedan as well, presumably as a replacement for the ill-fated Phaeton.

 

While promising, none of this sounds particularly revolutionary. On the other hand, don't expect Volkswagen to let too much out of the bag this early. Instead, think about the challenge set by VW Group CEO Matthias Muller to his leading engineers - to develop an electric car as iconic as the Golf with 500 km (310-miles) of maximum range and a complete charging time of 15 minutes - and hope for the best.