This year at the Paris fair the Volkswagen's first electric car. The car will be similar in size to the Golf but will offer the comfort in space that a Passat has thanks to its construction and being an electric car that allows space to be used in a different way.
This new Volkswagen vehicle will be ready for your launch by end of 2018 or early 209. The greatest characteristic of it will be its charging speed, since from Autocar it is said that it will be able to obtain 482 kilometers with a 15-minute charge. Even for this type of car with bigger batteries and a lot of autonomy, recharging time has always been the big problem.
If we look at Tesla's supercharging stations (we have one in Spain), which offer 80% of a full charge in 45 minutes, what Volkswagen will achieve will be a milestone. 15 minute time for 482 kilometers it would be impressive for such a vehicle.
Porsche itself claimed that with its Mission E Concept it was capable of charging 80% of batteries with 15 minutes, a vehicle that was revealed last year with a kilometer range of almost 500. That charging speed requires a ratio of 800 volts, so it is Porsche that is looking to create for the charging infrastructure.
So a vehicle of the German brand will be able to take advantage of this kind of technology that it would need the necessary infrastructure, but given the statement of the car manufacturer, surely he has not released it like that. You also have to think that, since the broadcast scandal, the brand has been looking for ways to regain that reputation it had.
The other objective of the brand is to bring to the market cars that cost less than traditional based on fossil fuels. The first car dedicated to the electric of this German brand seems to be looking very good.