VW E-Golf May Be Resurrected Following Trinity EV Delay: Report

The Volkswagen e-Golf was one of many model’s first critical efforts in making a mass-market electrical car. The manufacturing of the zero-emissions hatchback got here to an finish in December 2020 and the Wolfsburg-based firm’s ID household was launched as an oblique substitute for the electrical Golf. It seems, nevertheless, that the battery-powered Golf might return as Volkswagen has to vary its technique within the EV section.

Earlier this month it grew to become clear that Volkswagen’s new Trinity electrical car might be delayed till the tip of the last decade. The choice reportedly comes from the newly appointed VW Group CEO Oliver Blume, who believes the automaker received’t be prepared with the required software program developments to be able to meet the initially introduced launch goal of 2026. This, in flip, might open a brand new spot within the agency’s pipeline for a brand new electrical car to be launched till the Trinity hits the market.

Based on a brand new report by the German enterprise every day Handelsblatt, quoted by Automotive Information, Volkswagen is contemplating bringing again the e-Golf nameplate to its portfolio. Alternatively, the Tiguan crossover might additionally obtain a completely electrical model and both method, each may very well be primarily based on an up to date variant of the MEB electrical platform utilized by Volkswagen and its sister manufacturers. Citing firm sources, the German newspaper experiences VW might produce the electrical Golf and Tiguan at its Wolfsburg plant the place the combustion-powered variants of those vehicles are additionally constructed.

One factor that is still unclear is whether or not VW is contemplating constructing a brand new electrical car that can merely put on the Golf title or reengineering the prevailing Golf to turn out to be an EV. Contemplating the report mentions the MEB platform, this in all probability means we might be coping with a product that doesn’t have lots in widespread with at the moment’s MQB-based Golf Mk8. For now, nevertheless, these are simply assumptions primarily based on the out there info.

Despite the fact that the e-Golf formally went out of manufacturing again in 2020, you possibly can nonetheless purchase a brand new one from some sellers. Knowledge from Dataforce reveals that VW bought 117 e-Golf via September this 12 months and a possible direct successor might carry these numbers again to the hundreds.