e-Golf: German car electric version arrives in Portugal this month (with features)

It won't be long for the Portuguese put your hands-and feet-on Volkswagen e-Golf, the first purely electric version of one of the most successful models cars of all time, the Golf-30 million units sold.

The e-Golf will be officially launched later this month, you know the Green Savers and the first cars arriving in Portugal in July. The price is not yet set, but is expected to around € 38,000 â€" still, an estimated price.

In its electric version, the iconic VW brand's strong point â€" autonomy between 130 and 190 km â€" and a selection of driving profiles: Normal, Eco and Eco + (these two are a redundancy, since the car is 100% ecological).

Autonomy depends on the route to go, driving style and weight of the cargo. On the other hand, if the outside temperature is too low, the autonomy can be less than these values.

According to Volkswagen, technological innovation of e-Golf allows you to ensure a top speed limited to 140 km/h, so the car is the only model of the range fitted as standard with the radio and navigation system of high technology, the Discover Pro.

From the functional point of view, the new model is also fitted as standard with the App Car-Net-and-Remote, which allows the battery charge, the activation of auxiliary heating/air conditioner (during the battery charging procedure) and the demand for vehicle data through a smartphone.

Abroad, the Volkswagen highlights the headlights in LED electric Golf, as well as C-shaped taillights, visual feature of all VW models equipped with electric propulsion hybrid or plug-in.

With a very low consumption â€" less than 100 kWh/12.7 Km, the e-Golf is about "10% more efficient than the best and most direct competitor with steel construction". The vehicle is also completely silent, and costs €1,9 to 100 km for energy.

The battery Positioned between the front and rear axle, the lithium ion battery has a weight of 318 kg and consists of a total of 264 cells integrated into 27 modules (6 and 12 cells). The total capacity of the battery is gross to 24.2 kWh. Some of these are reserved to prevent damage as the result of a total discharge of the battery.

The battery management system, called BMC, which assumes the functions of security, Diagnostics and monitoring. It is also he who regulates the temperature of the battery in the controller-Junction-Controller, one interface to provide power to the motor. When the vehicle is stopped or suffers an accident, is switched off automatically the electric current from the battery.

How to load? One of the greatest challenges of electric vehicles has as its backdrop the shipment. In Golf, and as with his "brother" e-up!, there are several form of shipment. The simplest is to connect the charging cable (standard) to a conventional socket 230 V. E-Golf batteries are loaded to 100% when they are completely discharged, within 1:0 pm.

Optionally, Volkswagen offers a wallbox to the garage or a parking place covered, which enables an output of 3.6 kW load. In this case, the battery requires approximately eight hours to be fully charged.

In addition to the wallbox, there are also public places of loading that offer a power 3.6 kW load.

For the e-Golf, the client may also request to Volkswagen for the vehicle is prepared for the Combined charging system CCS (Combined Charging System) with direct current (DC). In this mode, the battery reaches over 80% of its capacity in just 30 minutes.

Watch the silence as was expected, the e-Golf is silent. With the absence of combustion engines, there are other sources of noise that are heard. Thus, Volkswagen has implemented a specific acoustics concept for e-Golf, designed for the characteristics of electric vehicle and which make it possible, even hear a PIN fall. But beware: the silence of the electric car has been criticized, including by the European Association for the blind, which asks cars more noisy and warn people, blind or not, their passage. Learn about all the features of the vehicle and, below, some photos of the e-Golf.

Goodbye, Rev counter Located on the left side of the instrument panel, the display of kW of the vehicle replaces the tachometer. It indicates the main energy levels: If the motor vehicle is prepared to boot if the battery is being charged via regenerative braking or if she's being consumed.

On the right side is positioned the analog speedometer which in this case indicates a speed up to 160 km/h. In the color display other values are indicated, cases of a continuous view of the autonomy, the level of regenerative braking that is active and the information about the remaining charging time and the type of loading plug connected.

But as I'm going on vacation? Today, the electric car is a great ally of the city trips, but has some problems on long journeys. To work around this issue, Volkswagen developed a partnership with Europcar, in which owners of electric vehicles of the German brand can rent a car with conventional motor with a special price.





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