VW Showcases Golf Blue-e-motion at Berlin E-Mobility Event

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Representing the core of the integral drive are the electric motor together with a transmission and differential. Energy management is handled by a high-voltage pulse-controlled inverter, which—along with the 12 Volt electrical system’s DC/DC converter and charging module—is integrated in the compact integral drive. The entire unit is relatively light and compact.

The five-door and five-seat Golf blue-e-motion, for example, weighs just 205 kilograms more than a comparable Golf BlueMotion TDI with DSG – despite the fact that electric car batteries are weigh 1,545 kilograms on the concept car.

Next year, Volkswagen will be testing the drivetrain and energy storage modules of the future Golf blue-e-motion with a fleet of 500 test cars.

In parallel with its electric vehicle offensive, Volkswagen is accelerating

the introduction of new hybrid models as well. The new Touareg Hybrid is already on the market; in 2012 a hybrid version of the Jetta will debut, then in 2013 the Golf Hybrid and Passat Hybrid will launch.

Volkswagen will continue its development work on advanced and extremely efficient gasoline, diesel and natural gas engines (TDI, TSI, EcoFuel), because it is “an indisputable fact”, the company says, that a wide variety of drive technologies will coexist far into the future.