The ID. BUGGY Photo courtesy of GIMS 2019

Geneva, Switzerland - GIMS 2019 - March 05-17, 2019

Volkswagen presents the first all-electric version of a new buggy

Based on the popular US dune buggies of the 1960s-1970s, this VW study is based on the Modular Electric Toolkit (MEB), demonstrating that the new platform is just as variable as the VW Beetle was back in its day.

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The ID. BUGGY Photo courtesy of GIMS 2019

Volkswagen opens electric platform to third-parties

• e.GO to become first partner for e-mobility platform (MEB)

• MEB enables efficient production of smaller series – significant cost benefits from scaling

• Diess: “Volkswagen wants to establish its platform as a standard for e-mobility”

• ID. Buggy on show at Geneva Motor Show highlights MEB’s variability even for small series

The Volkswagen Group is opening its Modular Electric Toolkit (MEB) developed in recent years to other manufacturers.

The ID. BUGGY Photo courtesy of GIMS 2019

The purpose is to achieve a significant reduction in the cost of e-mobility through the widest possible deployment of the MEB and the associated economies of scale, thus enabling broad access to individual mobility to continue in future.

The Volkswagen Group is currently projecting a first wave of some 15 million pure electric vehicles based on the MEB.

The ID. BUGGY Photo courtesy of GIMS 2019

e.GO Mobile AG based in Aachen, Germany, is to be the world’s first external partner to use the electric platform to launch further electric vehicles in addition to Volkswagen’s model range.

A dedicated vehicle project is already being planned.

Volkswagen is highlighting the MEB’s variability even for small series with the ID. Buggy on show at the Geneva International Motor Show.

The ID. BUGGY Photo courtesy of GIMS 2019

Dr. Herbert Diess, CEO of Volkswagen AG, commented:
“Our Modular Transverse Toolkit proved we are platform experts. Over 100 million of our vehicles are based on that particular platform. With the MEB platform, we are now transferring this successful concept to the electric era and opening it to other carmakers. The MEB is to establish itself as the standard for e-mobility. Based on the MEB, we will make individual mobility CO2-neutral, safe, comfortable and accessible to as many people as possible. Because the MEB even makes the cost-efficient production of emotional small-series vehicles like the ID. Buggy possible. I am delighted that e.GO has become the first partner to use our electric platform as the basis for a jointly-defined vehicle project.”

The ID. BUGGY Photo courtesy of GIMS 2019

Prof. Dr. Günther Schuh, CEO of e.GO Mobile AG, added:
“We are extremely pleased the Volkswagen Group offered us this cooperation. We can contribute e.GO’s agile product development and our strength in building small-series vehicles based on extruded aluminum spaceframes. And the MEB platform will make us faster, more robust and cost-efficient.”

The ID. BUGGY Photo courtesy of GIMS 2019

For Volkswagen, 2019 is a key year in its electric offensive, with the company stepping up the pace even further in the coming years.

In Geneva, the Volkswagen Group showcasing numerous electric vehicles and studies, such as the Audi e-tron GT, ŠKODA Vision iV, SEAT Urban Car or the ID. Buggy, that will be making their debut with customers in the next few years.

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The ID. BUGGY Photo courtesy of Volkswagen AG

Volkswagen is investing almost €44 billion in electrification, digitalization, mobility services and autonomous driving through 2023, of which €30 billion is earmarked for e-mobility alone.

Electric vehicles are expected to account for approximately one quarter of the model portfolio by 2025.

The flexible quick charging station can be installed almost anywhere and charge all kinds of electric vehicles – including the Volkswagen ID. BUGGY. Photo courtesy of Volkswagen AG

e.GO Mobile AG is a pioneer in e-mobility and was founded by Prof. Dr. Günther Schuh in 2015.

Cutting-edge projects have been developed at the RWTH Aachen Campus.

Agile teams at e.GO work on a variety of cost-effective and customer-focused electric vehicles for short-haul traffic.

The ID. BUGGY Photo courtesy of Volkswagen AG

Sources:

Geneva International Motor Show 2019

https://www.gims.swiss/  

Volkswagen AG

http://www.volkswagenag.com/en.html  



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