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2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion front 3/4 view
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion front 3/4 view
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion driving
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion driving
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion driving
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion front 3/4 view
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion rear 3/4 view
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion front view
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion rear view
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion side view
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion front detail
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion front detail
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion front detail
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion logo
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion hood
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion graphics
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion charge inlet
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion charge inlet
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion wheel
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion wheel
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion taillight
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion taillight
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion battery and motor
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion battery and motor
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion motor
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion charging cable
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion charging cable
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion warning label
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion iPhone app
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion iPhone app
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion iPhone app
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion iPhone app
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion iPhone app
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion iPhone app
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion iPhone app
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion iPhone app
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion interior
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion front seats
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion gauges
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion charge meter
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion speedometer
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion shifter
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion shifter
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion drive modes
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion multimedia
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion multimedia system
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion multimedia system
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion nagivation system
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion climate controls
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion door trim
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion rear seats
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion rear cargo area
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion rear cargo area
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion rear cargo area
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion rear cargo area
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion illustration
2014 Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion illustration
As we said when we first drove the Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion, Volkswagen is taking its time getting into the all-electric game. Given the tremendous ups and downs that electric vehicles and EV start-up companies are going through, maybe making sure you have a car where everything is working smoothly – to say nothing about getting the infrastructure in place – isn’t such a bad idea. And it now seems like VW is confident enough in its Golf EV, which is undergoing testing in California, to push up its estimated release date from 2014 to late 2013.
Sure, technically, that could be a difference of just one day, but we don’t think that’s what VW of America president Jonathan Browning meant when he confirmed next year’s U.S. release date with Automotive News. Late 2013 is also when the car will go on sale in Europe. A plug-in hybrid Golf is supposed to go on sale in 2015.
Even though VW is getting ready to move into electric vehicle territory, it is well behind other automakers. Perhaps that’s why it is also a bit less optimistic about the potential success of plug-ins. The automaker expects just three percent of its new vehicles to be EVs or hybrids by 2018. You can read our second spin in the Golf blue e-motion here.