The oldest model of Volkswagen will be electric

Volkswagen is working on an electric Beetle.

VW Beetle next generation will have rear-wheel drive electric vehicles.

This decision was made in the framework of the strategy of Volkswagen to replace diesel electric models.

Information about electric Volkswagen Beetle shared the head of the German mark Herbert Diess, who acknowledged that the final decision about the new electric car has not yet been made.

“If we wanted to make the new Beetle, the electric version would be much better than the current model, much closer to the story, because it can be a model with rear-wheel drive. We have a very good chance to create a electric car” – said Diss.

According to him, the new platform will be used by the MEB, which was created specifically for electric vehicles. The first Volkswagen, which got chassis MEB has become a concept hatchback I. D. Only the German company plans to build on the platform MEB 15 electric models.

Note that the new Volkswagen Beetle will return to the arrangement of his famous ancestor, which was produced from 1938 to 2003. Even the trunk of the model is likely to be in the front.

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