Volkswagen E-Bugster

Volkswagen E-Bugster Concept Front Elegan

E-BUGSTER CONCEPT MAKES WORLD DEBUT AT 2012 NORTH AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW.

• Two-seater abstraction blends iconic Beetle administration with zero-emissions motoring.
• Latest accession to the Blue-e-motionâ„¢ ancestors of abstraction cars.
• Powered by a 114-horsepower electric motor and a lithium-ion battery
• Low roofline and different administration accomplish E-Bugster angle out

Herndon, VA - Volkswagen's iconic Beetle has been redefined for the 21st century. Now, it has been added reinvented as a abstraction car for the future: the authentic electric E-Bugster.

What's in a Name?

The name "E-Bugster" is a aggregate of "E" for electric, "Bug," the American appellation for the Beetle, and "speedster," which about describes an open-top two-seater. Although the E-Bugster abstraction is acutely not a convertible, it sports the archetypal speedster contour of bank windows and a low, affecting roofline.

Blue-e-motion for a Cleaner Future

At the electric affection of the E-Bugster is an electric motor that makes 114 application (85 kW) and 199 pound-feet of torque. A lithium-ion array enables the car to go added than 100 afar in aught emissions driving. Stored beneath the block attic and the rear bench, the array weighs 695 pounds. The array is recharged via a bung interface amid beneath the hood's VW logo and can board all three types of accessible chargers: Level 1 (120V), Level 2 (240V), and, area available, Level 3 (quick charge, 80 percent allegation in 30 minutes). Holistically, Volkswagen calls the electric drive assemblage acclimated in the E-Bugster "Blue-e-motion," and it will be begin in approaching articles such as the Golf Blue-e-Motion.

Volkswagen E-Bugster Concept Rear Elegan

Volkswagen E-Bugster Concept Rear Side

Volkswagen E-Bugster Concept Side Front Side

Unique Design

In accession to getting a abstraction in pure-electric mobility, the E-Bugster is aswell a activating abstraction in Beetle design. Up front, the E-Bugster's collapsed and advanced windshield is distinctive. The E-Bugster utilizes LED Daytime Running Lights, just like the assembly Beetle, except that actuality they anatomy a characteristic clear on either ancillary of the lower air assimilation in the foreground bumper. This LED clear is mirrored by reflectors in the rear bumper. Ever back the e-up! abstraction car was presented in Europe, these different DRLs accept become a signature aspect on Volkswagen electric car studies.

From the side, the E-Bugster's low, collapsed roof serves to anatomy the blow of the vehicle's characteristic features. Amid its flared fenders and 20-inch wheels, there's a characteristic Beetle "V" that runs forth the ancillary of the vehicle. Aloft its ancillary sill, a decal with the "E-Bugster" signature can be seen. Just aloft this point, the chrome has been diffuse from the lower window bound appear the rear of the car. The top of the E-Bugster extends in a collapsed accomplished over this chrome band and borders the vehicle's ancillary windows. The acme amid the chrome lower bend of these windows and the apical roof band is tight, like a chopped-down speedster. Overall, the Bugster is about three inches lower than a Beetle.

EV-specific instrumentation

A different exoteric attending isn't all that sets the E-Bugster afar from the assembly Beetle; it aswell sports EV-specific gauges inside. The acceptable tachometer has been replaced with an activity burning affectation that fluctuates with car acceleration. Other chart includes a active ambit indicator, a affectation assuming the battery's allegation state, and a affectation that shows the disciplinarian the acuteness of array regeneration.

Volkswagen E-Bugster Concept Side Front

Volkswagen E-Bugster Concept Side Head Light

Volkswagen E-Bugster Concept Logo

Volkswagen E-Bugster Concept Rear

Volkswagen E-Bugster Concept Side

Volkswagen E-Bugster Concept Side View Detail Wheels

Volkswagen E-Bugster Concept Side

Volkswagen E-Bugster Concept Side Top View

Volkswagen E-Bugster Concept View Top

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