The new car prices for the highly anticipated Volkswagen e-Golf have been announced.
With a government grant of £5,000 available on the car, it means you can get the fully electric vehicle for just £25,845 on the road. The first deliveries of the car are expected in June.
From the outside, the e-Golf offers the same practicality, refinement and advanced driving technology that people now expect from a Volkswagen model, but this major new design innovation crucially has a pure electric drivetrain and no tailpipe emissions.
Drivers who are already familiar with the e-up! will have a good idea of what to expect from the e-Golf, meaning that it can be charged from a household three-pin socket using the cable provided with the car at purchase.
A standard UK 230-Volt, 2.3 kW domestic electric supply will charge the e-Golf's battery in just 13 hours, so it should be ready to run every morning after an overnight refueling. If you have less time to spare, an optional wallbox provides a 3.6 kW supply that can take a flat battery to 100 per cent charge in just eight hours. This wallbox is currently available at no extra cost.
However, through the use of the e-Golf's standard combined charging system (CCS) and a DC supply, the battery can be recharged to 80 per cent capacity in just 35 minutes.
Motoring expenses are also kept to a minimum as all customers of Volkswagen electric products are eligible for a green electricity tariff through Ecotricity.
Performance figures are great and typify the huge leaps made in electric motoring over recent years. The e-Golf can accelerate from 0-62 mph in just 10.4 seconds, quicker than the Golf BlueMotion, which is powered by a 1.6-litre turbodiesel engine with 110 PS and 250 Nm.
The top speed for the e-Golf is 87 mph, which is more than enough for motorway trips, while a fully charged battery can give the car a range of up to 118 miles.