#VolkswagenEv

The headlines are true. The era of mainstream electric vehicles has arrived. 

Looking to create a new brand image and put its diesel emissions scandal in the past, Volkswagen is now squarely focused on electrification.

It looks like VW plans on building a Tesla Model 3 fighter.

Volkswagen boss Herbert Diess is championing the development of an all-electric car that he hopes will help VW shed some of the negative light cast by the diesel emissions scandal. 

FAW-Volkswagen has announced a partnership with Protean Electric that will see Protean’s in-wheel electric motors used in an all-new electric vehicle based on the VW Bora (known as the Jetta in North America). 

At the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show, Volkswagen unveiled its new e-Golf model which the German automaker plans on selling in the U.S. by 2015.

Volkswagen doesn’t want to just be the world’s largest automaker, it is also wants to become the largest electric vehicle and hybrid automaker in the world by 2018.

It appears that Volkswagen will be unveiling a concept electric vehicle at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show, joining its Jetta Hybrid that will also be on display. The EV concept will not be based on any existing VW model, but will feature plenty of Beetle-esque styling cues. However, Volkswagen has confirmed that it won’t be a Beetle EV.