German carmaker Volkswagen AG said it would unveil several new models at Frankfurt Auto Show, including an electric car called as the "E-Up". At a reception point before the start of the show last evening, the company said that the E-Up compact would likely only go into production in 2013 and approach production levels of that of its other popular compact cars only by 2020.
The company said the front wheel drive car's lithium ion battery will have 18 kilowatt hours energy capacity enabling a drving distance around 130 kilometres, or about 80 miles (Obviously, it would depend on driving style).
"One of the basic milestones on this timeline is the mass produced electric car", Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn said in the statement.
He said only in high volumes and on all continents could one truly speak of the beginning of the electric age in automobiles and a perceptible reduction of their environmental impact.
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