Cars & Concepts

VW weighs second EV platform

Volkswagen's BUDD-e concept is the only vehicle built off a forerunner of the MEB program.
May 28, 2016 05:00 AM
Volkmar TannebergerVW brand head of electronics development

"A 'chocolate battery' is super easy to build and industrialize on a high scale."

Volkswagen is examining whether its modular architecture for electric cars under development, dubbed MEB, is flexible enough for a top-of-the-line Phaeton, or whether a second groupwide platform is needed.

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