Volkswagen’s crazy-efficient EV borrows an idea from Slate
- ID
- 24296
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 15 Sep 2026, 1:41 AM
- Fetched
- 15 Sep 2026, 2:39 AM
- Provider
- TechCrunch
- Category
- technology
- Original URL
- https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/14/volkswagens-crazy-efficient-ev-borrows-an-idea-from-slate/
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- https://techcrunch.com/feed/
Summary
- Score
- 1.5
- Created
- 15 Sep 2026, 2:40 AM
- Tags
- Audience
- developersvibe_codersai_ml_learnerssaas_founders
What happened
Volkswagen built and drove a prototype EV called Mission Efficiency 794 miles from Wolfsburg to Vienna on a single charge, arriving with 104 miles of range left. It uses the ID. Polo's motor and battery (54.9 kWh) in a teardrop Kammback body with a drag coefficient of 0.158, achieving 7.51 kWh per 100 miles—roughly twice the efficiency of the Lucid Air Pure.
Why it matters
This is an automotive hardware story with no direct impact on AI/ML, developer tooling, databases, SaaS, or Malaysian tech infrastructure. Builders in this audience have no concrete action or decision to take from it.
Discussion angle
Only worth a brief mention as a non-tech tangent; skip unless the group has a specific interest in EV efficiency engineering.