Overview
- The car, which Volkswagen revealed Monday, is presented by the company as having set three records for a road‑legal vehicle: lowest drag coefficient, lowest ideal low‑speed consumption and the most efficient series‑near four‑seat EV as certified by the RID.
- Volkswagen reports a drag coefficient of cw 0.158 and a small frontal area achieved through a boat‑tailed, fully skirted body and covered rear wheels to sharply cut aerodynamic losses.
- In a controlled 'Idealfahrt' at a constant 68 km/h with auxiliaries off the company says consumption was 6.48 kWh per 100 km, and on a formally documented 1,278.36 km run the car averaged 7.51 kWh/100 km including charging losses (6.89 kWh/100 km excluding losses).
- The Mission Efficiency uses mainstream MEB+ parts—an APP290 front motor and a 54.9 kWh net battery from the ID. Polo family—plus low‑rolling‑resistance Continental tires, active cooling flaps and a 370 W solar system that powers auxiliaries but does not charge the traction battery.
- Volkswagen frames the vehicle as a technology demonstrator rather than a production model, noting practical trade‑offs such as low rear‑seat headroom and a stripped interior while suggesting that selected aerodynamic, lightweight and systems ideas could migrate into future series cars.