---
title: "Volkswagen close to building a 186-mile range electric car"
description: "In the next few years electric cars are set to finally take a big jump forward with the arrival of several models that will have a driving range around 200 miles - much longer than today's models."
date: "2015-07-01"
modified: "2015-08-13"
authors:
  - name: "Kayleen Carr"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/kayleen"
url: "https://futurism.com/volkswagen-close-to-building-a-186-mile-range-electric-car"
categories:
  - "Advanced Transport"
  - "Electric Vehicles"
tags:
  - "transport"
---

# Volkswagen close to building a 186-mile range electric car

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- VW Boss Martin Winterkorn recently stated, “VW is researching a super-battery in Silicon Valley in California, that is cheaper, smaller and more powerful. An electric Volkswagen that can travel 300km (186 miles) on electricity is in sight. It will be a quantum leap for the electric car.”
- If the next e-Golf has a driving range around 186 miles, that will be about 100 miles longer than today’s model, which should help make it even more appealing.
- Volkswagen hasn’t announced when the new battery technology will be available.