International News Portal15 November 2026Headlines from established publishers
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Volkswagen’s slippery new EV breaks a bunch of efficiency records
No, that's not a Tesla Cybercab. That's Volkswagen's Mission Efficiency, the world's slipperiest electric vehicle. The near-production 2+2 seat electric coupe prototype was built on VW's MEB+ platform, incorporating front-wheel drive components from the upcoming ID. Polo and ID. Cross models. True t...
No, that's not a Tesla Cybercab. That's Volkswagen's Mission Efficiency, the world's slipperiest electric vehicle. The near-production 2+2 seat electric coupe prototype was built on VW's MEB+ platform, incorporating front-wheel drive components from the upcoming ID. Polo and ID. Cross models.
True to its name, the mission of Mission Efficiency is to break records. With a drag coefficient of a scant 0.158, the prototype claims to be the world's most aerodynamic road-approved vehicle. It also claims to have broken the record for energy efficiency, consuming 6.48kWh of energy per 100 kilometers during a constant-speed (68 km/h) test-drive on f …
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