Is the GTE a good car?
Despite the GTE’s performance trappings, this is still a family car, and rear seat passengers benefit from dedicated climate controls and USB ports, good headroom and decent legroom. However, one compromise associated with the need to accommodate the plug-in hybrid battery is a small boot. The Passat GTE has a 13kWh battery which Volkswagen claims gives a pure electric range of around 35 miles.Yes, the Volkswagen Passat is a great all-round large family car with plenty of space, a high-quality interior and excellent comfort and refinement levels. It’s also efficient, packed full of technology and quite discreet.By combining a large battery, electric motor and petrol engine, the GTE can do up to 40 miles on electric power only, recharge the battery from the mains and, when required, deploy both electric and petrol power to give some serious performance.
Is GTE better than GTI?
The GTE produces 268bhp – 7bhp more than the standard GTI. However, the latter still accelerates faster because it’s a lighter car; the 0-62mph sprint takes 5. GTE needs 6. On paper the two are closely matched for performance but the extra weight of the GTE just gives the GTD the edge. The GTD will hit 62mph from rest in 7. GTE takes 7. Equally, the GTE’s 138mph top speed is 5mph short of the GTD’s. The GTD is certainly efficient – it returns 67.Introducing the Golf GTE Featuring a near silent electric motor and a 1. L TSI engine which combined produce 245 PS and 400 Nm, allowing the GTE to accelerate from 0-62mph in 6. Where the GTE stands out is that it also offers an electric range of up to 40 miles and over 250mpg.
What is the battery range of the Passat GTE?
For the GTE, there’s more pure electric range to be enjoyed, too. That’s thanks to the new GTE getting a 13kWh battery (the old car had a 9. Wh one) which equates to a 40% improvement in range. Speaking of which, VW says you’ll get 35 miles of pure electric drive but in our testing that’s more like 25 to 30 miles. We found that the GTE will do around 28 to 30 miles in varied driving and quite chilly weather, so warm weather and more town driving (which is when any electric car will be at its most efficient) will see the real-world electric range climb towards 35 miles.The Passat GTE has a 13kWh battery which Volkswagen claims gives a pure electric range of around 35 miles. That’s in perfect conditions and is completely dependent on the time of year (seasonal temperatures), traffic conditions and how heavy your right foot is.Thanks to this battery, the Passat GTE can cover a distance of up to 50 kilometres in all-electric mode and thus with zero emissions.Charging your Volkswagen Golf 7 GTE Its fully electric range can reach 50 km (31 miles) and it is powered by a 8. Wh battery.