Electric Volkswagen up! gains an "e" before the name. e-up!

Even though sales of electric cars are smaller than was predicted, car companies continue to present fully electric models. This time it was Volkswagen that brought to the Annual Press and Investors Conference in Wolfsburg their first fully electric production vehicle, the five-door e-up!.

Volkswagen introduces the Cross up! ahead of the Geneva Motor Show

The small city car gained a tougher look thanks to the new silver roof rails, black plastic cladding for the wheel arches, side skirts and the lower part of the front and rear bumpers. Also new are the 16 inch wheels with a tire size of 185/50 with a higher suspension.

Volkswagen Cross Up! testing in the snow

Back in 2011, in the Frankfurt Motor Show, Volkswagen introduced several models based on the little city car, Up!. One of them was the Cross Up!, an all-terrain version of the small car.