You can see a full gallery of photos here, recently AutoBlog got to test drive this car, you can see their fully detailed first-drive review here, they have also put together a full gallery of images which can be seen here.

There are three different modes you can drive theblue-e-motion in, Normal, Comfort+ and Range+, these are pretty self-explanatory and when AutoBlog got to test drive the Blue-e-motion they got a max speed of roughly 135 km/h (about 84 mph) out of the prototype vehicle, they were impressed by its handling at city speeds and how quiet it is when compared to other electric vehicles.

With an estimated range of 80 miles I am sure that there will be a lot of interest surrounding the car when it arrives in 2014, it will be interesting to see what other car manufacturers come up with to compete with it.

Do you like the look of the 2014 Volkswagen Golf blue-e-motion?

There are four points made on Reuters skeptical article, these are “sales of electric cars in the hundreds, not thousands”, “Technology won’t be widespread in this decade”, “Luxury carmakers need e-cars to burnish green credentials” and “VW fear rush to be first glosses over reliability issues”.

The main point that caught my interest was that electric cars will be sold in the hundreds not thousands, I felt that due to the emphasis put on economic vehicles these days manufacturers would expect much higher sales.

Also the other point which seemed pretty valid was that “VW fear rush to be first glosses over reliability issues”, obviously there is going to be a huge learning curve for car manufacturers as the industry will change dramatically, lets just hope it doesn’t result in consumers receiving vehicles which should not really be released commercially yet.

As for whether technology will be as widespread this decade, who knows whats round the corner, at the moment an affordable, electric, reliable car which will perform similarly to a standard petrol/diesel car seems a long way off, I guess time will tell.

What do you think will receive in the auto industry during the next decade?