10.5.2019 Aachen. Yesterday, the e. GO Mobile AG began with the delivery of the electric cars e. GO Life at the production site in Aachen. The first production vehicles took Armin Laschet, Minister President of the state of North Rhine-contrary to Westphalia, the Lord mayor of the city of Aachen, Marcel Philipp, and the rector of the RWTH Aachen University Prof. Dr. Ulrich Rüdiger. The electric car is manufactured since March, 2019 in the e. GO work in Aachen Rothe ERDE. It is 3300 pre-orders are already available.
Prime Minister Armin Laschet: “North Rhine-Westphalia wants to be the leader, the driver and pulse generator for electro-mobility in Germany. To do this, we need to settle in addition to know-how, and also the production of the core components of electric mobility in our country. The e. GO Mobile AG is Westphalia, a success story from North Rhine-Westphalia and makes an important contribution to this.“ The Prime Minister continued: “Here in Aachen, the engineers and car show mobile operator in an impressive way, such as electric mobility ,made in North Rhine-Westphalia’ journey. Scientific excellence is implemented in industrial production, opening new jobs in the tree change.“
The e. GO Mobile AG’s plan to supply all the pre-order until the beginning of next year. In the next year as soon as possible on the two-shift operation changed, to be able to at least 15,000 e. GO Life. For the series production of the e. GO Life in the plants 1 and 2 in the TRIWO Technopark Aachen Rothe ERDE so far, more than 150 new jobs have been created. In the case of the e. GO Mobile AG, a total of about 450 employees are already active.
“The series production of the e. GO Life in Aachen is a Testament to the excellent cooperation between the RWTH and the city of Aachen. Research results of the RWTH are transferred on the RWTH Aachen Campus to inventions and with the help of the economic development of the city in industrial production,“ says Marcel Philipp, Lord mayor of the city of Aachen. “I’m going to have more than one E-vehicle to work, now I’m full of Pride with a Aachen Auto”.
The e. GO Mobile AG, based on the RWTH Aachen Campus-a research network of science and economy, was able to build in the development of the e. GO Life on the experience of the more than 3,000 researchers and developers from all disciplines and nearly 400 enrolled students to technology companies on the Campus. Prof. Dr. Günther Schuh, Director of the machine tool laboratory (WZL) and the founder of the e. GO Mobile AG, wanted to prove with a Team of production researchers, that even today, with an industry 4.0 infrastructure for E-cars in a cost-effective and customer-oriented can be produced. Prof. Dr. Ulrich Rüdiger, rector of the RWTH Aachen University, the flagship project of the RWTH Aachen Campus the objective of excellence in interdisciplinary collaboration and problem-solving skills of his University confirmed: “I am delighted that the series production of the e. GO Life is well run and impressively demonstrates the success of RWTH Aachen University research in the Innovation implementing. The e. GO is a success story, and we are very proud of. Our first e. GO Life will, of course, will receive an exclusive Parking in front of the main building of the RWTH Aachen University.“
The e. GO Life is a compact 4-seater electric vehicle, the car especially as a second or as a fleet vehicle. The electric car comes with a high-voltage electric motor with 60 kW and a 21,5 kWh of battery on the market. From the end of 2019, the two versions with 40 and 20 kW and smaller batteries follow. Thus, the gross selling prices of the basic versions including batteries from 19.900 Euro (Life 60) up to 15.900 Euro (Life 20) without the environmental bonus can be achieved.
Dr. Oliver Green, CEO of GREEN Software AG and avid Tesla tweeted the driver, as he surprised at the CeBIT in 2017, the e. GO-the Team with the first pre-order, that he was very proud to be a innovative E-car from a German Start-up, to pre-order. “As digital entrepreneurs in the industry excited me, particularly 4.0-based manufacturing process, which enables, in addition to the cheap price of a probably very long use, as well as component Updates.”
e. GO Life (Copyright e. GO Mobile AG)
