Volkswagen’s slippery new EV breaks a bunch of efficiency records

<figure> <img alt="Volkswagen Mission Efficiency" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: VW" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/DB2026AU00679_large.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">No, that's not a Tesla Cybercab. That's <a href="https://www.volkswagen-newsroom.com/en/press-releases/mission-efficiency-volkswagen-presents-the-worlds-most-efficient-near-production-electric-car-20691">Volkswagen's Mission Efficiency</a>, 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.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">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 …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/transportation/994670/volkswagen-mission-efficiency-ev-aero-drag-record">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>