As well as supporting fuel - saving technology such as engine - off coasting and an integrated starter - motor and
generator, the 48V system will also allow VW to develop electrically driven turbochargers to improve performance on models such as the GTI and R. Unlike a
number of its rivals, Volkswagen will offer its
next Golf as both three - and five - door options, as well as an estate, while the GTI's classic red design clues and understated looks should also remain intact.
Instead of doing a detailed analysis of how fossil
generators were compensated during the cold snap, or which plants may have been cheaper to run, NETL offers a deeply misleading back - of - the - envelope calculation: it multiplies the increase in the daily cost of electricity above an arbitrary baseline (see
next section) by the
number of days in the cold snap.