The German automaker Volkswagen says they are presenting the "world's most efficient near-production electric car," and they have fresh data to back the claims along with no less than three new world records.

      

Everyone’s chasing records – some like Travis Pastrana are after speed in the new McMurtry Speirling thanks to the car’s wild fan-assisted grip, while Volkswagen is back to the subject of efficiency. It’s not a pun intended to poke fun at their current troubles, as we heard that its massive production overcapacity and workforce overhaul will bring 16 billion in terms of costs, for example.