The Volkswagen e-up! battery: what it is worth, year by year
Volkswagen e-up!, 2013 – 2023, pack of about 36.8 kWh. Versions and capacities, manufacturer warranty, expected state of health, possible battery lease and the cost of a failure.
Indicative estimate, excluding diagnosis.
Is this e-up! still under warranty?What is this car’s battery worth?
Remaining warranty, expected state of health, battery lease and cost of a failure. All at once — and nothing you enter leaves your browser.
We check, we don’t certify. The date of first registration is shown in box B of the V5C logbook. The state of health given is a range calculated from the battery’s age, mileage and chemistry: only a measurement on the vehicle gives a figure.
Battery versions of the Volkswagen e-up!
A model sold over several years does not have the same battery from start to finish, and two versions are often sold side by side. Identify yours: capacity and chemistry change the range, the expected degradation and the cost of a replacement.
- 18,7 kWh2013 – 2019
Usable capacity not established for this version: read it on the car or in its documents.
battery sold with the car
- 2019 recall on cars built up to March 2017: the battery casing seal may let moisture in; resealed at the garage.
- 36,8 kWh2020 – 202332.3 kWh
battery sold with the car
- 2021 recall on cars built from 11 May to 24 June 2020: an insulation fault may cause a short circuit in the battery; battery replaced.
The expected state of health of a Volkswagen e-up! battery
Three model years of this car, at the average French annual mileage of 9,321 miles, each with its chemistry. These ranges describe where a comparable battery usually sits, not yours: use, climate and charging habits spread the fleet widely.
- 2013 model year63 to 78%13 years, 121,167 miles, chemistry not recorded
- 2018 model year76 to 86%8 years, 74,565 miles, chemistry not recorded
- 2023 model year88 to 95%3 years, 27,962 miles, chemistry not recorded
For a figure rather than a range, you need a measurement on the car. What state of health means and how it is measured.
What the energy costs per 100 miles
Charged at home, a Volkswagen e-up! uses between £6.06 and £7.89 of electricity per 100 miles.
By comparison, a recent petrol car averages 38.7 mpg (7.3 L/100 km) in real-world use: about £20.30 of fuel per 100 miles, at the average price of unleaded petrol (£1.728 per litre on 2 November 2026).
Bottom of the range: the WLTP official consumption, from 4.2 to 4.3 miles/kWh depending on the version. Top: 25% more, the measured gap between official figures and real-world use. Electricity at £0.2632 per kWh, the Ofgem price cap.
Charging at a public charge point: prices vary too much from one operator to another to be given here.
Compare the cost of every modelSources: consumption from the manufacturer or the European registration database; electricity: Ofgem Energy Price Cap, 1 October to 31 December 2026, direct debit, Great Britain average, no VAT (announced 26 August 2026); real-world gap: TNO 2025 and ICCT 2025; petrol: JRC 2025 and weekly road fuel prices from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ). Checked on 21 September 2026.
Charging at home: a night on a plug
Plugged in for 8 hours on a 3-pin plug, a Volkswagen e-up! adds between 60 and 80 miles; on a 16 A commando socket, between 100 and 130 miles, depending on the version and how it is driven.
Every model compared, the cable to check and what installation involvesAdvertisement
Specifications and price ranges given as an order of magnitude, still being confirmed with garages. Only a price given after diagnosis is binding.
The Volkswagen e-up! battery
Sold from 2013 to 2023, with a pack of about 36.8 kWh.
The Volkswagen e-up! pack does not lend itself to module-by-module repair. A diagnosis is still worthwhile: the fault often lies in an ancillary component rather than the pack itself.
Which battery does the Volkswagen e-up! have?
The e-up! had two batteries, and the model year tells them apart. From 2013 to 2019, an 18.7 kWh gross pack with prismatic cells; from 2020, a 36.8 kWh gross, 32.3 kWh usable pack with pouch cells. Volkswagen never published the cell chemistry, only “lithium-ion”. On an e-up! first registered in late 2019 or early 2020, check which pack it has.
The battery was never offered on lease: it always belongs to the car. The pack cannot be repaired module by module.
Two recalls have concerned the battery: in 2019, for e-up!s built up to March 2017, whose battery casing seal could let moisture in; in 2021, for those built from 11 May to 24 June 2020, over an insulation fault, with the battery replaced. On an affected car, ask for proof that the work was done.
The e-up! battery warranty
Volkswagen warrants the battery for 8 years or 160,000 km (100,000 miles in the UK), whichever comes first, with a 70% capacity threshold where one is published, in France, Italy and Germany. The warranty runs from the date of first registration: a 2018 e-up! comes out of warranty in 2026, a 2020 e-up! stays covered until 2028. No terms specific to the 2013 to 2019 e-up! have been found: the conditions above are those of Volkswagen’s electric range.
Find out what your e-up! is worth
The model, the date of first registration and the mileage are all it takes: remaining warranty, expected state of health, possible battery lease and the cost of a failure. Nothing is sent, the calculation runs in your browser.
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