VW's first electric crossover will go up to 500 km

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VW's first electric crossover will go up to 500 km

Volkswagen will invest € 33 billion by 2024, aiming to reach 1.5 million electric vehicles by 2025.

 

 

ID.4 is Volkswagen's first all-electric SUV to follow the "electric Golf" ID.3. With this, Volkswagen's strategic offensive in the field of electrification marks its successful start. According to the company's latest plans, up to 1.5 million electric vehicles are expected to go down the line of Volkswagen plants by 2025, which is significantly higher than previously planned.

The ID.CROZZ concept studio becomes the serial ID.4. With these two images, Volkswagen gives an initial look at the company's first all-electric compact SUV in the form of a pre-production prototype of the ID.4, with the second member of the model family ID expected. to mark its market premiere in Europe this year.

ID.4 will come with a number of different modular drive components - initially the model will be marketed in a rear-wheel-drive variant, and later on it can be ordered as a powerful all-wheel-drive electric variant. Standard battery charging options include the use of AC (AC), DC (DC) and three-phase charging stations. Depending on the configuration of the drive, it is possible to achieve an autonomous run of up to 500 kilometers.

ID.4 is the world's first climate-friendly compact SUV. The new electric model, which is manufactured at the company's factory in the German city of Zwickau, has a neutral carbon footprint throughout the value chain.

Along with the pre-production version of ID.4, Volkswagen revealed some more details about ID.3. Preliminary reservations for the special premier model ID.3 1ST were opened in the spring of 2019, and the company has now received over 37,000 for the premiere edition, whose production circulation is limited to 30,000 copies.

Customers will be able to choose from three model options - ID.3 Pure, ID.3 Pro and ID.3 Pro S, which differ from each other in terms of maximum battery power and capacity, autonomous travel time and charging options.

The basic version ID.3 Pure uses a battery with usable capacity of 45 kWh, which can travel up to 330 kilometers (WLTP). The ID.3 Pro version is equipped with a 58 kWh battery and can offer autonomous mileage up to 420 km (WLTP) and an electric motor with a maximum power of 107 or 150 kW (respectively 146 or 204 hp). In peak performance, the ID.3 Pro S utilizes battery capacity of 77 kWh, which is sufficient to provide a potential autonomous run of up to 550 km (WLTP) and a traction motor of 150 kW (204 hp). All three models can be charged at AC, DC and AC power stations, and when using a 100 kW fast charging station, ID.3 Pro can supply the energy needed to travel about 290 kilometers in just 30 minutes.

ID.3 Pure is the basic version, which will be available on the German market for less than € 30,000.