The new model is said to be the first production electric vehicle based on the Volkswagen Group’s MEB+ architecture.
March 10, 2023 at 5:43 am ET
The Volkswagen brand’s social media channels are teasing a live event that will take place on March 15, during which the automaker will showcase a new electric model.
Scheduled for March 15 at 18:20 CET (12:20 pm EST), the live stream will be available on LinkedIn, YouTube and Twitter, with Volkswagen initiating the tag. #VWforthepeople so people can get updates about the event.
The message conveyed by the hashtag suggests that Volkswagen is ready to introduce an affordable car, probably compact in size. The only vehicles that fit both features are the future entry-level electric cars confirmed by CEO Thomas Schaefer in October 2022. The models are rumored to be a hatchback and a crossover named ID.1 and ID. 2, respectively.
In a LinkedIn post, Volkswagen Passenger Cars offered more details about the event, noting that CEO Thomas Schaefer, head of design Andreas Mindt and other executives will “show you specifically how we’re positioning Volkswagen for the coming years.” The next sentence was the most suggestive.
“We will present a car that not only provides a specific preview of a new electric model from the Volkswagen brand, but also introduces the new design language for our future models.”
Slated to go on sale in 2025 at a base price of less than $26,500 (€25,000), one of Volkswagen’s electric city cars, likely the hatch, is rumored to get the ID. Golf badge. The name was alluded to by the CEO of the Volkswagen brand, Thomas Schaefer, in an interview with bus in October 2022.
The British outlet now reports that unnamed sources have confirmed that the Volkswagen ID.2 will be the first model to use the MEB+ platform, an updated version of the current MEB architecture. MEB+ is reported to bring new prismatic LFP (Lithium Iron Phosphate) battery cells and charging speeds of up to 200kW, among other developments.
The concept car debuting next week will be the second to preview the brand’s future small electric vehicle after the ID. Life study presented in September 2021. The design of the DNI. The Life was not well received in Wolfsburg, and it is rumored that former VW brand design chief Jozef Kaban was asked to rework the concept’s styling; Earlier this year, he was replaced by Andreas Mindt.
In May 2022, the automaker released a teaser image of its entry-level EV (the opening photo of this article), and it looked nothing like ID. Life, showing a tall vehicle with similar styling to the ID.3. What we’ll see on March 15 is likely a development of that initial sketch.
Gallery: Volkswagen ID. 2 spy shots of the test mule
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