Volkswagen Canada has detailed its Canadian variations of the 2023 ID4 compact crossover, which can begin with a smaller 62-kilowatt-hour battery pack and MSRP of $$45,945, together with transport and excluding any federal or provincial rebates.

With its smaller battery, the bottom mannequin rear-wheel-drive crossover will now include a manufacturer-estimated 208 miles or 334 kilometres of vary, based mostly on a simulated EPA take a look at cycle, and ship 201 hp, VW says. Nonetheless, VW Canada says the vary isn’t official but in Canada. An elective 82-kWh battery lifts the estimated vary to 275 miles or 442 km in rwd configurations.

The U.S.-produced 2023 ID4, due in dealerships within the fall, will likely be accessible in three trim ranges and with elective all-wheel drive. A 12-inch contact display infotainment system comes commonplace within the up to date inside, as does a collection of driver-assistance and security options, the German automaker says.

The highest-end ID4 Professional awd model begins at $54,945, together with transport and however excluding tax credit, VW Canada says.

Model executives anticipate sellers will see an exponential improve in ID4 availability with the beginning of U.S. manufacturing. Outgoing VW Group of America CEO Scott Keogh sibling publication Automotive Information this yr that the model had been receiving fewer than 2,000 ID4s monthly on common from the manufacturing facility in Zwickau, Germany, whereas native manufacturing may attain 7,000 to 10,000 monthly.