Volkswagen will unveil an up to date model of its ID.3 subsequent spring, and although the compact electrical hatchback is not bought within the U.S., the deliberate updates could finally filter throughout to the associated ID.4 compact crossover.

Teaser sketches launched by the automaker final week trace at a revised entrance fascia and a brand new sprint with a bigger infotainment display (12 inches). VW additionally confirmed higher high quality supplies for the cabin and a brand new software program again finish that can help over-the-air updates. The middle console may also function a revised design with a pair of cupholders, and the cargo space will get a detachable ground.

The brand new software program may also help VW’s newest digital driver-assist options, which can be accessible to ID.3 clients. These embrace the brand new Journey Help with Swarm Knowledge, which builds on VW’s present Journey Help automated driving system for a single lane, by including crowd-sourced knowledge to permit the system to work in additional areas. Automated lane adjustments can be now attainable. There may also be an automatic parking system with reminiscence operate, VW stated.

The ID.3 is constructed at crops within the German cities of Zwickau and Dresden. With the arrival of the up to date ID.3, manufacturing can be expanded to VW’s primary plant in Wolfsburg, the place Volkswagen Group’s headquarters are positioned.

VW will make investments 460 million euros (roughly $484 million) within the Wolfsburg plant to organize it for EV manufacturing. The plant is the place VW at present builds the Golf for worldwide gross sales.

VW on Wednesday stated it is going to additionally construct a compact electrical crossover on the Wolfsburg plant. The crossover can be primarily based on an up to date model of VW Group’s MEB platform discovered within the ID.3, ID.4, and a number of different VW Group merchandise. The up to date platform, dubbed MEB+, will function a brand new widespread battery cell and help charging at charges of as much as 200 kw. VW stated the MEB+ platform may also help larger ranges than what’s attainable with the MEB platform.

“The MEB nonetheless has vital potential,” Thomas Schäfer, VW’s CEO, stated in a press release. “Our ambition is to take this platform to the subsequent degree.”

VW stated the Wolfsburg plant may also be residence finally to the much-hyped Trinity mannequin primarily based on a brand new, extremely modular EV platform dubbed the SSP. VW beforehand stated the Trinity would arrive in 2026, however there are studies the mannequin faces delays.