The Volkswagen Group is getting ready a household of subcompact EVs that may embrace a member for the Volkswagen model.

VW previewed a possible design for its EV in 2021 with the ID.Life idea, although the automaker has since deserted the boxy crossover design of the idea in favor of a sleeker hatchback form.

The brand new EV, along with siblings from the SEAT and Skoda manufacturers, can be constructed at crops in Spain, with the primary anticipated in 2025. VW has beforehand talked about a beginning value of round 20,000 euros (roughly $21,350) for its model, although that was earlier than the beginning of the continuing inflation and power disaster.

Whereas rumors have pointed to the VW adopting the ID.2 title to mark its positioning beneath the ID.3 compact hatchback, Autocar reported on Wednesday that ID.Golf is among the many names being thought of, and that there might even be a sporty GTI model.

The journal additionally reported the automotive would be the first to make use of an up to date model of the MEB modular EV platform that debuted within the ID.3. The up to date model, dubbed MEB+, will characteristic a brand new widespread battery cell and assist charging at charges of as much as 200 kw.

Thomas Schäfer, the present head of the VW model, not too long ago hinted that the Golf title was too good to desert and that there is potential for it for use on an ID EV in comparable vogue to the ID.Buzz title.