HAMBURG — Volkswagen’s ID 2all demonstrates how the model has rethought its imaginative and prescient for an reasonably priced small battery-electric automotive
The idea, which was unveiled right here on Wednesday, drops the retro look of the ID Life unveiled in 2021 for a extra conventional design consistent with the remainder of VW model’s passenger fashions.
VW goals to carry the beginning worth of the ID2’s manufacturing model under 25,000 euros ($26,800), VW model CEO Thomas Schaefer mentioned.
He mentioned economies of scale and constructing the automotive in Spain, the place wages are comparatively low, will assist to maintain prices down. The manufacturing ID 2 may have three siblings — one other VW model small EV, a Cupra model and a Skoda variant.
The 4 EVs will use a shortened model of the MEB electrical platform, which underpins the bigger VW ID3 and ID4, together with Skoda and Audi compact EVs.
Schaefer mentioned VW additionally plans so as to add an EV that prices lower than 20,000 euros however creating such a mannequin will probably be a “greater problem” than getting the ID2 to market.
“The ID2all not solely provides a preview of our first electrical automotive underneath 25,000 euros, but additionally of our new design language,” Schaefer mentioned.
The idea is 4050 mm lengthy, just like the size of a combustion-driven Polo small-segment automotive, nevertheless it has a big 490 liter trunk, in contrast with the Polo’s 351 liters.
The battery pack provides the idea a spread of about 450 km (304 miles), based on VW, which didn’t disclose the scale of the battery.
VW mentioned the ID 2all accelerates from 0 to 100 kph (62 mph) in lower than 7 seconds and a fast-charging system able to boosting the battery from 10 % to 80 % in 20 minutes.
Inside, the ID 2all addresses issues voiced by prospects concerning the ID3’s screen-led strategy to controls. The idea contains separate, illuminated buttons for the air conditioner in addition to a button to manage the quantity of the radio that’s accessible to each the driving force and the passenger.
VW additionally mentioned the automotive’s inside had a “high-quality look.”
Stability, likeability, pleasure
The ID 2all was styled by VW model’s new design head, Andreas Mindt, who succeeded the creator of the ID Life idea, Jozef Kaban, in February.
The ID Life’s chunky, retro styling was disliked by Schaefer who demanded a design consistent with VW model’s extra standard appears, sources instructed Automotive Information Europe sister publication Automobilwoche.
VW’s new design language is predicated on the three cornerstones of stability, likeability and enthusiasm, Mindt mentioned.
The “stability” component was partly visualized by the idea’s placing C-pillar, which Mindt mentioned was impressed by the unique VW Golf.
“We’re transferring the DNA of our icons into the long run,” Mindt mentioned. The Golf’s distinctive C-pillar is the “spine of Volkswagen design,” he mentioned.
“Likeability” was addressed by the rising parts of the entrance grille, which is claimed to create “a assured smile.”
The MEB Entry platform utilized by the idea has a front-wheel-drive configuration, quite than the rear-wheel-drive system utilized by present MEB-based entry fashions. The idea additionally makes use of a 223-hp electrical motor.
The ID 2all is properly outfitted for a small automotive, with a 12.9-inch touchscreen, a digital driver show, a head-up show and VW’s Journey Help, with semi-autonomous driving capabilities.
“MEB’s scale results allow us to inexpensively combine applied sciences from greater courses” into the brand new idea, Kai Grünitz, VW head of growth, mentioned in an announcement.
EV offensive
VW mentioned the manufacturing model of the ID2 will probably be one in every of 10 new fashions it’s going to launch by 2026. The lineup contains the upcoming long-wheelbase model of the ID Buzz minivan, the ID7 midsize sedan and the upgraded ID3.
The model additionally introduced a brand new compact electrical SUV due in 2026, anticipated to be badged the ID Tiguan.
VW is constructing a battery cell plant in Spain to supply battery cells for small EVs, The plant in Sagunto on the outskirts of Valencia will provide cells to VW Group’s automotive crops in Martorell and Pamplona.