
Volkswagen ID.1: The electric city car at € 20,000 shows the end of its bumper
In addition to an electric car at less than € 25,000 excluding bonuses, Volkswagen also works on a model at around € 20,000 before deduction of purchase aid. Respectively nicknamed ID.2 and ID.1, these two cars will compete in particular with the Renault 5 e-tech (segment B) and the future Twingo e-tech (segment A). Like them, they will be produced in Europe.
The development of the next Volkswagen electric city cars was not easy, so that we already talked about ID.1 in 2019. After a Reversal of the project internally, then discussions To pool its development with that of the Renault Twingo, which did not succeed, the ID.1 is finally on the path of its production.
A show because heralds revealed in a few weeks
Thus, Volkswagen will announce his ID.1 through a show because in early March, whose brand already reveals an image of the front, after a first sketch published last year. The details are still thin on the technical characteristics of this mini-city, heir to theE-UP!whose final name is not known either. This show because should allow an idea of the lines and some of the characteristics of the serial model, which will be presented in 2027 only.
Meanwhile, Volkswagen will launch its ID.2 in 2026, based on a simplified version of the MEB platform dedicated to electric (Meb Entry). It had been prefigured in 2021 by a first conceptbefore Volkswagen reviews his copy and presents a New show Car in 2023.
ID.1 As the ID.2 should give birth to technical twins in the Volkswagen group, which has ŠKODA, SEAT or CUPRA among its marks portfolio.