Volkswagen plans to launch eight inexpensive electrical autos by 2027, CEO Thomas Schåfer mentioned in a latest interview with German publication Auto Motor und Sport (by way of Reuters).
“We now have to provide our autos profitably and put them on the highway at inexpensive costs,” Schåfer mentioned within the interview.
A kind of inexpensive fashions would be the ID.2, which the identical report mentioned was being expedited. Improvement is reportedly being compressed to 36 months in comparison with the previously-discussed 50-month timeline. That is doubtless essential to get the electrical hatchback prepared for its deliberate 2025 unveiling.
Volkswagen ID.2all idea
VW previewed the ID.2 in 2023 with the Golf-like ID.2all idea, saying that the manufacturing model can be engineered for low manufacturing prices and a low sticker worth—round $26,500. To assist obtain that, the ID.2 will use a modified model of the MEB platform from present VW-brand EVs just like the ID.4, referred to as MEB Entry.
The automaker has additionally mentioned an excellent cheaper EV beginning at round $22,000. This could possibly be based mostly on the ID.Life idea VW unveiled in 2021, which the automaker mentioned can be based mostly on a pared-down model of the MEB platform referred to as MEB Small.
Volkswagen ID.Life idea
It is unclear if the ID.2 and its cheaper sibling will attain the U.S., however VW has mentioned it is planning an under-$35,000 EV for this market. Based mostly on the timing mentioned by VW when this mannequin was first talked about final November—in three to 4 years—it is more likely to arrive in 2027 and thus could possibly be one of many eight fashions referenced by Schåfer.
Trying past the namesake VW model, the Volkswagen Group goals to have 25 all-electric fashions for the U.S. market by 2030—all of which might qualify for the total $7,500 federal EV tax credit score if produced within the U.S.
