Volkswagen brand CEO Ralf Brandstatter has revealed that the automaker plans to launch a brand new halo electric car. Brandstatter said that the new halo EV will be named Trinity. The vehicle, which will reportedly be unveiled in 2026, is still under wraps, though the way the A-pillar ends over the wheel arch is kind of interesting, as are the proportions of the vehicle. How much that will mean when it breaks cover, though, remains to be seen.
As this is still a few years away,
Volkswagen is being somewhat cryptic but has promised that the improvements
will, as the name suggests, come in threes. The “new architecture” will come
with a “radically new production approach” and “autonomous driving & neural
boost.”
According to Germany’s Automobilewoche,
the new electric car will be based on Audi‘s Project Artemis, while Jalopnik
claims it will use an evolution of the MEB architecture. Volkswagen will build
the Trinity at its main factory in Wolfsburg and is expecting to make about
300,000 units per year. That’s quite a few, because Volkswagen currently makes
about 700,000 vehicles per year there.
The automaker also confirmed that a
Polo-sized EV is on its way. The small EV will likely be called the ID.1 or 2
and the brand seems to be targeting a price point in the 20,000 euro range.
