Volkswagen will enter the electric SUV
segment with the ID.4, which will make its world premiere at the end of next
month. The compact model, which is the second vehicle based on the MEB
EV-dedicated platform, after the ID.3 hatchback, has been brought to our
attention once more, with a set of official sketches that gloss over its
design.
Set to launch in Europe and China first,
and later in the United States, the ID.4 will be offered initially with an
electric motor believed to produce 201 HP and 310 Nm of torque
powering the real wheels only. An all-wheel drive variant will launch later,
with a second motor powering the front wheels and an expected combined output
of 302 HP and 450 Nm.
All versions will feature a high-voltage
battery, positioned in the underbody to create a low center of gravity and
well-balanced axle load distribution. Depending on the battery size, the
electric vehicle from Wolfsburg will have a driving range of up to 500 km in the WLTP cycle. Pre-production of the ID.4 has already started at
the Anting factory in China and at Zwickau, in Germany, and will be followed by
the Tennessee site, in the U.S., in 2022.
