Volkswagen could launch an electric pickup truck in the United States. While featured on a recent episode of the Autoline After Hours podcast, Volkswagen of America senior vice president of product marketing and strategy Hein Schafer said the flexibility of the company’s MEB platform could allow it to venture into new segments of the auto industry, including the growing market for electric pickup trucks.
Schafer also said the German car
manufacturer could even launch a large, all-electric pickup. As noted by
Motor1, this isn’t the first time someone from VW has expressed interest in an
electric pickup. In fact, VW’s board member for electric mobility, Thomas
Ulbrich, stated in 2020 that such a vehicle was possible.
Of course, Volkswagen has a lot of other
electric vehicles in the works for the U.S. market. Following the recent launch
of the ID.4, the car manufacturer announced last week that a production version
of the electric ID.Buzz van will come to America in 2023.
