VW showcases 4 new electrical automobiles forward of IAA Mobility present

Earlier than the beginning of the IAA Mobility worldwide automotive business present in Germany, the Volkswagen Group showcased on Sunday the way it plans to make inroads into the electrical entry-level phase subsequent yr.

Two days earlier than the official begin of the exhibition within the southern metropolis of Munich on Tuesday, the producer introduced its 4 new electrical fashions from the manufacturers VW, Škoda and Cupra, that are set to hit the market subsequent yr, together with the ID Polo, which is predicted to launch at costs beginning just below €25,000 ($29,300).

Chief govt Oliver Blume spoke of “a transparent give attention to e-mobility” through the pre-premiere on the carmaker’s IAA stand, in line with a press release.

Premiere nonetheless beneath wraps

The 4 new electrical fashions are nonetheless barely camouflaged or solely proven as ideas on the exhibition, with the true world premiere of the ID Polo scheduled for subsequent Could and gross sales beginning within the second half of 2026.

All 4 sister fashions can be inbuilt Spain for price causes, the corporate has stated.

In 2027, an excellent cheaper mannequin with the working title ID Every1 is predicted to observe for about €20,000, as a successor to the VW Up, which was discontinued in 2023. It’s anticipated to be manufactured in Portugal.

Electrical automotive gross sales rise

With the brand new fashions within the lower cost phase, VW goals to spice up the gross sales of its EVs. The group wants a excessive electrical share to fulfill the EU’s stricter CO2 fleet targets, in any other case it faces hefty fines.

Within the first half of the yr, the electrical automotive share throughout the group was 11%. In comparison with the earlier yr, VW elevated the supply of battery autos by 47%, and in Europe by virtually 90%.

Based on its personal data, the VW Group is the clear market chief for electrical automobiles in Europe with a 28% market share. Globally, the group bought practically 466,000 electrical automobiles from January to July, out of a complete of 4.41 million deliveries.

GTI with 266 electrical horsepower

The ID Polo now proven is the manufacturing model of the ID 2all idea introduced two and a half years in the past. Its size of 4.05 metres is sort of precisely the identical because the combustion-engine Polo, and the design is extra intently aligned with the combustion engine model than earlier ID fashions.

VW guarantees an electrical vary of as much as 450 kilometres and 226 horsepower within the sporty GTI model. Nonetheless, the entry-level model for €25,000 can have a smaller battery with much less vary.

Names as a substitute of numbers

With the brand new fashions, VW’s core model can also be shifting away from the earlier numbering within the mannequin names of its electrical automobiles. As a substitute of ID3, 4 or 5, they are going to be named just like the combustion engines, beginning with ID Polo and ID Cross as the electrical model of the combustion engine T-Cross.

This implies the automobiles “lastly have correct names once more,” stated model chief Thomas Schäfer.