The arrival of an EV costing €20,000 depends on a cheap battery
The time of the affordable electric car seems to have arrived. Volkswagen is also working on a cheap electric car, but you shouldn’t expect it on the market before 2025.
Car manufacturers initially focused their attention in the EV field mainly on models that can achieve relatively high profit margins. Now that the EV offering in the compact middle class and in the segments above is considerable, more and more car manufacturers are shifting attention to the cheaper models. Dacia has the electric Spring, Citroën recently launched the ë-C3 and this week Renault showed how it turns the new electric Twingo into a smooth-looking retro rascal that, according to the brand, should cost less than €20,000. Volkswagen also has an electric car with a starting price of less than 20 grand in the pipeline, but you should not expect it to be on the market next year.
The production version of this ID2all Concept, to be called ID2, will have a cheaper model.
In March this year, Volkswagen pulled the curtain on the ID2all Concept. With that study model, Volkswagen looked ahead to an electric equivalent of the Volkswagen Polo. The ID2 will go on sale in 2025 and will have to compete with the Renault 5, which will be released next year. Just like the electric Renault 5, the Volkswagen ID2 – as the production version will probably be called – should also have a starting price of less than €25,000. to get. In the form of a new electric Twingo, the Renault 5 will have a cheaper EV in 2026. Renault promises a starting price of less than 20 grand for the electric Twingo. During the presentation of the ID2all, Volkswagen indicated that it is also developing an EV that is one step below this. The possibly called ID1 Volkswagen should also cost less than €20,000, but it won’t come soon.
Automotive News writes through Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume that the affordable electric Volkswagen will only come onto the market sometime in the second half of this decade. So not before 2025. According to Blume, it is essential for ‘ID1’ that Volkswagen manages to reduce the costs of the battery pack, a task that more car manufacturers are now facing. Moreover, brands such as Fiat and Opel are also working on compact EVs that should be relatively affordable.
Pictured: the Volkswagen ID2all Concept.
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