It had a price, now it has a name and a line: the small future electric of Volkswagen at the price of around 20,000 euros was revealed on Wednesday by the manufacturer who wants to position himself in the race for the general public. After Renault and Stellantis, the German group presented the concept of this municipal car called ID. Every 1, whose marketing is scheduled in 2027. The four -room car will have 250 km of autonomy and 130 km/h of maximum speed, VW promised on Wednesday VW, the main brand of the Volkswagen Group, the first European manufacturer, during a press presentation in Düsseldorf in Germany.
With this new model, the brand in difficulty expects to “strengthen its competitiveness,” according to a press release, while facing fierce competition in the electrical segment of entry level. The new “people of the town” will be directly in competition with the T03 of Leapmotor, the Chinese brand of Stellantis, which is already in the market around 20,000 euros. It will also arrive after the future Citroën C3 Electric of the Stellantis Group, which is expected this year in less than 20,000 euros, as well as the Dacia Electric (less than 18,000) and the Twingo (less than 20,000 euros), both planned for 2026.
On the design side, it presents “clear and refined shapes”, a large front window, a submerging roof in the middle “that is usually found in sports cars”, with a digital tablet in the passenger compartment, describes Volkswagen.
Produced “in Europe, for Europe”
To date, Volkswagen only offers much more expensive electric models of 35,000 euros. The brand also promised the 2026 marketing of ID.2, for around 25,000 euros. The small car will occur “in Europe, for Europe,” he assured the group, which plans to relocate the production of its iconic golf model in Mexico, to reduce its costs. Weakened by the fall in sales and erosion of its margins, the group announced this winter the abolition of 35,000 jobs in Germany within the Volkswagen brand, as well as the detention of production in two of its factories, a historic first.
The manufacturers are under pressure to offer cheaper electrical models, due to the strengthening of European standards in carbon emissions of their fleets. However, the European Commission announced on Monday a postponement of this strengthening, relieveing the threatened manufacturers of billions of euros in fines.
Source: BFM TV
