VW unveiled right now its new ID Life electrical automotive concept on the IAA Mobility current in Munich.
The German automaker supplied it as one factor that previews its upcoming low price ~$24,000 electrical automotive.
As we reported last yr, Tesla and Volkswagen are currently competing to bring to market the first new affordable electric cars in the ~$25,000 to $30,000 price range.
In September, Tesla launched that it’s going to make a new smaller long-range electric car with its new battery technology starting at $25,000.
Simply last week, CEO Elon Musk said that he aims for the vehicle to launch in 2023.
As for VW, the German automaker apparently greenlit a new “small BEV” vehicle program that would start at a price of $24,000-30,000.
Right now, it appears to be like we’re seeing the first glimpse of this new vehicle by the unveiled of the ID. LIFE concept.
If it appears to be plastic-like, it’s because of eut is product of recyclable provides.
The outdoors is paying homage to the Mini, nonetheless as you’ll be capable of see, that’s nonetheless very loads solely a concept current automotive.
Nevertheless, Ralf Brandstätter, CEO of the Volkswagen mannequin, made it clear that it previews the beforehand level out low price electrical automotive coming to the German automaker’s lineup:
“The ID. LIFE is our imaginative and prescient of next-generation totally electrical city mobility. The idea automotive offers a preview of an ID. mannequin within the small automotive phase that we are going to be launching in 2025, priced at round 20,000 euros. This implies we’re making electrical mobility accessible to much more folks. In creating the ID. LIFE, we’ve got persistently centered on the wants of youthful clients. We consider that, much more so than at this time, the automotive of the longer term can be about life-style and private expression. The client of tomorrow gained’t merely need to get from A to B; they are going to be far more within the experiences {that a} automotive can supply. The ID. LIFE is our reply to this.”
Via the concept, we moreover get an considered the powertrain specs that VW objectives to hit with the model new ~$24,000 EV.
They’re talking a few front-wheel-drive 172 kW drivetrain powered by a 57 kWh battery pack:
“The ID. LIFE is predicated on a smaller variant of Volkswagen’s modular electrical drive matrix (MEB) that has been developed particularly for the small automotive phase. That is the primary time a automobile primarily based on the MEB has front-wheel drive. With its 172 kW (234 PS) electrical motor, the ID. LIFE accelerates from zero to 100 km/h in 6.9 seconds, whereas its 57 kWh high-voltage battery allows a variety of some 400 kilometres (WLTP).”
A 400 km WLTP differ might translate to over 200 miles of EPA differ on a single price, which may be what Tesla is trying to comprehend with its private low price EV.
In one different nod to Tesla, who merely launched the Mannequin S Plaid with a on-line sport console inside the once more, VW says that the ID. LIFE comes with its private on-line sport console and projector:
“The automobile comes with a online game console and projector, in addition to a projection display screen that extends from the sprint panel when required.”
They launch this image:
The automaker is talking about launching a producing mannequin of the ID. LIFE in 2025.
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