{"id":80236,"date":"2025-02-05T18:21:17","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T23:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=80236"},"modified":"2025-02-05T18:21:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T23:21:17","slug":"volkswagen-teases-first-look-at-cheapest-ev-starting-20000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=80236","title":{"rendered":"Here’s our first look at Volkswagen’s cheapest EV, with prices starting at about $20,000"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We are finally getting a look at Volkswagen\u2019s<\/a> answer to BYD and other low-cost Chinese electric cars. Volkswagen previewed its cheapest EV for the first time on Wednesday. It will kick off a new series of entry-level electric vehicles, with starting prices at \u20ac20,000, or just over $20,000.<\/p>\n

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Volkswagen teases its cheapest EV for the first time<\/h2>\n

At a meeting at its Wolfsburg plant on Wednesday, Volkswagen gave employees a sneak peek at the new model. The auto giant confirmed it will be a part of a new small electric car lineup.<\/p>\n

Volkswagen said the new entry-level EV, with a base price of \u20ac20,000 ($20,000), \u201cwill be attractive for a wide variety\u201d of buyers.<\/p>\n

The first model in the new series will be the production version of the ID.2all<\/a>, which was unveiled in March 2022. Volkswagen said the first ID.2 models will arrive at dealerships in 2026 with a base price of less than \u20ac25,000 ($26,000).<\/p>\n

CEO Thomas Shafer said at the meeting<\/a>, \u201cWith the conclusion of negotiations in December, we set the largest future plan in Volkswagen\u2019s history in motion.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ID.2 and new entry-level EV (likely the ID.1) will be key to Volkswagen\u2019s plans to catch up with EV leaders like BYD and Tesla.<\/p>\n

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Volkswagen ID.2all electric vehicle (Source: Volkswagen)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Based on the MEB Entry Platform, the ID.2 is expected to have a range of up to 279 miles (450 km). Volkswagen also teased an SUV version, which will follow in its upcoming entry-level EV lineup.<\/p>\n

Volkswagen will introduce the show car for its new entry-level EV. The company plans to reveal the production model in 2027.<\/p>\n

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Volkswagen\u2019s ID 2all EV interior (Source: VW)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Volkswagen is preparing its Wolfsburg plant for the upcoming entry-level models. Shafer stressed that the plant would \u201cremain the heart of the Volkswagen brand in the electric age.\u201d It will also produce the next-gen electric Golf on Volkswagen\u2019s new SSP platform alongside the new T-Roc EV.<\/p>\n

For those in the US, don\u2019t get too excited. The new entry-level EV likely won\u2019t make the trip overseas. Shafer described the model as \u201d an affordable, high-quality, and profitable electric Volkswagen from Europe for Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n

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We are finally getting a look at Volkswagen\u2019s answer to BYD and other low-cost Chinese electric cars. Volkswagen previewed its cheapest EV for the first time on Wednesday. It will kick off a new series of entry-level electric vehicles, with starting prices at \u20ac20,000, or just over $20,000. Volkswagen teases its cheapest EV for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}