Motor Trend’s Scott Evans takes a look at Volkswagen’s first ground-up electric vehicle in the US, the 2022 VW ID.4, and calls it “honest. It’s not trying to be the flashiest, or fastest, or the longest range. It’s just trying to be a good car. In contrast to the rest of the segment, the ID.4 is going for general competency, at a really attractive price. And that’s where it succeeds.”
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Volkswagen is a German motor vehicle manufacturer headquartered in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. VW is the flagship brand of the Volkswagen Group.
VW ID. Buzz
Volkswagen is finally almost ready to reveal the production version of the ID Buzz, the brand’s retro electric microbus, sneaking in our first real look at the van during the presentation of the ID 5 crossover. (Another more official image of a second Buzz was also released by VW’s vans division.) Unlike the previously shown prototypes and teasers, this ID Buzz’s design is the real deal: the final, customer-ready version without any camouflage beyond a psychedelic wrap. It looks damn good, and super close to the 2017 concept.
Compared to the concept, the production ID Buzz does have a number of changes, but the microbus style is still very much intact. The swept back headlights have a horizontal light bar that connect to the large VW emblem, which is higher up on the nose than the concept. All of the roof pillars except for the E-pillar at the very rear are now blacked out, but the production Buzz still has a slim set of windows at the front that hark back to the original models. The nose is a little more prominent now too, and the top of the windshield no longer juts out, but it’s still a much flatter and more cab-forward look than on any other vans on sale.
VW ID.4 GTX
In Norway, 8,116 new EVs were registered in October 2921, giving pure electric cars a 70.1 percent share of all new registrations for the month. This represents an increase of 3.1 percent, when compared to the 7,873 BEV registrations in October 2020.
The Volkswagen ID.4, with 913 registrations, was the model with the most new registrations in October.
88,674 new BEVs have been registered so far this year, according to the Norwegian Road Information Agency (OFV). This represents a market share of 63.1 percent from the beginning of January to the end of October. These numbers represent purely battery-electric vehicles (BEV) and not hybrid vehicles.
BYD
When it comes to their favorite electric car brand, Chinese consumers’ top choice is Warren Buffett-backed BYD, according to a survey by Bernstein.
Elon Musk’s Tesla ranks second, and third on the list is Germany’s Volkswagen, Bernstein said. The firm cited the latest results from a regular survey of Chinese consumers in the third quarter of the last few years. This year’s survey, released Thursday, covered about 1,600 respondents.
Most of those surveyed lived in China’s larger cities, with an average age of 32 and monthly income of about 19,000 yuan ($2,969), the research firm.
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Volkswagen ID.5
- VW has not announced any plans to bring the ID.5 to North America.
- The new Volkswagen ID.5 will be available as a sporty ID.5 GTX with dual-motor all-wheel drive
- Along with the ID.3 and ID.4, the new ID.5 is manufactured at the Zwickau, Germany plant and are carbon-neutral when handover to the customer.
The new e-SUV coupé is equipped with the new ID. software version 3.0, which includes improved charging performance and voice control among other features.
“The ID.5 is electric, sporty and elegant. Our premium SUV coupé with all-electric drive marks another milestone in our ACCELERATE strategy,” says Ralf Brandstätter, brand CEO. “It offers locally carbon-neutral driving enjoyment for a discerning customer group. We are breaking into a completely new market segment with this model.”
The new ID.5 and the sporty ID.5 GTX with dual-motor all-wheel drive are the new, long-range models in the ID. family. Like all ID. models, the ID.5 is based on the Volkswagen modular electric drive matrix (MEB).
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Tesla Model 3
Jato Dynamics reports that September was another significant month for Europe’s automotive industry, as new car registrations fell by 25% to just 964,800 units.
Felipe Munoz, Global Analyst at JATO Dynamics, said, “Dealers continue to face issues with the availability of new cars due to the chip shortage. As a result, unwilling to wait more than a year for a new car, many consumers have turned to the used car market.”
Munoz continued, “The growing popularity of EVs is encouraging, but sales are not yet strong enough to offset the big declines seen across other segments.”
The entry-level two-seat Volkswagen ID.3 sedan is now available in China, becoming the company’s third ID. EV to be offered in the country following the larger the ID.4 and ID.6 models.
The compact ID.3 is very popular in the European market. The Chinese-built and sold ID.3 is slightly narrower, while sharing the same 2,765mm (108.9″) wheelbase.
The Chinese sold ID.3, ID.4, and ID.6 is manufactured by a joint venture between SAIC Motor Corporation and VW. SAIC is a Chinese state-owned automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Shanghai, China.
Volkswagen China CEO Stephan Wöllenstein said, “With the ID.4 and ID.6 we have successfully launched two strong model series in recent months. Feedback from our customers is promising, delivery figures meet our expectations. With the ID.3, we are now offering our customers a product in the important compact segment and, in combination with the other ID. models, are able to cover a large share of the market.”
The ID.3 is available in three trim levels, starting at 159,888 yuan (~ CDN$31,000 / USD$25,000).