Siblings of Volkswagen ID.3 and ID.1: Volkswagen passes the 20,000 Euro mark

Cheap MEB-based electric cars

May 4, 2020 at 9:13 am Reading time: 1 minute

Based on the Modular Electric Drive Kit [MEB], Volkswagen plans to produce multiple electric vehicles at a price of around 20,000 Euros. In order to reduce costs, the base of Volkswagen ID.3 has been reduced by a third. Is there a Volkswagen, Skoda or Seat logo on the novelty product?

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BMW i3? Less than 40,000 euros. Tesla's small car? So far, there are no reports. Cheap electric cars in Dacia? It takes longer. In this way, vehicles such as Nissan Leaf may come out, and there may be other alternatives until Volkswagen launches the Volkswagen ID.3 for about 30,000 euros. The price of the following Volkswagen ID.1 is even higher. Target price: 20,000 euros.

Volkswagen ID.3

"Automotive News" website now exclusively reports that Volkswagen is developing new electric vehicles. All new models should be based on MEB and thus widely based on Volkswagen ID. 3.

According to the report, the platform for new cars should be significantly reduced to further reduce costs. However, a severely modified version of MEB will still be used. Compared with Volkswagen ID.3, the installation distance may be shorter, the motor is smaller, and the weaker battery will reduce the production cost to one third of ID.3.

Under the seat or VW logo?

It is unclear whether Volkswagen will launch cheap electric cars under the Volkswagen banner, or whether it will show Seat or Skoda logos to city cars. CEO Herbert Diess said a year ago. The main focus here is the Spanish sub-brand Seat.

According to "Automotive News", the consideration of the existence of the brand has not been completed, so it is still possible to innovate under the banner of Volkswagen.

The relationship between this new announcement and the planned public ID.1 has also been made public. Ralf Brandstätter, chief operating officer of Volkswagen, confirmed the corresponding arrangement for the Volkswagen ID.3 branch, which has a target price of 20,000 euros and will be based on the shortened MEB platform.