For VW, focus groups highlight EV-adoption challenges beyond price

VW ID familyVolkswagen has been targeting affordability all along with its upcoming electric cars and the modular MEB platform they’re built on. Leading up to the launch of the first models to arrive, starting with the ID 3 at the start of 2020 for Europe and a crossover for the U.S. later in 2020, VW executives haven’t stopped discussing the...

VW names fully electric hatchback ID 3, starts taking deposits in Europe

Teaser for 2020 Volkswagen ID 3 debuting at 2019 Frankfurt auto showThe Volkswagen ID hatchback due to go on sale in Europe this year, at last, has a name: ID 3. And in Europe, as of today, it’s available for order. The hatchback, which is an evolution of the first Volkswagen ID Concept, from 2016, says that it’s “the third major chapter of strategic importance” in the history of the brand...

Volkswagen ID Roomzz full-size electric SUV to bow in Shanghai

Volkswagen ID Roomz concept for Shanghai auto show 2019Last month, Volkswagen announced that it will expand its upcoming electric-car lineup from 50 new models by 2023 to 70 new models by 2028. But it gave no indication what many of those new models will be. On Tuesday, the brand revealed the sixth new member of its upcoming ID electric family: The VW ID Roomzz, a full-sized SUV will make its debut in...

VW ID Buggy teases potential of electric-car platform with some beach fun

Volkswagen ID Buggy conceptVolkswagen has already served up a suite of concepts for its upcoming electric vehicles built on its modular electric architecture (MEB). While most of those are likely headed to volume production in some form, now it’s brought out a fun one: the VW ID Buggy concept. In a release on the concept, which bowed at the Geneva Motor Show today, VW...

From a global view, going electric could hike up small-car prices

Volkswagen ID Crozz concept, 2017 Shanghai auto showAs soon as 2024, electric cars are expected to reach price parity with gas-powered cars, largely due to the falling costs of battery packs. Volkswagen’s chairman Hans Dieter Pötsch, earlier this week, provided some commentary to the German Welt am Sonntag that appears to be aimed at dispelling that expectation—or at least lowering...