It won’t hit Australian showrooms for quite some time, but Volkswagen’s first fully electric car, an SUV known as the ID.4, should be on your radar.
Volkswagen is finally getting its electric vehicle act together in this country. It will open the order books later this year for its first fully electric car, an SUV known as the ID.4.
Michelle Rowney, product planning manager of VW passenger vehicles, says the company is targeting a price similar to that of the Tiguan R-Line, “that mid-$60,000 price point”. The reason for starting with the ID.4 – rather than the ID.3, a Golf-sized hatch with a lower price point – was simple, she says.
Although the ID.4 has good rear legroom, it is not dramatically more capacious than the similarly sized, conventionally poweredStill, the ID.4 has high equipment levels and plenty of clever tech. For example, it senses when you are in the driver’s seat and starts automatically when you push the brake pedal. It turns off when you hit park and climb out. There is also the promise of a high level of connectivity, although not initially .
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