By Andrea Hargraves 
the new Concept which will be in the id base. 2 was revealed, on Wednesday night, after discarding a prototype that looks like a Crossing Which Volkswagen took to Munich in 2021 under the name ID.Life. With a range of up to 450 kilometers, the next ID.2 promises to be “Spacious as a golf, and as cheap as a polo“. On the table, there is still the possibility to display the ID card.
During Volkswagen’s annual press conference, which took place on Tuesday, the brand’s CEO, Thomas Schäfer, confirmed the name Concept: ID.2all, a pun on the phrase “for everyone,” in a kind of going back to basics (after all, Volkswagen means “people’s car”) by creating a model with the goal of hitting the mass market.
However, in the past Schaeffer had already been exalted, in A.J meeting with automatic expressthe fact that “the golf label has tremendous value,” implying that they had no intention of erasing the name from the logo’s portfolio.
During the unveiling of its 2022 balance sheet, Volkswagen said the production version of the ID.2 will be one of 10 upcoming streetcars to be launched by 2026, confirming Wednesday’s note of intent. the new Concept Described as “a hands-on preview of Volkswagen’s first all-electric”, with an emphasis on affordability. ID.2all is the idea of a compact tram for less than 25 thousand euros, revealing the new Volkswagen design language, as well as bringing the equipment found in the segments. belovedsuch as Travel Assist, the IQ.Light system or the electric vehicle route planner.
Built on the MEB Entry platform, which builds on those supporting the well-known ID.3 and ID.4, but adapts it to smaller cars (in addition to the upcoming VW electric car, it will be the basis for models in the same segment as the Cupra or from Skoda), the idea is that ID.2 (or ID.Golf) bridges the utility gap between ID.1 and ID.3.
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Also quickly becoming public knowledge is that Volkswagen changed the identifiable, squared-off life forms for a more traditional look. hatchback, departing from the design lines of Andreas Mindt, who, prior to VW, went through the offices of Audi and Bentley. The future ID.2 will be assembled at Martorell, which indicates that it will be very similar technically to the Cupra UrbanRebel, which is also produced at the Catalan plant.
The dimensions are within the compact segment, with a length of 4050 mm, but the habitability will be unobtrusive (wheelbase 2600 mm), thanks to the platform designed for trams, which allows to create a flat floor and Hood shorter. In other words, despite being smaller than the Golf, the ID.2 will be able to offer five seats and similar space, with the trunk volume developed during tonight’s reveal: between 490 and 1330 litres.
In terms of engines, the idea of the show boils down, for now, to a 166 kW (222 hp) engine providing front-wheel drive. but it is not excluded, according to busthe hypothesis of the GTI version, restoring the myth surrounding the Golf version launched in 1976.
The disclosure of ID.2all comes a day after Volkswagen announced financial results for the 2022 fiscal year, reporting “an operating profit before extraordinary effects of €2.6 billion,” something achieved, he says, “thanks to effective sales management and strict cost optimization.” Although the company suffered from supply constraints and consequent drop in delivery volumes, especially in the second half of the year.
The future includes “further accelerating the transition to electric mobility,” he added. Everything is so that, by 2030, eight out of ten cars sold in Europe will be 100% electric.
The group of targets allies will have ten new BEV models by 2026, four of which will arrive soon: the second generation ID.3, the sporty ID.3 GTX, the ID. Seven-seat Buzz and Passat-inspired ID.7. Customers can expect a full range of Volkswagen vehicles“announced Thomas Schaefer.
Its implementation will be subject to a five-year investment plan worth 180 billion euros aimed at development Programming Transform the brand into center Electricity, with six battery plants established in Europe. At the same time, the brand says, “the production shift at Volkswagen is progressing at an accelerated pace,” with factories shifting to produce streetcars. Production of the ID.7 and ID.4 takes place in Emden, Germany, and from next fall the new generation of the ID.3 will be produced on the assembly line in Wolfsburg.
The company will invest around 460 million euros in converting its main plant by early 2025. The Zwickau and Dresden plants have been completely converted in the meantime, and ID.4 production actually started last year in Chattanooga, in the USA.