Volkswagen has shown its I.D. electric car at the Paris Motor Show. The company says the I.D. will hit the road in 2020 as part of its programme for a new range of electric vehicles.
The I.D. is driven by an electric motor with an output of 125 kW and has a range of between 400 and 600 kilometres on a single battery charge. The plan is to launch the compact electric car in “2020 parallel to the Golf”.
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I.D. is the first compact Volkswagen based on the Modular Electric Drive Kit (MEB) and Volkswagen has set itself the goal of selling a million electric cars a year by 2025.
The concept also comes with a fully automated mode, ‘for the year 2025’ according to VW.
The Volkswagen Group says it will develop and build more than 30 new additional electric vehicles by 2025. The Volkswagen brand’s I.D. concept car with a range of up to 600 kilometers provides a first glimpse at the Paris Motor Show. Porsche is also showcasing the Panamera E-Hybrid in Paris, the first of 17 new plug-in hybrids the Group will be introducing over the next two years. “The breakthrough for e-mobility cannot be achieved without substantial progress in batteries and infrastructure. So we are working hard on a rapid-charging project spearheaded by Porsche,” VW Group CEO Matthias Müller said.
