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Volkswagen has gone a long way from the company it used to be five years ago when it was still trying to come out as unscathed as possible from the infamous Dieselgate scandal.
The first steps toward electric mobility were small, with the e-Golf and e-Up! trying their best to distance the company from the dirty diesels before the scandal.
The ID.3 is the first production EV from Volkswagen that spearheads an entire array of electric cars based on an all-new platform, which is dedicated to emission-free vehicles.
Following the ID.3 was the ID.4, the first crossover based on the so-called Volkswagen MEB electric-only architecture, and the first of the ID models to arrive in the United States.
Sometime in the second half of 2021, we should also get the Volkswagen ID.6 (or whatever the automaker decides to call it), which is essentially a slightly longer version of the ID.4 with up to seven seats and possibly a dual-motor setup.
Spied during cold-weather testing in the northern parts of Scandinavia, the 2022 VW ID.6 prototype is wearing a distinctive camouflage pattern that makes it look like a Peugeot 5008 for the untrained eye.
This is not the first time that the Wolfsburg-based carmaker has chosen to make its pre-production prototypes look like they come from the French brand, but we think it’s just a weird way to poke fun at the spy photographers.
Set to feature a similar arrangement as the ID.3 hatchback and the ID.4 crossover, the ID.6 is expected to feature one electric motor supplying power to the rear wheels. Still, a dual-motor version is not out of the question either, especially since the model is much larger than its platform brethren.
Either way, at least three battery sizes are in the plan, with the top of the range model likely to feature an 82 kWh Li-ion pack made by LG-Chem. Lesser versions will get 62- and 55-kWh batteries, respectively.
In other words, the maximum range should be around 450 km (280 miles), but that will depend if the production ID.6 gets two motors or just one. The ID.Roomzz, the MPV-like concept that previewed the ID.6 back in 2019, had a dual-motor setup with a combined output of 306 metric horsepower.
The ID.3 is the first production EV from Volkswagen that spearheads an entire array of electric cars based on an all-new platform, which is dedicated to emission-free vehicles.
Following the ID.3 was the ID.4, the first crossover based on the so-called Volkswagen MEB electric-only architecture, and the first of the ID models to arrive in the United States.
Sometime in the second half of 2021, we should also get the Volkswagen ID.6 (or whatever the automaker decides to call it), which is essentially a slightly longer version of the ID.4 with up to seven seats and possibly a dual-motor setup.
Spied during cold-weather testing in the northern parts of Scandinavia, the 2022 VW ID.6 prototype is wearing a distinctive camouflage pattern that makes it look like a Peugeot 5008 for the untrained eye.
This is not the first time that the Wolfsburg-based carmaker has chosen to make its pre-production prototypes look like they come from the French brand, but we think it’s just a weird way to poke fun at the spy photographers.
Set to feature a similar arrangement as the ID.3 hatchback and the ID.4 crossover, the ID.6 is expected to feature one electric motor supplying power to the rear wheels. Still, a dual-motor version is not out of the question either, especially since the model is much larger than its platform brethren.
Either way, at least three battery sizes are in the plan, with the top of the range model likely to feature an 82 kWh Li-ion pack made by LG-Chem. Lesser versions will get 62- and 55-kWh batteries, respectively.
In other words, the maximum range should be around 450 km (280 miles), but that will depend if the production ID.6 gets two motors or just one. The ID.Roomzz, the MPV-like concept that previewed the ID.6 back in 2019, had a dual-motor setup with a combined output of 306 metric horsepower.
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