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This year’s SEMA Show awarded six best new vehicles for personalization awards instead of the usual five. The latest entry is the Electric Vehicle of the Year Award, snatched by the Volkswagen ID.4.
Volkswagen raided the 2022 SEMA Show with a host of concepts, three of them based on the electric ID.4. It was a good choice because the German carmaker attracted enough attention from fellow exhibitors to be granted the first-ever Electric Vehicle of the Year SEMA Award. The award recognizes electric vehicles as an important segment and the ID.4 as a great base for customization.
The SEMA Awards are voted on by SEMA Show exhibitors, who determine the winners based on the appeal of the vehicles displayed and the potential for customization. According to the show organizers, “the exhibitors chose ID.4 for the Electric Vehicle category because it provides an ideal platform for customization. The vehicle is proven to be able to handle a variety of terrain and is a leading example of the possibilities in the electric vehicle market.”
It is a well-deserved victory for Volkswagen, which began the localized production of the electric crossover at the company’s state-of-the-art plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The German company is assembling the 2023 Volkswagen ID.4 with an 82-kWh battery at the plant, with a choice of three trims. Later this year, a 62-kWh variant will enter production, lowering the price of entry to the ID.4 model line.
Along with the ID.4, five other models won a SEMA Award this year. The Dodge Challenger was crowned Car of the Year, while the Toyota GR86 was awarded Sport Compact of the Year. Jeep Wrangler is the 4x4/SUV of the Year, while the Ram pickup is the Full-Size Truck of the Year. Finally, the Jeep Gladiator won the Mid-Size Truck of the Year Award.
“The SEMA Award recognizes the hottest new vehicles on the market that offer the greatest opportunities for customization,” said Warren Kosikov, SEMA vice president of sales. “SEMA Award-winning vehicles are setting worldwide trends in the automotive enthusiast industry. The 2022 SEMA Show will have on many of the SEMA Award-winning vehicles, each customized in its unique way.”
The SEMA Awards are voted on by SEMA Show exhibitors, who determine the winners based on the appeal of the vehicles displayed and the potential for customization. According to the show organizers, “the exhibitors chose ID.4 for the Electric Vehicle category because it provides an ideal platform for customization. The vehicle is proven to be able to handle a variety of terrain and is a leading example of the possibilities in the electric vehicle market.”
It is a well-deserved victory for Volkswagen, which began the localized production of the electric crossover at the company’s state-of-the-art plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The German company is assembling the 2023 Volkswagen ID.4 with an 82-kWh battery at the plant, with a choice of three trims. Later this year, a 62-kWh variant will enter production, lowering the price of entry to the ID.4 model line.
Along with the ID.4, five other models won a SEMA Award this year. The Dodge Challenger was crowned Car of the Year, while the Toyota GR86 was awarded Sport Compact of the Year. Jeep Wrangler is the 4x4/SUV of the Year, while the Ram pickup is the Full-Size Truck of the Year. Finally, the Jeep Gladiator won the Mid-Size Truck of the Year Award.
“The SEMA Award recognizes the hottest new vehicles on the market that offer the greatest opportunities for customization,” said Warren Kosikov, SEMA vice president of sales. “SEMA Award-winning vehicles are setting worldwide trends in the automotive enthusiast industry. The 2022 SEMA Show will have on many of the SEMA Award-winning vehicles, each customized in its unique way.”
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