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Volkswagen has had electric cars on the market for a number of years now, but the true electric age in Wolfsburg will begin in November, when the first car of the ID family enters production.
Volkswagen said on Friday its Zwickau facility will begin making the ID.3 two months from now, after engineers finish installing production robots.
The announcement is the second significant development in the field of electrification announced by companies of the VAG group after Porsche announced the start of production for the Taycan on Monday, September 9.
“The production start of the ID. 3 in November will usher in an entirely new era for Volkswagen – comparable with the first Beetle or the first Golf," said in a statement Thomas Ulbrich, Volkswagen's head of E-Mobility."
"Our conversion work is proceeding entirely to schedule. The first 400 pre-series ID. 3 vehicles are already on test routes throughout Europe. With the ID.3, Zwickau will become a genuine pioneer of e-mobility.”
When they start rolling, the assembly lines need to roll very fast. There have been 30,000 pre-orders placed for the ID.3 already, and probably more are on the way.
VW did not say how many ID.3s it will be making per day, but plans are for 330,000 vehicles from six model lines, based on the MEB platform, to be made each year starting 2021. The carmaker targets sales of 100,000 units of the ID.3 in the first full year of production in the 29 countries in Europe.
The production version of the ID.3 will be shown next week at the Frankfurt Auto Show. It will be offered with different battery capacities, with driving ranges starting from 330 km (205 miles). Prices were not announced, but it is expected the entry-level version will cost just under €30,000.
The 1st edition that will sell at first is more expensive, being priced at under €40,000.
The announcement is the second significant development in the field of electrification announced by companies of the VAG group after Porsche announced the start of production for the Taycan on Monday, September 9.
“The production start of the ID. 3 in November will usher in an entirely new era for Volkswagen – comparable with the first Beetle or the first Golf," said in a statement Thomas Ulbrich, Volkswagen's head of E-Mobility."
"Our conversion work is proceeding entirely to schedule. The first 400 pre-series ID. 3 vehicles are already on test routes throughout Europe. With the ID.3, Zwickau will become a genuine pioneer of e-mobility.”
When they start rolling, the assembly lines need to roll very fast. There have been 30,000 pre-orders placed for the ID.3 already, and probably more are on the way.
VW did not say how many ID.3s it will be making per day, but plans are for 330,000 vehicles from six model lines, based on the MEB platform, to be made each year starting 2021. The carmaker targets sales of 100,000 units of the ID.3 in the first full year of production in the 29 countries in Europe.
The production version of the ID.3 will be shown next week at the Frankfurt Auto Show. It will be offered with different battery capacities, with driving ranges starting from 330 km (205 miles). Prices were not announced, but it is expected the entry-level version will cost just under €30,000.
The 1st edition that will sell at first is more expensive, being priced at under €40,000.
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