Volkswagen just debuted the all-new 2021 Volkswagen ID.4, an all-electric crossover set to rival the upcoming Chevrolet Bolt EUV.
“The ID.4 was engineered, loaded and priced to win the hearts of SUV owners who are simply ready to go electric – and fall in love with Volkswagen again,” said Volkswagen Group of America CEO, Scott Keogh. “It drives like a GTI, it has the packaging of a Tiguan and the purpose of the Beetle. All the best things about VW in one package.”
The new Volkswagen ID.4 is based on the German automaker’s latest modular electric drive architecture, or MEB, placing the electric drive motor in the rear of the vehicle. At launch, the ID.4 will be offered with an 82-kWh battery pack and RWD, producing 201 horsepower and 228 pound-feet of torque with roughly 250 miles of range. An AWD model with 302 horsepower will arrive at a later date next year.
The 2021 Volkswagen ID.4 will come with both AC and DC quick-charging capabilities, taking on 33 miles of range in about an hour using the onboard 11-kW charger. The battery will charge to full in roughly seven and a half hours using a Level 2 charger, while a 125-kW quick charger will juice the battery from five percent to 80 percent in roughly 38 minutes. Ownership also includes three years of free fast charging with Electrify America’s network of charge stations.
The cabin space comes with the brand’s Drive advanced driver assistance tech, as well as “smart” infotainment features with voice and touch operation.
Outside, the Volkswagen ID.4 equips LED lighting and a sculpted, aerodynamic fascia with a 0.28 drag coefficient. Exterior sizing measures in at 180.5 inches in length with a wheelbase of 108.9 inches, plus a height of 64.4 inches and a width of 72.9 inches.
Reservations for the new Volkswagen ID.4 are open now. Pricing starts at $39,995 for the ID.4 Pro model, which does not include the potential $7,500 Federal tax credit. The first models are set to launch in the U.S. early next year. VW says localized production will take place in Chattanooga in 2022, which will subsequently drop the pricing down to around $35,000.
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This is not a rival like a sports rivalry, it’s just competiton. Camaro/Mustang is a rivalry.
Well, it’s Equinox-sized (183 in), bigger than the Buick Velite 7, which we expect to be the Bolt EUV (168 in).
If a Bolt EV is $36,000, how much for the EUV?
The electric car market doesn’t seem to be as conservative as the truck one, no matter if the car is American or German. It seems GM will have problems …
Looking at my dealership brand new Bolts have 11K on the hood and it has been that way for most of the year.
Can get a Bolt Premier for 32K, normally priced at 44k.
methnks that VW thought of this ID.4 rather as a rival to the Tesla model Y, and the ID.3 as rival to Tesla 3.
The upcoming Bolt EUV is absolutely NOT a competitor to this vehicle.
Unfortunately GM doesn’t have anything for this.
Man the VW id.4 is a great all around package of a vehicle. Amazing price.
Only thing I can think of a negative is it seems like there will be no Frunk.
Outside of being a bit larger, why isn’t this a competitor to the Bolt/Bolt EUV? It actually has less range than the Bolt which has been on the market for several years now. Similar horsepower.
Sure seems to me they’ll be cross shopped. In fact, the Bolt and VW will be cross shopped more than the Model Y and the VW due to nothing else being as good as Tesla per their own blind fans.
@GMC Fan
Well for Starters it will still use the older Bolt Battery Pack/Tech so you have that.
It will be much smaller so you have that as well.
And this is a RWD Derived vehicle that VW is stating drives like a GTI and has the room of the larger Tiguan.
LOL, after Dieselgate, you listen to anything VW states and consider it the truth?
How many people buy crossovers with sportiness as their primary motivation? Hmm, Mazda doesn’t set sales charts on fire…. VW finally is having a little success building dull crossovers. Based on their history, I’d guess they’ll be far more successful than the ID.4
A RWD crossover will be meaningless for many individuals that live in the northern half of the US.
It will be interesting to see how this does in the US.
@GMC Fan
I couldn’t give you the exact figures they sell but I am sure the small companies known as Mercedes and BMW are doing pretty ok with RWD based CUV’s in the Midwest and pretty much the rest of the World. I am sure VW isn’t too worried about it Lol
I’m pretty sure the Grand Cherokee and Explorer would be in trouble in the Mid-west if that was true. I will agree most people looking for electric CUVs isn’t looking for canyon carvers.
GMC fan : I wish GM had something to compete with this, and like most new car models they throw in too much gobbledy-gook – I’m hoping for a more basic $35,000 model when a year later it is made in the USA in Tennessee.
Besides being larger than the upcoming EUV, it will also initially have a 77 (usable) vs 66 kwh battery. The smaller Bolt ev also has 66 and hence goes farther than the ID 4, but the EUV can’t possibly go 250 miles with this big a battery difference.
Everyone seems to be standardizing on 48 ampere chargers now, (after EV owners have already put 30 ampere wallboxes in their garages, and almost all the public wallboxes are also just 30), but the big plus here is its a LARGER SIZED vehicle…. Silly crap like the light stripe telling you where to turn next is stuff I would have definitely left optional, and I personally would like a cheaper version with no fast-charging nor 4G, – some people may view these as essential but VW would be smart to keep them optionally available at extra cost – since they’ll make more sales offering also cost-reduced models.
Drum brakes are ok if Brake shops can get the parts, but that is not the first place I’d save money if I was VW. But, on the positive side it is an attractive product which neither GM nor Ford, nor FCA can match.
GM already has so little to compete with the competition I fear that they’ll fly by them.
Drum brakes have less rolling resistance than Disc brakes…
Disc brakes in the rear of most vehicles provide little to no stopping benefit vs Drum since the real braking is done in the front…
In EVs the brakes are not used nearly as much and with regenerative braking disc brakes not being used much they could have rust issues where Drum brakes are essentially enclosed and have less issues when not used…
Drum brakes are the smart choice for the rear breaks on EVs…
They’ll be the same price, but at different size. It seems like Trax/Equinox.
Not enough range and to much money.
Distance is a disappointment. After all this time the best they can do> PLUS VW reliability is in the toilet last 20 years. Buyer beware./
My preference would still be a new 2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer as I can refill the tank and be on my way especially with a starting base price of $25K.
So what does that have to do with EVs?
How is it too much money?
They start at 39K and get a $7,500 Tax Rebate. So it basically will start where the current Bolt starts at and the id.4 completely blows it away and pretty much embarrasses the Bolt in each and every way.
The ID.4 is supposed to drop to 35K MSRP when they begin making them in the US in 2022 skipping the import tariff for SUVs…
Yes that is correct. So I am very baffled as to how anyone here thinks that the upcoming slightly bigger that the Bolt EUV is going to compete with this VW ID>4
I get we are all GM fans but come on now. The Bolt EUV will be blown away by the ID.4 if GM thinks they will compete. The Bolt needs to start at 25K and the Bolt EUV at 29K. Then Chevy will need a Box sized vehicle around 35K to compete. And even then the ID.4 when built in TN might still be eligible for the $7500 Tx Credit. That would put it well below 30K for sometime and it will destroy the Bolt EUV. GM started much earlier in the EV Segment then VW but somehow is lagging behind. Only GM can pull off something like that.
I don’t trust VW electronics. Their 12V battery management is not good.
Chevy should do an Astrovan concept on a larger Bolt EV chassis.
This crushes the Bolt UV,sadly. I own a 2020 Bolt BTW.
Sadly,this crushes the Bolt EUV or IUD,or whatever it’s called. I own a 2020 BOLT BTW.
I have a 2019 Bolt and it is a great car…
How well one does vs the other can depend on price too plus the Bolt EUV is not out yet for comparisons…
Why did vw go with rear wheel drive? That seems like a miss. Otherwise the ID.4 looks awesome and will likely crush the bolt in sales if for no other reason than because they are committed to EVs and GM is not.
The ID4 is a nice entry from VW. Tow rating of 2700lbs and a peak charge rate up to 125KW is quite good.
The Bolt EUV however will be a bit smaller. I’m also hearing rumours that the Bolt EV will get a price cut and the EUV will list closer to the current Bolt EV pricing.
So many people tried to preorder the VW ID.4 that it crashed their site.
VW will sell these in the Hundreds of thousands World Wide.