Volkswagen rounds out new lineup of affordable EVs with ID. Cross concept

Everyone mainly agrees: If you want people to move from gas pollutants to electric cars, you should make them more affordable. The luxurious EVS, with large battery packages and beautiful leather interiors, are all good and good, but if you really want to transfer the needle on EV, we need more beginners options. And yet, we lack.

Volkswagen hears this, and responds to a new collection of small and medium -sized electric cars that directly target at the low end of the market. We have already seen ID.2all – recently renomed. Polo and ID. Polo GTI – and ID. every1 concepts. Now we get a fourth concept, identity. The cross, which Volkswagen says will get an appropriate statement next year. The name of the concept is a predecessor ID.4, The Id.crozz, from 2017.

Identity. Cross offers a new design language by Volkswagen “more friendly” and more friendly than the current EVS collection. To get evidence of this, do not look beyond the front fascia with its narrow headlights and a slightly curved lamp with a smile similar to you.

An electric counterpart to the famous VW T-CROSS, identifier. CROSS will be built on the MEB Plus Automobile Manufacturing platform, which is an improvement on the current MEB that runs the identifier. This basic system of the next generation will have better batteries, engines and programs, VW-promises that, if you face the current MEB program, will come as a welcome news.

The front -wheel drive motor spit 155 kW of energy, which is equivalent to about 208 hp. It has a set of 420 km (260 miles) based on the most generous WLTP cycle. It can reach a top speed of 175 km/h (108 miles per hour). And with the association of the ball, the identity. The cross can transfer up to 75 kg (165 pounds), which VW says is sufficient to transfer two electronical bikes.

This new driving system will be built in Europe; If it happens, Volkswagen is not mentioned in every US market. Not surprisingly, given the unequal success of EVS for the auto company in America. But it is still disappointing, given our hunger for fun, at reasonable prices.

Identity. Cross will be similar in size with T-CROSS, which is smaller than the SUV somewhat integrated. The cross will be 4,161 mm (164 inches), 1839 mm (72 inches), and 1588 mm (63 inches) – with a wheelbase of 2,601 mm (102 inches). The concept is floated on 21 -inch alloys, specifically designed for the identifier. He crosses.

However, VW is trying to use the small size for the best feature. With five people inside, identity. CROSS storage capacity is 450 liters, in addition to an additional 25 liters in the mutation. Add the front truck is a nice surprise, given that all the current EVS of VW lacked the additional storage space.

The interior includes weaving surfaces on an impulsion that corresponds to the materials used on the seats. Stepings features – moments! – Real buttons to control the driver’s help functions and more, and this is noticeable because VW got a lot of reaction due to its lack of material controls in its current crop from EVS. The flat seats can be folded, flowing with the rear seats when stored, to create a completely flat surface that can be used to camp cars.

VW says an identifier production version. CROSS will get an appropriate detection next summer, after the knowledge is launched. Polo and ID. Polo GTI, based on the ID.2all concept. Id.levery1 – which has not yet obtained reproduction – will be in 2027.

VW is betting that the newly popular EVS EVS at reasonable prices will help raise its wealth in the face of fierce competition from China, especially at the low end of the market. The German auto industry company, which also owns Audi, Porsche, Lamborghini, Skoda, SEAT, etc., was not the same type of EV success like its competitor in Crossstown BMW, or even South Korea’s competitors like Hyundai and Kia. Its European sales were a bright point in an unequal wallet, which may explain the reason for the company not providing any obligations that exceed the continent.