Volkswagen begins series production of the ID.4 in Zwickau

25 August 2020, 08:41:07

Volkswagen has announced that the series production of the brand's first all-electric SUV - the Volkswagen ID.4 gets underway in Zwickau. The vehicle will debut in September. Zwickau plays a key role in the system changeover to e-mobility: For the first time, a large car manufacturing plant is being entirely converted to e-mobility, with investments running at some €1.2 billion. All conversion work will be completed as scheduled this year. In 2021, the first full production year as an EV factory, some 300,000 electric vehicles based on the modular electric drive matrix (MEB) will leave the Zwickau plant. The site will, therefore, become the largest and most efficient EV factory in Europe. Pre-production of the ID.4 has already started at the Anting plant in China, the Chattanooga site will start the ID.4 production in 2022.

The Volkswagen ID.4 offers a drag coefficient of 0.28 and will have several variants in terms of battery capacity and range that will reach over 500 km (WLTP). It will also have a RWD and an AWD version with the first being launched this year and the AWD will be added at "a later date".

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