Volkswagen ID.3 announced – First all-electric compact car from VW

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Volkswagen ID.3 announced – First all-electric compact car from VW

The very first member of the all-electric Volkswagen ID. family has been officially announced, folks. The brand’s vey first all-electric vehicle will be of a compact car called the Volkswagen ID.3 and that’s all we can say for now ahead of its grand launch at the IAA International Motor Show later this year.

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Why the number ID.3? The number 3 is significant in two ways. On one hand, it indicates the ID. as belonging to the compact segment, which is the class distinction in both internal and industry-wide classification systems. On the other, the ID.3 follows the Beetle and the Golf to introduce the third major chapter of strategic importance for the history of the brand.

According to Jürgen Stackmann, Member of the Board of Management Volkswagen Brand for Sales, Marketing & After Sales, “With the ID.3, we are starting from the centre, the Volkswagen brand’s core, in which the majority of the models and sales volume can be found. The number 3 also signals expandability into the segments above and below it. We have a lot in the pipeline.”

This model with the starting preview for Volkswagen’s e-mobility campaign which sets out to be the number one brand in the world by 2025 with a target of 20 electric vehicles and over a million of sales. All interconnected, no pollution.

Every member of this model family will bear the name ID., which represents a new, independent series of products in the brand portfolio. The ID. will make e-mobility accessible to a broad spectrum of customers. The name ID. stands for intelligent #design, identity and visionary technologies.

Following the launch of the ID.3, additional models will roll out, such as those previewed by the concept cars ID. CROZZ, ID. VIZZION and ID. ROOMZZ, and which will in the future also be named with model numbers.

So far, the first batch of 30,000 units has been announced to go into production at the end of the year and already more than 10,000 bookings were placed. The company also announced that they’ve already built 200 pre-production units. Talk about ultra-efficiency.