Volkswagen Group’s Cupra model has introduced that its upcoming small electrical car beforehand often known as the UrbanRebel shall be named Raval when it enters manufacturing in 2025.

Named after the El Raval neighborhood within the coronary heart of Barcelona, the Cupra Raval shall be produced at SEAT’s headquarters in Martorell, Spain from 2025, with a Volkswagen mannequin anticipated to be referred to as ID.2 to affix it later.

The corporate will make investments $3.25 billion (3 billion euros) to remodel the plant from combustion to electrification and produce electrical vehicles from 2025 based mostly on Volkswagen Group’s MEB Small platform.

The Cupra Raval and VW ID.2 shall be two of four-entry degree EVs that Volkswagen Group will construct in Spain, with the opposite ones being two SUVs that shall be made in Pamplona – the VW ID.2X and an as-yet-unnamed Skoda mannequin.

“The CUPRA Raval isn’t just one other automobile. It’s an invite to a brand new technology, which expects one thing higher. An city, rebellious and 100% electrical automobile, with its personal character and linked to ‘Gen Z’. One thing that’s extra emotional.”

SEAT and Cupra CEO Wayne Griffiths

Impressed by the world of racing, the Cupra Raval city electrical automobile is essentially the most radical interpretation of the model’s design language thus far. 

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The car you see within the images taken on the Vehicle Barcelona present is definitely the identical idea that was beforehand named UrbanRebel, with the one distinction being that it now options the Raval title. 

When it unveiled the UrbanRebel idea final yr, Cupra mentioned it featured a 222-horsepower (166-kilowatt) electrical motor driving the entrance wheels, enabling a zero to 62 mph (100 kph) time of 6.9 seconds.

The automaker didn’t disclose the battery capability however mentioned the UrbanRebel was capable of cowl as much as 273 miles (440 kilometers) on a single cost. 

In March, Volkswagen model boss Thomas Schaefer mentioned the 4 entry-level EVs will use batteries equipped by VW Group’s new cell crops in Europe, initially from Salzgitter, Germany after which from Valencia, Spain.

The bottom fashions will use lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery chemistry, whereas longer-range variants will use a nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) chemistry, he added. Volkswagen Group is investing $3.25 billion (3 billion euro) in a battery cell gigafactory close to Valencia that shall be run by the automaker’s battery firm, PowerCo.

The Cupra Raval would be the model’s third battery-electric car after the Born compact hatchback and the Tavascan mid-size SUV due within the first half of 2024.