Volkswagen on Monday introduced the following salvo in its EV onslaught within the type of the ID.7, a mid-size hatch that can fill in for the Passat within the U.S. when it lastly goes on sale right here in 2024.

The ID.7’s design is hardly a shock as VW previewed it final summer time with the ID.Aero idea automobile. The ID.7’s traces have been toned down barely in comparison with the idea, although it stays enticing due to a coupe-like profile and typical ID styling cues, together with headlights with matrix LED know-how. On the rear is an LED gentle strip whose center is white however adjustments to crimson when the lights are switched on.

The automobile is predicated on Volkswagen Group’s MEB platform designed for mainstream EVs, and measures 195.3 inches lengthy and with a wheelbase of 116.9 inches, making it shut in measurement to the Tesla Mannequin S. That long-wheelbase has enabled VW to suit its largest battery but to an MEB-based automobile, on this case an 86-kwh unit with 200 kw of charging capability. The usual unit is a 77-kwh unit with 170 kw of charging capability, which is anticipated to be the only real battery supplied within the U.S.

Even with the smaller battery, vary continues to be anticipated to prime 350 miles when measured by the EPA, in accordance with VW. That is thanks partially to a slippery form whose coefficient of drag is a low 0.23.

Volkswagen ID.7

With regards to charging, a thermal administration system preconditions the battery earlier than a charging cease. This preconditioning begins routinely on the way in which to the charging station when the situation is chosen by way of the navigation.

Simply the one powertrain configuration has been introduced. It consists of a single motor on the rear axle rated at 282 hp. The motor is a next-generation design for the MEB platform. An wheel-drive choice including a second motor on the entrance axle is deliberate, VW has confirmed.

Volkswagen ID.7

VW describes the ID.7 because the flagship of its ID household of EVs, and in line with this positioning the automaker has packed the sedan with top-shelf cabin know-how. Commonplace options will embody a panoramic sunroof with auto dimming, an augmented actuality head-up show, a 15-inch touchscreen for infotainment, and a climate-control system that may direct air at an occupant or spatially to cowl the cabin. VW has additionally included contact sliders for lots of the controls, which could be a ache to make use of when driving, although the automaker has additionally included voice activation that may function a substitute for the contact sliders in lots of circumstances.

Automated driver-assist options will embody VW’s Journey Help with Swarm Information, which builds on VW’s current Journey Help function for automated driving in a single lane, by including crowd-sourced knowledge to permit the system to work in additional areas. Automated lane adjustments will even be doable with the newest system.

Volkswagen ID.7

The park help additionally will get a reminiscence operate the place a parking maneuver overlaying a distance of as much as 54 ft could be saved. The automobile can then repeat the maneuver routinely, with the motive force monitoring both from behind the wheel or exterior utilizing a smartphone app.

The ID.7 hatch is anticipated to reach as a 2025 mannequin. It is going to comply with the native launch of the long-awaited ID.Buzz minivan which arrives later this yr in long-wheelbase guise, doubtless as a 2024 mannequin.

Volkswagen ID.7

A wagon physique model for the ID.7 can also be a powerful risk, although VW stays quiet on the matter.

Whereas the ID.7 will function the religious successor to the Passat that was dropped right here after 2022, a redesigned Passat is being developed for the remainder of the world. It is going to be supplied completely with a wagon physique model.