Crozz No More: Volkswagen Partially Reveals ID.4 Crossover

Steph Willems
by Steph Willems

An electric crossover that will eventually find a home in Tennessee rolled into the online spotlight Tuesday. With the Geneva Motor Show scrapped over fears of the growing coronavirus epidemic, VW opted to show off the ID.4’s near-production sheet metal on the web.

The vehicle that began life as the shadowy and annoyingly named ID Crozz has finally embraced its new name. So, what can VW offer with its upcoming compact CUV?

Range, for one thing. Lofty build configurations are said to be capable of travelling 310 miles between charges, which should placate even the most anxious drivers. VW claims the MEB-platform vehicle will launch later this year in rear-drive guise, with dual-motor all-wheel drive variants arriving some time after.

“The outstanding aerodynamics reduce the drag coefficient, and it will boost the ID.4’s range to up to 500 kilometres, depending on the drive package,” said VW brand chief operating officer Ralf Brandstätter in a statement, hinting that the ID.4 can be had with a variety of battery sizes.

While European drivers will have the ID.3 hatchback to consider, the ID.4 is the first new Volkswagen EV destined for American consumers. Production will flow from Europe first, with VW’s Chattanooga plant taking over sometime in 2022. China also gains local production of the ID.4.

Exact dimensions, weight, and starting price will have to wait until closer to launch. As it prepares to foist a broad range of EVs based on its MEB architecture on a hesitant world, VW’s optimistic outlook hasn’t changed. It still expects to reduce its fleetwide emissions footprint by a third by 2025.

Its sales target for that not-too-distant year? 1.5 million EVs. Let’s hope those reported ID.3 software issues get ironed out, as the ID.4 boasts a digital cockpit.

[Images: Volkswagen]

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  • SCE to AUX SCE to AUX on Mar 03, 2020

    "Lofty build configurations are said to be capable of traveling 310 miles between charges" That's the European WLTP range. EPA range would be more like 265 miles.

  • Cprescott Cprescott on Mar 03, 2020

    Looks like just about every other worthless CUV being sold.

  • CanadaCraig You can just imagine how quickly the tires are going to wear out on a 5,800 lbs AWD 2024 Dodge Charger.
  • Luke42 I tried FSD for a month in December 2022 on my Model Y and wasn’t impressed.The building-blocks were amazing but sum of the all of those amazing parts was about as useful as Honda Sensing in terms of reducing the driver’s workload.I have a list of fixes I need to see in Autopilot before I blow another $200 renting FSD. But I will try it for free for a month.I would love it if FSD v12 lived up to the hype and my mind were changed. But I have no reason to believe I might be wrong at this point, based on the reviews I’ve read so far. [shrug]. I’m sure I’ll have more to say about it once I get to test it.
  • FormerFF We bought three new and one used car last year, so we won't be visiting any showrooms this year unless a meteor hits one of them. Sorry to hear that Mini has terminated the manual transmission, a Mini could be a fun car to drive with a stick.It appears that 2025 is going to see a significant decrease in the number of models that can be had with a stick. The used car we bought is a Mk 7 GTI with a six speed manual, and my younger daughter and I are enjoying it quite a lot. We'll be hanging on to it for many years.
  • Oberkanone Where is the value here? Magna is assembling the vehicles. The IP is not novel. Just buy the IP at bankruptcy stage for next to nothing.
  • Jalop1991 what, no Turbo trim?
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