Volkswagen has announced that it will reveal a new electric car at the upcoming 2023 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on January 3. The German car marque has yet to reveal further details, but the upcoming EV could be an ID for a near-production version. The same goes for the Aero or the ID.7. Additionally, the automaker will showcase the ID.4 and ID. Buzz EV as CES 2023.
Volkswagen previously announced the ID. The Aero concept, unveiled in June, gave us a preview of an elegant all-electric sedan that could pave the way for an all-electric iteration of the Volkswagen Passat. The electric sedan is scheduled to hit the market in North America, Europe and China in the second half of 2023. It will be the automaker’s first global electric sedan. So it seems reasonable to show the model at the upcoming CES 2023.
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The concept EV shown in early June this year is a premium mid-size sedan based on the automaker’s dedicated MEB architecture for electric vehicles. It is equipped with an 88 kWh lithium-ion battery pack with a range of 620 kilometers on a single charge. Volkswagen claims the concept car’s aerodynamic design gives it a low drag coefficient of 0.23.
The car company has been making a big push on its EV offensive. Volkswagen aims to grab a lion’s share of the global electric vehicle market with a wide range of products. Models with ID tags are a key part of this strategy. The automaker has been working on a broad range of electric vehicles, including a subcompact model for city driving under the ID sub-brand. Additionally, the automaker has launched a new Scout brand that will be responsible for electric pickup trucks and rugged, zero-emission SUVs.
As part of its electric vehicle offensive, Volkswagen sold 207,200 pure electric vehicles in the first nine months of this year, up 23.5% compared with the same period in 2022, while Volkswagen sold 366,400 vehicles. The entire Volkswagen Group.
First published date: December 28, 2022 at 11:22 AM CST
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