2021 VW ID.4 Teased, Will Debut In A “Matter Of Weeks”

Volkswagen will unveil the 2021 ID.4 in a “matter of weeks,” so the company has released new teaser images of the electric crossover.

As you can see, the model will follow in the footsteps of the ID.3 and feature a fully enclosed grille which is flanked by sweptback headlights. However, it will have a more muscular front bumper with prominent air intakes.

While the pictures aren’t very revealing, the crossover was unceremoniously unveiled by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology earlier this year. Those images showed the ID.4 will have flowing bodywork, plastic body cladding and a sloping roof.

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China-spec VW ID.4 Crozz

While full details will be released shortly, the ID.4 will ride on the MEB platform and is expected to be offered with rear- and all-wheel drive. The rear-wheel drive model is slated to use a single electric motor that produces 201 hp (150 kW / 204 PS) and 229 lb-ft (310 Nm) of torque. The all-wheel drive variant will add a front-mounted motor and it’s expected to give the crossover a combined output of 302 hp (225 kW / 306 PS) and 332 lb-ft (450 Nm) of torque.

The company is also expected to offer multiple battery packs including one that provides a range of up to 311 miles (500 km) in the Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicle Test Procedure.

Besides the colorful teasers, Volkswagen touted electric vehicles as the “future of personal transportation.” The company also downplayed range anxiety by saying, before the pandemic, the average American commuter was traveling about 35-40 miles (56-61 km) per day and noted their upcoming EVs will have “EPA estimated ranges that well exceed those daily driving needs.”

The company went on to say they want to democratize electric vehicles as they said EVs “have mostly been limited either to specific states or to luxury vehicles.” While Nissan would likely beg to differ, Volkswagen says they want to change that starting with the ID.4 which is the “first of a line of EVs it plans to launch in the United States over the next several years.”