A brand new trademark submitting with the European Mental Property Workplace (EUIPO) reveals {that a} new Volkswagen EV is probably going coming quickly. The submitting for a Volkswagen ID. Cross suggests it could possibly be an electrical crossover or SUV.
Volkswagen ID. Cross submitting hints at new electrical SUV
Volkswagen needs to turn out to be extra aggressive as electrical automobile gross sales proceed climbing globally.
In line with a latest EUIPO trademark submitting, a brand new member to its ID household might assist the automaker’s quest. Volkswagen filed for the trademark ID. Cross on Nov 11, 2023. (It was additionally filed with the German Patent and Trademark Workplace.)
No different particulars had been supplied, elevating the query: What’s going to the brand new mannequin be? VW revealed the ID. Crozz (not Cross) on the 2017 LA Auto Present.
The idea shaped the idea for the “first next-generation Volkswagen EV on American roads,” which turned out to be the ID.4 electrical SUV.
Volkswagen already confirmed it received’t let iconic names just like the Golf go within the electrical period. CEO of VW Passenger Vehicles, Thomas Shafer, instructed the German auto newspaper Automobilwoche:
It’s clear that we’ll not hand over iconic names just like the Golf, Tiguan and GTI, however moderately switch them to the electrical world.
A spokesperson from the corporate additionally confirmed to Handelsblatt that an electrical SUV, comparable in dimension and magnificence to the model’s bestselling Tiguan, can be constructed at its Wolfsburg plant.
Throughout a automobile distribution assembly in September, Volkswagen stated it’s going to produce “giant numbers” of latest compact electrical SUVs in Wolfsburg.
The brand new electrical SUV (probably the Volkswagen ID. Cross) will comply with the inexpensive ID 2all electrical hatch into manufacturing in 2026. They are going to be two of 10 new VW EVs launching by 2026.
Electrek’s Take
It’s price noting that, in China, Volkswagen’s three way partnership with FAW produces EVs beneath the “Crozz” model. Whereas VW presents the ID.4 and ID.6 globally, FAW-VW has the ID.4 Crozz and ID.6 Crozz.
Nonetheless, these filings had been with the EUIPO and the German trademark workplace. It’s greater than seemingly a brand new electrical crossover or SUV is coming.
Volkswagen is scuffling with extra competitors and rising inflation. The automaker has already reduce EV manufacturing, citing decrease demand. Arno Antilitz, VW’s CFO, stated EV orders had been down 50% in Europe.
A brand new compact electrical SUV on the proper value may assist the automaker climb again. The ID.4 and ID.5 are Volkswagen’s high sellers, however a extra inexpensive mannequin may assist it compete with Chinese language automakers like BYD.
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