The Volkswagen Tiguan will reportedly be joined by an electrical SUV known as the ID.Tiguan, set to enter manufacturing on the firm’s Wolfsburg plant in 2026.
Handelsblatt studies the electrical Tiguan was green-lit at a works assembly held at Volkswagen’s major manufacturing plant.
This newest improvement follows a report from Autocar that the upcoming ID.2 has been redesigned from scratch and can carry the Golf identify as an alternative.
The ID.Tiguan will reportedly be roughly the identical measurement on the present internal-combustion Tiguan, which measures 4509mm lengthy, 1839mm broad, and 1686mm tall, with a 2681mm wheelbase.
This implies it would even be an identical measurement to the prevailing ID.4 electrical SUV, which measures in at 4584mm lengthy, 1852mm broad, and 1636mm tall, with a 2765mm wheelbase.
The German publication has indicated the so-called Volkswagen ID.Tiguan can be primarily based on the revised model of the present MEB structure, dubbed MEB Plus.
This platform is reportedly additionally set for use on the upcoming ID.Golf, which can be revealed in idea type in March this 12 months.
This MEB Plus platform will reportedly use lithium iron phosphate (LFP) prismatic battery cells, and assist dual-motor, all-wheel drive powertrains.
“The Golf is an icon – a complete technology was named after it,” stated Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume.
“That’s why we additionally need to carry automobiles just like the Golf and the Tiguan into the electrical age.”
Mr Blume didn’t supply any additional particulars about this upcoming Volkswagen ID.Tiguan.
Along with this upcoming, electrical ID.Tiguan, the corporate can also be engaged on a next-generation internal-combustion mannequin that’s been spied quite a few instances over the previous few months.
Though the corporate has been experiencing setbacks – together with the delay of its Trinity technological flagship from 2026 to probably 2030 – Volkswagen nonetheless plans to introduce 10 new EVs by 2026 and stop European manufacturing of combustion-powered automobiles by 2033.
On the native entrance, Volkswagen Australia plans for EVs to account for extra gross sales than its internal-combustion vary as quickly as 2028.
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