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November 27, 2020 06:44 AM

VW accelerates plans for small electric car

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    VW's small EV likely will be a similar size to the Polo (pictured).

    FRANKFURT -- Volkswagen is accelerating plans to launch a full-electric small car that will be positioned below its ID3 compact hatchback.

    The entry-level EV will replace the Up minicar and potentially the Polo, company sources told Automotive News Europe.

    The car will be based on VW's MEB platform like the ID3. It will start at around 20,000 euros ($23,840). It could be called the ID2 with a smaller version called the ID1, German press reports said.

    VW has set up a Small BEV (Battery Electric Vehicle) project team to work on the Polo-sized model, which would go on sale in 2023 at the earliest.

    To save costs the EV could use more affordable, less energy dense lithium iron phosphate cells.

    "The electric version of the Golf had just a 36 kilowatt-hour battery, and since the small electric car is primarily for urban driving with more limited ranges, I could imagine a similar size battery would be sufficient," a VW source said.

    VW has not said what the vehicle might look like, when it might be launched or where it might be built.

    The new EV will help VW to lower its CO2 fleet emissions in Europe, helping it to meet stricter reduction goals set by the EU. It will also open e-mobility to larger sections of car buyers, VW executives said.

    The ID3 is the first car built on VW's MEB electric platform.

    VW has said the EU's more stringent CO2 emissions targets will force it to boost the proportion of hybrid and electric vehicles that it sells in Europe to 60 percent of its total by 2030, up from a previous target of 40 percent.

    VW is rolling out new electric cars after the ID3 went on sale in Europe in September. The upcoming ID4 crossover, targeted at the U.S. and China as well as Europe, will be followed by the coupe-styled ID5 crossover.

    The ID Buzz minivan will launch in 2022 and the ID6 large sedan based on the Aero concept is scheduled to launch in 2023 with a driving range of up to 700 km (435 miles).

    VW Group will increase investments in battery-powered vehicles, autonomous driving and related future technologies to about 73 billion euros ($86 billion), or half the company's 150-billion-euro budget through 2025, the automaker said on Nov. 13.

    The VW brand currently plans to build 1.5 million full-electric cars by 2025.

    Reuters contributed to this report

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