The Volkswagen is a battery electric supermini car unveiled by Volkswagen on 29 April 2026. It is the first electric Volkswagen to adopt the new naming scheme for the Volkswagen ID. series, using existing nameplates.
Overview The is the production version of the Volkswagen ID.2all concept was first shown in 2023. It is expected to have a starting price of , or roughly . The name was changed to ahead of the IAA Mobility 2025 show in Munich, Germany, where the 's pre-production version was revealed.
The is the first electric car of the Volkswagen ID. series to use an existing nameplate, followed by the ID. Cross, the electric equivalent of the T-Cross. It will be sold alongside the internal combustion engine Volkswagen Polo.
Design and features The front end uses a stubby, sloped bonnet. Sleek headlights that are similar to the design used for the ID.7 are also present, alongside a light-up VW logo. The rear door handles are hidden. The rear light bar and roof spoiler are inherited from the ID.2all. In the interior a central touchscreen and a digital driver's display are expected, alongside physical switches for the audio and climate controls.
Powertrain The is offered with two battery options - a 37 kWh LFP and 52 kWh lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxides (NMC) batteries.
Initially at launch there are three power options: the 37 kWh battery is available with either a or electric motor, and the 52 kWh battery is equipped with a motor. A future GTI version is expected to be equipped with a motor but not at the time of the launch.
Charging speeds depends on battery size; the 37 kWh battery can charged up to 90 kW DC and the larger 52 kWh up to 105 kW.
Consumption in city is reported to be below 11 kWh/100km, during eco drive with auxiliaries off.
Concept cars Volkswagen ID. Life (2021)
The Volkswagen ID. Life was the first VW concept car intended to foresee an upcoming supermini car for the ID. series — and even to replace Volkswagen Polo, in the early plans of replacing the entire range by BEV models — as a crossover SUV model, designed by Klaus Zyciora and Jozef Kabaň, who said "Volkswagen's design language always has to move in a more timeless direction. It fits the brand. We want to be authentic and clear and use real materials.” However, in 2022, the project based on this concept has fallen out of favour, to be replaced by models designed closer to existing VW models.
Volkswagen ID.2all (2023) The Volkswagen ID.2all is a concept car first shown publicly on March 15, 2023, foreseeing the , then intended to be called Volkswagen ID.2, following the early Volkswagen ID. series nameplates. The ID.2all uses a shortened and simplified version of the MEB electric platform called the MEB Entry, with a targeted range of and producing , with a time of 7 seconds.
Volkswagen ID.GTI (2023) A sport version of the ID.2all was introduced as the Volkswagen ID.GTI in September 2023.
Volkswagen GTI The has also received a GTI version, which was previewed by the ID.GTI concept, first shown in 2023, alongside the ID.2all.
The GTI was unveiled on May 15, 2026.
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