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 may very well 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 accordance 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 fashioned 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 gained’t let iconic names just like the Golf go within the electrical period. CEO of VW Passenger Automobiles, Thomas Shafer, advised the German auto newspaper Automobilwoche:
It’s clear that we’ll not surrender iconic names just like the Golf, Tiguan and GTI, however slightly switch them to the electrical world.
A spokesperson from the corporate additionally confirmed to Handelsblatt that an electrical SUV, related in measurement and magnificence to the model’s bestselling Tiguan, will probably be constructed at its Wolfsburg plant.
Throughout a automobile distribution assembly in September, Volkswagen mentioned it should produce “massive numbers” of recent compact electrical SUVs in Wolfsburg.
The brand new electrical SUV (probably the Volkswagen ID. Cross) will observe the reasonably priced 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 below the “Crozz” model. Whereas VW gives the ID.4 and ID.6 globally, FAW-VW has the ID.4 Crozz and ID.6 Crozz.
Nevertheless, these filings had been with the EUIPO and the German trademark workplace. It’s greater than possible a brand new electrical crossover or SUV is coming.
Volkswagen is scuffling with extra competitors and rising inflation. The automaker has already minimize EV manufacturing, citing decrease demand. Arno Antilitz, VW’s CFO, mentioned EV orders had been down 50% in Europe.
A brand new compact electrical SUV on the proper worth may assist the automaker climb again. The ID.4 and ID.5 are Volkswagen’s prime sellers, however a extra reasonably priced mannequin may assist it compete with Chinese language automakers like BYD.
We’ll maintain you up to date after we hear extra in regards to the Volkswagen ID. Cross. Tell us what you assume within the feedback.
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