Improvement of Volkswagen’s new totally electrical Golf is underway, however what does that imply for the ID.3? VW’s chief tech officer, Kai Grunitz, says there might be some overlap between the 2 EVs.
Volkswagen’s electrical Golf could overlap with the ID.3
Volkswagen is celebrating the Golf’s fiftieth anniversary this yr after the primary mannequin rolled off the meeting line in March 1974.
Since then, VW has offered over 37 million Golfs throughout eight generations globally. Grunitz confirmed to Prime Gear that this would be the gas-powered Golf. The subsequent era might be all-electric, possible rolling out in 2028.
What does that imply for the ID.3? The all-electric hatch designed to exchange the e-Golf, could also be changed itself by Volkswagen’s next-gen electrical Golf.
“There may be not sufficient house to have two or three completely different fashions becoming to the identical buyer,” Grunitz defined. “We’ve began to work on a completely electrical Golf,” he mentioned, however “There might be an overlap” with the ID.3.
Grunitz claimed the Golf is “the guts of our model,” saying VW gained’t kill off the title. The electrical Golf might be a “actual Golf,” based on Grunitz. “It has to seem like a Golf. It must be reasonably priced like a Golf. It must be [capable] like a Golf.” He additionally confirmed that “there must be a GTI.”
The brand new all-electric Golf gained’t be based mostly on the MEB platform that underpins the ID.3. As a substitute, Grunitz mentioned it will likely be constructed on its next-gen SSP platform.
He defined, “The concept is to have the identical electrical structure.” SSP might be a shared EV platform for the entire group.
Electrek’s Take
Does the electrical Golf imply Volkswagen is swaying from its ID naming system? A report from Germany’s Handelsblatt final yr claimed VW was constructing an electrical SUV comparable in dimension and elegance to the Tiguan.
It’s anticipated to enter manufacturing at its Wolfsburg plant in 2026 and will go by the title ID.Tiguan. Does that imply the brand new electrical Golf would be the ID.Golf?
On the LA Auto Present final yr, Thomas Shafer, CEO of VW Passenger Vehicles, mentioned, “We now have iconic model names, Golf and GTI. It might be loopy to allow them to die and slip away.”
He did affirm, “We’ll persist with the ID logic,” however Shafer added, “Iconic fashions will carry a reputation.”
