E-mobility

Everything is new in the ID.3 Neo! The successor to the ID.3 is celebrating its world premiere with a new name and has been extensively enhanced and upgraded. The exterior features include a new vehicle front design based on Volkswagen’s “Pure Positive” design language and a new light design. The interior impresses with a redesigned cockpit landscape with intuitive controls, embedded in interior materials at the level of the next-higher class. The new efficient drive system of the ID.3 Neo – combined with the largest of the three available batteries – additionally enables ranges of up to 630 km (WLTP). Pre-sales of the electric compact model will start in Germany and many European markets tomorrow, Thursday, 16 April 2026.

The ID. Cross will be launched on the European market from autumn 2026. The model will be available from a starting price of around 28,000 euros. The five-seater is aimed at customers who want to enjoy first-class electric mobility that is suitable for everyday use and affordable. The ID. Cross can be currently seen in Amsterdam in a striking camouflage wrap.

The successor to the ID.3 is in the starting blocks with a new name and will celebrate its world premiere as the ID.3 Neo in mid-April. Thanks to the latest software generation, the electric compact model comes with a host of new functions. These include, for example, the enhanced Travel Assist with traffic light detection and One Pedal Driving, where the vehicle recuperates until it comes to a standstill. The ID.4, ID.5 and ID.7 are already available to order as the first models equipped with this software, the above-mentioned functions and the new Innovision infotainment system. In addition, all new ID. models now have the option of supplying power to external devices – from electric grills to e-bikes – with an output of up to 3.6 kW directly from the high-voltage battery using the Vehicle-to-Load function.

New focus. The ID.3 compact model is one of the five most successful electric cars on the European market. In 2025 alone, around 78,000 new car buyers across Europe chose an ID.3. In Germany, the mostly privately used ID.3 took second place last year after the ID.7, which is particularly successful as a company car. Volkswagen has now extensively enhanced and upgraded the ID.3. Boosted by the new brand strategy True Volkswagen – which places the focus on typical Volkswagen strengths such as superior design, high quality, technical perfection and intuitive operation – a new evolutionary stage of the compact all-rounder has been created, which also bears a new name: ID. 3 Neo. The exterior features include a redesigned front end based on Volkswagen’s iconic Pure Positive design language and a new light design. The interior impresses with a systematically redesigned cockpit landscape with intuitive controls, embedded in interior materials at the level of the next-higher class. Technical features include a largely new and highly efficient drive system. In combination with the largest of the three available batteries, the WLTP range forecast is up to 630 km. In addition, the ID.3 Neo will be one of the first vehicles in its class to feature the option of the new Connected Travel Assist, an assist system that automatically brings the compact car to a standstill at red traffic lights. In addition, there is the new standard one-pedal driving function, which can be used to decelerate the ID.3 Neo solely by controlling the accelerator. Another new feature is the vehicle-to-load function, whereby the car can be used as a power source for external devices via an optional adapter for the charging interface. Volkswagen will start pre-sales of the ID.3 Neo in April. The market launch will follow in July.

The start of something new. Volkswagen has developed a brand-new portfolio of small and compact electric vehicle models in Europe and for Europe. Affordable electric vehicles for city life or weekend breaks, for commuting to work and heading off on holiday. Good value for money, a new design language, visible and tangible quality, technologies at the level of the next higher class and intuitive operation are factors that are common to all Volkswagen electric vehicles. The new models are called the ID. Polo, ID. Cross, ID.3 Neo, ID. Polo GTI and ID.3 GTI. They mark the start of a new era: True Volkswagen. At the heart of it all is a focus on our intrinsic strengths with the aim of bringing electric mobility to the masses with innovative and affordable Volkswagen models, made in Europe, for Europe.

Potential of a future success model. The countdown is on: Volkswagen will bring the newly developed ID. Cross to the European market in autumn 2026 at prices starting from around 28,000 euros. The technically and visually innovative compact class SUV is characterized by a strikingly stylish and powerful design, a high level of perceived quality, intuitive controls, a comfortable interior with a feel good atmosphere, excellent space efficiency and state of the art drive and assistance systems. Thomas Schäfer, CEO of the Volkswagen brand, Head of the Brand Group Core and Member of the Group Board of Management, says: “The ID. Cross combines technological expertise, clear design, convincing attention to detail and true all round qualities at an excellent price performance ratio. These are the best prerequisites for a new Volkswagen success model.”