'Open Space' creates usable space. The compact electric drive system and integration of the lithium-ion battery into the vehicle floor have generated the right conditions for creating a new 'Open Space' in the interior – a flexible, lounge-like spatial concept that offers a superior amount of room. The interior has been thought out, laid out and designed anew. A pure, airy space is the result. The sculptural, flowing structure of the surfaces has been inspired by nature – bionic shaping in place of cold engineering. The design, with its dynamically shaped surfaces and stretched curves, emphasises the room inside.
Digitalised dashpad. The digital hub is formed by the electrically adjustable and retractable multifunction steering wheel, an Active Info Display, an electronic rear-view mirror (e-Mirror), an AR Head-up Display (AR for augmented reality) and a door panel. These features, depending on their type, are operated by voice and gesture control, touch displays or capacitive button fields. All displays and controls are integrated into the dashpad, and some of them – such as the tablet – appear to 'hover'. The upper area of the dashpad or instrument panel is finished in a smooth black leather with red piping that follows the shape; the piping matches the 'Hibiscus Red' of the exterior. Embedded in the grey fabric of the door shoulder panels, the black has a very sporty appearance and underscores the charismatic look of the crossover. The displays and controls in detail:
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Tablet as infotainment system. Integrated in the middle of the instrument panel is a 10.2-inch tablet – an infotainment system with an individually configurable home screen. Its layout can be personalised via four different function tiles, such as 'Messages', 'Media', 'Telephone' and 'Navigation'. The housing and screen merge near seamlessly. A new feature here is the 'CleanAir' menu, from which information on air quality can be accessed and preconfigured climate settings are activated.
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Multifunction steering wheel. Present as usual in the middle of the steering wheel is the Volkswagen logo. In this case, however, it is an illuminated sensory surface with which the driver can switch from manual to fully automated ('I.D. Pilot') mode. This is done by touching the Volkswagen logo for three seconds. The steering wheel then retracts into the dashpad forming a flush surface. As an alternative, the 'I.D. Pilot' mode may be activated or deactivated by voice control. Aesthetics and functionality make the electrically adjustable, black multifunction steering wheel a highlight – in its look and feel and in its technology. The traditional fully round shape gives way here to a wheel with six rounded corners. This has resulted in a high-tech steering wheel, into the bottom area of which a control island is integrated. The driver controls the main vehicle functions from here via illuminated capacitive fields. These include the 'P', 'R', 'N' and 'D' gears and operation of the indicator lights. Four more capacitive buttons can be adapted to various functions such as taking a telephone call. Using two additional capacitive sliders, the driver can intuitively 'run' through menus such as the playlist, and adjust the volume of the sound system.
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AR Head-up Display. The driver receives all data relevant to driving, such as speed and visual navigation instructions, via an AR Head-up Display. AR stands for augmented reality. Information such as the directions given by the navigation system is projected in the form of virtual images located from 7 to 15 meters in front of the car. The effect is astonishingly realistic. Visual driving recommendations are projected via augmented reality to show exactly where the driver will be heading with the I.D. CROZZ II. Thanks to the AR Head-up Display, the navigation instructions – which were originally limited to a display located in the instrument cluster – are now a three-dimensional part of the surroundings that drivers can experience.
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Active Info Display. A 5.8-inch Active Info Display shows visual information to the driver. It can also be used, just like the tablet in the instrument panel, to view standard content such as the media library or the navigation map, which can be controlled via the buttons on the multifunction steering wheel. The Active Info Display gives the driver great freedom to personalise their views. The entire area of the display could be turned into a 3D navigation screen, for example. The display uses three transparent levels to display the various types of information. At the bottom or first level there is the navigation map; digital content retrieved using the Volkswagen User-ID is displayed on the second level; and the third level, at the top, is used to show driving data such as the distance to a destination.
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e-Mirror. Conventional rear-view mirrors are a thing of the past in the I.D. CROZZ II. Instead, where the interior rear-view mirror used to be there is now a system that looks the same and performs the same function: the e-Mirror. A monitor here merges the data from the three external cameras. The images are transmitted from the exterior mirror cameras mounted in the left and right-hand sides of the car body and from a rear-facing camera.
- Door panels. Information and controls that have previously only been available to the driver and front passenger are now available to rear-seat passengers too – thanks to digital door panels. These white, semi-transparent control islands are ergonomically located in the trim of the four doors, where they appear to hover in mid-air. The door panels are used to operate the electrically opening and closing doors, the central locking system and the electric windows. Each passenger is also able to individually regulate his or her climate zone. The panels are operated via capacitive buttons and sliders.
Four integral seats. The driver and front-seat passenger sit on lightweight integral seats (with integrated seatbelt guides). The contact surfaces of all of the seats are upholstered in Alcantara. A quilted pattern creates a three-dimensional look for the seat covers. In the rear seating area, legroom reaches a premium level. Furthermore, the interior of the I.D. CROZZ II is highly flexible based on its seating concept. Want to take your bike away with you for the weekend without having to use a cycle rack? No problem – simply load it sideways into the back. Large swing/sliding doors and flexible rear seats make this possible, with the seats being tipped up for this purpose, as in the cinema. The rear doors also fully retract back to the rear, making loading easy. Loading is made even simpler due to the fact that the front doors open unusually wide to an angle of 90 degrees and Volkswagen has simply done away with the B-pillars. All doors, as well as the trunk lid and bonnet, open electrically. All doors can also be opened or closed from the interior by voice command.
Clean air. Providing for an optimum, customised in-car climate is Volkswagen's newly developed CleanAir system. Regardless of the ambient conditions, it constantly maintains the air quality inside the I.D. CROZZ II at an ideal level. Via the infotainment unit, the driver and front passenger are also able to activate different preconfigured climate settings. This is because the I.D. is equipped with new CleanAir technology with an active filter system ensuring top interior air quality. The menu provides information on the quality of the air in the car (Air Quality Index) and on the system's current activity.