Important facts on MEB and on the ID. family
- Volkswagen is launching its public relations campaign ELECTRIC FOR ALL: The ID. family is set to make e-cars affordable for millions of people.
- A breakthrough for e-mobility: a sales volume of 150,000 e-cars is planned for 2020. This is set to rise to over one million by 2025.
- It all starts in 2020. The ID. and the ID. SUV will be the first models ofthe new generation of e-cars and will make their premiere together in the same year.
- 100% electric: The ID. family is based on the modular electric drive matrix (MEB), developed especially for purely electric vehicles.
- No compromises: The ID. family pushes the boundaries of e-mobility in terms of range, interior space and dynamics.
- A new standard: The first wave across all brands will include around 10 million e-cars based on MEB technology.
- Update-compatible hardware and software: New E3 end-to-end electronics architecture and a new operating system – called vw.OS – for the ID. family.
- Newly developed battery system: The ID. family comes with powerful, scalable batteries.
- Scalable batteries: The battery’s modular layout allows scalable ranges from about 330 up to more than 550 kilometers.
- Major investment: Volkswagen is investing 6 billion euros into e-mobility, of which 1.3 billion euros is budgeted for component production plants in Braunschweig, Salzgitter and Kassel.
- Charging infrastructure: Volkswagen is a member of IONITY, a joint venture working to develop and expand the network of charging stations on motorways throughout Europe.
