Scheduled for the second quarter of 2023, Volkswagen’s subsequent international electrical car might be supplied in China, Europe, and North America.
Volkswagen will showcase its first totally electrical sedan primarily based on the modular electrical drive matrix (MEB) On the Client Electronics Present (CES) in Las Vegas between January 5-8, 2023. It’s clad in camouflage, which makes use of distinctive know-how and multi-layered paintwork to create mild results on components of the car. This interactive characteristic symbolizes the following step within the digitalization of the long run flagship mannequin of Volkswagen’s EV household.
The ID. AERO idea car that was initially introduced in China already offered a preview of the brand new mannequin, in a position to obtain an estimated vary of as much as 700 kilometers for European fashions primarily based on a simulated WLTP cycle.
“With the brand new ID.7, we’re extending our electrical mannequin vary into the higher segments,” mentioned Thomas Schäfer, CEO of Volkswagen Passenger Automobiles. “The ID.7 is one in every of 10 new electrical fashions that we’re planning to launch by 2026. Our objective? To ship appropriate merchandise for our prospects in each single phase.”
With its newest MEB mannequin, normal options of the ID.7 embody:
- A brand new show idea.
- An augmented actuality head-up show.
- A 38-centimeter (15-inch) display screen.
- Digitally managed “sensible air vents”.
- Illuminated contact sliders.
At CES, VW will present the ID.7 as a camouflaged sedan that includes a digital design with distinctive paintwork, that lights up the automotive interactively. About 40 layers of paint have been utilized, a few of that are conductive whereas others have insulating properties. A complete of twenty-two areas of the car may be managed individually and are electrified under the highest layer of paint (electroluminescence) in order that they mild up. If all that is related to a sound system, the rhythm is visualized by illumination of particular person areas.
After the ID.3, ID.4, ID.5 and ID.66 (Chinese language-market solely) fashions and the brand new ID. Buzz, the ID.7 would be the sixth mannequin within the firm’s EV household and is Volkswagen’s second international automotive to be primarily based on the MEB after the ID.4. It’s deliberate to launch the electrical sedan within the three main markets of China, Europe, and North America. The ID.7 for the European market might be produced on the Volkswagen Emden plant, making it the second MEB car produced there, after the ID.4.
