Here’s Volkswagen’s 1st Electric Car In India: 520 Kms Range In Single Charge, Upto Rs 60 Lakh Price

By 2023, Volkswagen is all set to launch its all-electric car-ID.4 in India. As the company shall need to set up heavy infrastructure, there shall be no any manufacturing of the Volkswagen ID.4 in India. 

Volkswagen ID.4

In the initial year of launch, only a handful of Volkswagen ID.4 is expected to be sold in India. It will be the CBU route that the cars are expected to follow. 

There will not be any manufacturing of the Volkswagen ID.4 in India as the company will need to set up heavy infrastructure for it. A limited number of Volkswagen ID.4 is expected to be sold in India in the initial year of launch.

It will be in the month of August/ September of this year (2022) that the trial of the upcoming all-electric car by Volkswagen is expected to start. For the company’s upcoming electric cars in India, ID.4 is expected to serve as a trial.

Kia Motors launched its all-electric car Kia EV6 in India a few days back. In the upcoming months of this year (2022) the Hyundai Ioniq 5 is expected to launch. The ID.6 is expected to compete with the likes of Kia EV6 and Hyundai Ioniq 5.

Already available in the international markets, Volkswagen ID.4 has two versions for the buyers.

Specifications

The single motor variant is expected to come with a 77 kWh battery. The peak power offered on the car is 201 BHP, while the maximum torque is 310 Nm. 

The dual electric motor model will be a powerful variant and churn out 295BHP of power. While the single motor variant will be an RWD, the dual-motor variant will be an AWD car.

Speaking of the range, the RWD variant will offer a range of 520km on a full charge whereas the AWD variant of the Volkswagen ID.4 will offer a range of 480km on a 100 percent battery. On the Volkswagen ID.4, there will be an option for 125W DC fast charging. 

When it comes to the price of the Volkswagen all-electric car, it is estimated to be around Rs 50 lakh to Rs 60 lakh.