A few days ago, Herbert Diess, the CEO of Volkswagen, unrolled the electrification plan of the group automobile until 2030. On the program, an electric model to occupy each commercial segment. We already knew the Volkswagen ID.3, the SUV compact ID.4, the future electric combi ID Buzz as well as the big one SUV ID.6 for the moment reserved for the Chinese market. To this list is now added the Volkswagen ID.8, a seven-seater SUV that had never been discussed before. No technical details or images have filtered for the moment, but it is rumored that it would be the electric counterpart of the Volkswagen Atlas, the large thermal SUV currently sold in the United States. This model will be based on the platform MEB from which the VW group declines all its electric models. It remains to be seen whether the future ID.8 will also be reserved for motorists only across the Atlantic. To be continued…
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