Enlarge / A 2021 VW ID.4, the brand’s battery-electric crossover. (credit: Jonathan Gitlin) Volkswagen, the world’s second-largest electric vehicle manufacturer by volume, has “sold out” of battery-powered models in the US and Europe for this year as persistent supply chain bottlenecks hit global production. The Wolfsburg-based group, which includes brands such as Porsche, Audi and […]
Enlarge / Lithium-ion cells made by LG Energy Solutions have been linked to multiple fires and malfunctions since 2020. (credit: Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Image) The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating safety defects in lithium-ion cells made by LG Energy Solutions after a string of recalls since February 2020. The most high-profile […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Aurich Lawson) I can barely believe it’s once again that time of year when I sit down and look through everything we drove during the last 12 months to see what stood out. And what a 12 months they’ve been, with a number of highly anticipated new models, including quite […]
Do cars like the VW ID. 4 spell the end of the gas station? [credit: Jonathan Gitlin ] VW provided flights to Chattanooga and a night in a hotel so we could drive the ID. 4 AWD and visit its factory. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. CHATTANOOGA, TENN. —Volkswagen in 2021 seems like […]
Volkswagen says the ID.4 is as important to its future as the Beetle was to its past. [credit: Jonathan Gitlin ] The Volkswagen ID.4 is a big deal for its manufacturer. After getting busted six years ago for fibbing about diesel emissions, VW underwent a corporate transformation, throwing all its chips into electrification. As a […]
Enlarge (credit: Collage by Aurich Lawson) Like most of us, 2020 turned out quite differently than we might have expected back in January. By the end of February, it was clear that COVID-19 was going to be a serious problem as auto shows and drive events started being cancelled en masse. But our local press […]
Expand / The ID electrical vehicles will be the long term for Volkswagen. (charge: Volkswagen) On Wednesday, Volkswagen announced that the coming electric car currently has a formal variety. {The US Environmental Protection Agency has verified the ID.4 crossover will travel 250 kilometers (402km) on {} charge.|} In the beginning, that the ID.4 will likely […]
Under the wheel of a preproduction model Volkswagen ID.4 electrical crossover. It is one of lots of battery powered vehicles which the automaker has in the works, and also the very first destined for the aspect of the Atlantic. Even though the order publications are now available, the ID.4 remains completing its final phase of […]
That is our very first appearance in the 2021 VW ID.4, the new battery-electric crossover. [credit: Jonathan Gitlin ] On Wednesday, at an Online livestream, Volkswagen introduced the ID.4 crossover. Made from the ground up as a battery-electric automobile, it is a part of a massive electrification program which VW embarked on at the aftermath […]