VW promised a $35,000 localized price.
that the company was “basically sold out on electric vehicles in Europe and in the United States” for the year.VW said that kicking off ID.4 production in Chattanooga should help with its supply problems. The company has “a robust number of reservations for the ID.4 currently and localized assembly should help us to fulfill those orders,” a spokesperson said.first announced in 2020,
the base model ID.4 was set to start at $40,000, which later went up to $41,230. The company said it wanted its US-made ID.4s to start at $35,000 — or $27,500 with the federal tax credit. Whether that’s still the case, though, is still unknown; the VW spokesperson said pricing will be announced soon.
The cheaper ID.4 will feature a 62kWh battery, as compared to the more expensive 82kWh battery versions that will come with either rear-wheel or all-wheel drive. The 62kWh versions will likely have a more constrained range than the larger battery packs, which enable around 250 miles of range. Initially, the ID.4’s battery pack, which is comprised of 288 pouch cells in 12 modules, was produced by South Korea’s LG Chem. But now, VW is using batteries, another South Korean company that recently opened a $2 billion factory nearby VW’s plant there.
VW is also touting parts made in other US states, including steel in Alabama and Ohio, interior parts in Indiana and South Carolina, and electronics components in Kentucky and North Carolina. VW’s Chattanooga factory employs more than 4,000 people and is actively hiring more than 1,000 new workers through 2022, which VW says will help meet high customer demand for the ID.4 and Atlas SUV.Subscribe to get the best Verge-approved tech deals of the week.
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