Volkswagen plans to offer used EV leases with its ID family of electric cars, aiming to retain ownership of the batteries forever. Every day we see more and more electric cars hitting showrooms as carmakers try to deliver a wide range of EVs to tempt buyers to give up ICE now, rather than in 2030 […]

The VW ID Life Concept arrives to preview a new VW ID.2 Crossover due to arrive in 2025 at prices starting under £20k. It’s a long time until 2025, but that’s the timeline for the transformation of this, the VW ID Life Concept, from a concept to a production EV badged ID.2. As much as […]

Volkswagen Group boss Herbert Diess slams the standard of facilities and charging experience at the part-VW-owned Ionity charging network. One of the biggest obstacles to mass EV takeup – apart from the unaffordable price – is the perception that charging your EV on the go is both time-consuming, expensive and unreliable. That, in part, explains […]

The Volkswagen ID.5 GTX – the ‘Coupe’ take on the electric ID.4 GTX – is heading for the Munich motor show as a ‘disguised production concept’. We’ve already seen the arrival of the VW ID.4 GTX as a new ‘Performance’ take on the ID.4 SUV – and the arrival of a new performance badge in […]

The Volkswagen ID.4 GTX, VW’s performance version of the electric ID.4 SUV, goes on sale in the UK with prices from £48,510. It’s a couple of months since the Volkswagen ID.4 GTX was revealed as VW delivered its first electric performance GTX model. And now it’s going on sale in the UK with prices from […]

Volkswagen’s electric offerings – the VW ID.3 and VW ID.4 – get a major range shake-up that abandons fixed specs and delivers more choice. Car makers have always loved a long options list to tempt buyers into spending far more than they intend, but as we see the acquisition of cars emulating a phone contract […]