After a hesitant start, the EV attack of the Volkswagen Group finally bears fruit. In the first half of the year, global EV sales for the entire conglomerate of the car rose by 47 percent to around 465,000 units, giving the company a share of 11 percent of the world market. However, it is not all sunshine and rainbows. According to a new report, one fully electrical model is confronted with retirement.
Coach claims that the ID.5 will be dropped from the line-up in 2027, giving the Swoopy Electric SUV a seven-year life cycle without planned from the second generation. Allegedly the slowness is to blame, especially in China, which, according to VW, would be the most important market. The model could also not get a grip in Europe, where buyers prefer the more spacious, conventionally stylized ID.4. Not launching the ID.5 In the United States, the potential further limited.
Ironically, the ID.5 is actually at the top of the EV sales cards of the VW group for the first half of the year, but only because the figures are combined with those of the ID.4. As expected, the regular model did most of the heavy work, which contributed most of the 84,900 units that were sold until June. The ID.3 followed with 60,700 units, lagging behind by the Audi Q4 E-tron and Q4 E-tron Sportback on 44,600 units.
Cutting the ID.5 raises questions about the fate of his Ford equivalent, the Capri. The Blue Oval introduced the iconic type plate last year to its own Coupe-style Electric Crossover, but production was quickly reduced. The early cutbacks came in response to “rapidly deteriorating market conditions for electric vehicles,” said a Ford spokesperson quoted by the German newspaper Kölner Stadt-Azeiger.
The downfall of the ID.5 would be part of a broader effort to reduce under -performing models. VW has already retired the Passat-Sedan, recently terminated in the production of Arteon, and the rumor is that it will drop the Touareg in 2026. The only convertible, the T-Roc Cabriolet, will bow in 2027. Plans for a smaller ID. Buzz Minivan To replace the outdated Touran, have also been demolished.
Although an insider told Coach The fact that “the market demands crossovers and SUV models” still has a few electric hatchbacks in the pipeline. The ID.2 will be launched next year as a € 25,000 EV, followed in 2027 by the € 20,000 ID.1. Wolfsburg will also meet the demand for crossover with a high driving ID.2 x derivate.
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