On Wednesday, Volkswagen introduced an electric sedan concept called the ID.Aero. Scheduled to go public on June 27, it previews a future production model that will go on sale in China, Europe, and North America.
In a press release accompanying the teaser image, VW says the ID.Aero will carry styling cues from previous ID-family models like the ID.4 and ID.Buzz. The concept will also share VW’s MEB platform with those models, but at 16.4 feet long, it will likely have the largest footprint of any MEB-based model to date. In fact, it’s only slightly shorter than the VW Atlas.
The production version of the ID.Aero is expected to go on sale in China in the second half of 2023, followed by North America and Europe. VW did not discuss an exact time, but said a spec version in Europe and North America would be revealed in 2023 and production commenced in Emden, Germany, sometime after that.
VW introduced a larger MEB-based EV before. The ID Vizzion is a large sedan concept that made its debut at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show, and was followed by ID Space Vizzion wagon concept at next year’s Los Angeles auto show.
ID.Aero is the third confirmed VW-branded EV for the US VW starts things off with ID.4 cross, which the automaker also plans to build at its Chattanooga, Tennessee, plant. It plans to ramp up production later this year.
The ID.Buzz The electric Microbus tribute is also coming to the US, but not until 2024. Because VW has no plans to introduce a US-specific ID. , making the ID.4 the only all-electric model in VW showrooms for quite some time.
