Volkswagen ID. Life Concept, will it be the future VW ID.2?

To mark the Munich Motor Show, Volkswagen has presented what it claims to be a preview of what the urban segment of the brand from 2025. Of course, it is a prototype and, how could it be otherwise, we are facing a fully electric vehicle. His name is VW ID. Life.

There is no doubt that the automotive sector has undergone a drastic transformation in the last two or three years; transformation that will continue throughout this decade. For reasons that we may or may not share, traditional fuels are doomed to death, and it seems that the only alternative is electricity.

For a price close to 20.000 euros

According to Volkswagen, the ID. Life shows us a preview of the future urban model of the ID family company. The intention of the German house is that it is for sale in 2025 and that its price is around 20.000 eurosyes They affirm that they want to make mobility accessible to more people, but to a server it still seems like a savagery to pay 20.000 euros for a city car...

We have focused on the needs of younger customers. We believe that, even more so than it is today, the car of the future will be part of everyone's personal expression and lifestyle.

Aesthetically we could say that it looks like a "nice" or pleasant model with a certain personality. So much so that we even see it as too personal for a VW, that is, there are no prominent identifying features of the brand. If we remove the logos, I don't think the first idea that came to mind was that it is a Volkswagen vehicle.

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By the way, given that today every company seems to be forced to defend the environmentalism, the German house makes it clear that many solutions have been used, both exterior and interior, in the construction of the vehicle. It carries ecological materials and components created with recycled products.

If we take a look at interiorleaves no one indifferent. It carries eye-catching solutions, such as a video console, a projector and a projection screen. In addition, the seating arrangement is also very versatile, being able to completely fold down all the backrests and create a kind of lounge and even a bed up to 2 meters long.

But beyond that, it also stands out that it has cameras instead of rear-view mirrors and an impractical steering wheel due to its design and the touch controls it incorporates. Of course, smartphones can be integrated into the operating system and control functions such as navigation or music.

The first of the MEB platform with front-wheel drive and… 234 CV!

And let's not forget that this is a car and that we are in Actualidad Motor, where what we like most is to talk about engines. This Volkswagen ID. Life is based on smaller variant of the MEB platform for Volkswagen Group electrics.

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In fact, the ID. life is the first to use front wheel drive on this basis. And beware, because this "nice utility" is not short of power. The electric motor develops no less than 172 kW, which is 234 CV. Despite this, the acceleration from 0 to 100 is not brutal either, with 6,9 seconds. For its part, the prototype battery is 57 kWh and allows you to obtain a range of about 400 kilometers.