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Friday, February 7, 2025

news February 07, 2025

Volkswagen id.1 Electric best car in 2025

Volkswagen ID.1: the heir to the Lupo, Fox, and up! Approaching, here she is early.

Volkswagen id.1 electric car 2025

Volkswagen's electric strategy is gradually being implemented. The last milestone, the ID.1 is taking shape. With an R4 look, will it target the Twingo?

Renault was the first to advance its pawns on the chessboard of electric city cars. A play in three acts, starting in January 2021 with the R5 Prototype, at the Paris Motor Show in 2022, with the R4 Concept, then finally in the autumn of 2023, with the Renault Legend announcing the future Twingo of 2026.

Volkswagen is therefore slightly behind and has opted for a trifecta in a different order.

Volkswagen started with the SUV

Volkswagen first unveiled, in September 2021 at the Munich Motor Show, the ID.Life prototype, an urban SUV targeting the R4, then, in March 2023, the ID.2all, which will compete against the R5.

In addition, with the ID.2, the Wolfsburg brand has changed its tune, abandoning the overly avant-garde style of the ID.3, ID.4 and ID.5 that did not please its customers to return to a more expressive formal register.

Volkswagen id.3

However, without falling into neo-retro as much as Renault, a score that the German brand has already played with the New Beetle and Beetle and that it is still playing with the ID. Buzz.

The latest milestone to date is the very first teaser of its future ID1, presented this week: a city car for less than €20,000, which will be on the ropes of the Renault Twingo.

Volkswagen id.4

However, the transition from concepts to production was delayed at Volkswagen when it was ignited.

source: https://www.automobile-magazine.fr/

A concept in a few days

To make us wait, Volkswagen will present a concert on March 5, 2025, cultivating the filiation with the Lupo, which was its entry-level model between 1998 and 2005.

A model that made a big difference between the efficient 3L version and the turbulent Lupo GTI. Will the future ID.1 cast such a wide net?

In any case, it will see the light of day in Europe, the historic Seat plant in Martorell will be solicited for the Volkswagen ID.2, the Cupra Raval and two other small electric models also designed on the reworked MEB technical platform – the proximity of the electric pole producing the batteries being an asset.

Volkswagen has discovered ID for nearly two years. 2 All the concept as a window on the future of their electric car of € 25,000 € ($ $).

This future is not, as a production model will not arrive at the market before next year. However, VW is already impatient to see an EV of cheaper. It has nothing but this Teaser Dact a good idea of his appearance. Full discovery will take the beginning of March.

VW promises that the entrance-level EV will have a departure price of about $ 20,000 ($ 20,800) when selling in 2027. It is not clear if it will be called ID. 1 or something else, but as you reported, VW presented a "Christ" ID "with the Union Union Union's Union Officer (EUIP) This is probably the first name of the previous machine here, I have to be mean that the road model will be called ID. 1 and 1

Volkswagen had the purpose of the code of ID. 1 with Renault, but The two car producers finally decided to divide last year. French has already seen relictual twingo, a given electrical car to sell in 2026, about a year before identity.

1 in 2024, Renault, CEO, Luo, Sano Lune, Disney The collaboration as a "lost opportunity." Like the low VW, the new Twingo will cost about 20,000 €.

Volkswagen ID. 2 All the concept

ID. 2 Rolling on Play Meb Platform. The opposite of the usual used for ID. The 3 more Electric cars will be mostly conceived for anterior progress machines. The battery size was not detected but id2. All had an estimated of the estimated 280 miles (450 miles). It took about 20 minutes to rebuild the battery from 10% to 80%

MEan while VW has shown ID. 1 today at a meeting with factory employees in Wolfsburg. General Director of Firm Thomas Schäfer did not miss The opportunity to throw the media: "A high-electrical volzagen for electrical-electrical - is the champions League for vehicle engineer!"

source: https://www.motor1.com/

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Monday, February 3, 2025

electric cars February 03, 2025

New 2025 BMW iX

New 2025 BMW iX: all the info and photos of the largest BMW electric SUV

New 2025 BMW iX

The largest of BMW's electric SUVs, the BMW iX, which set the tone in short, is going through a restyling. It's an opportunity to change his physique a little but above all to evolve on a technical level. We take stock.

Like the BMW 7 Series "Bangle" at the turn of the millennium, the BMW iX - stemming from the Vision iNext concept from 2018 - surprised everyone when it was presented in the fall of 2020. A year later, he transformed the test drive into a production model while being an aesthetic manifesto and a technological laboratory. A vast program!

Now halfway through its career, we can see its influence on the design of the range. It has been given a sober but clearly visible restyling coupled with a technical evolution, allowing it to stay one step ahead of the competition. The launch of the restyled BMW iX will take place in spring 2025. BMW is targeting core markets: the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.

For the restyled BMW iX, this starts with the definition of a new range consisting of the 45, 60, and 70 versions instead of the 40, 50, and 60. In detail, the 45 version, which replaces the 40, gains 82 hp, for a total of 408 electric horsepower for a torque value of 700 Nm (+70 Nm). At the heart of the range, the BMW iX 60 (which takes over from the BMW iX 50 and not the BMW iX M60) has an additional 21 hp (544 hp).

The BMW iX remakes its ranges

For the restyled BMW iX, this starts with the definition of a new range consisting of the 45, 60, and 70 versions instead of the 40, 50, and 60. In detail, the 45 version, which replaces the 40, gains 82 hp, for a total of 408 electric horsepower for a torque value of 700 Nm (+70 Nm). At the heart of the range, the BMW iX 60 (which takes over from the BMW iX 50 and not the BMW iX M60) has an additional 21 hp (544 hp).

Finally, the BMW iX M70 has increased by 40 hp compared to the BMW iX M60 and now tops the offer with 659 hp for a torque value of 1,100 Nm (+85 Nm). The technical specifications of the latter do not change in terms of top speed, remaining electronically limited to 250 km/h, nevertheless, the 0 to 100 km/h exercise increases from 3.8 to 3.5 seconds.

The restyled BMW iX xDrive 45

408 hp at 8,000 pm
700 Nm from 0 to 5,000 rpm0 to 100 in 5.1 sec
vmax 200 km/h
autonomy WLTP : 490 - 602 km

The restyled BMW iX xDrive 60

544 hp at 8,000 pm
765 Nm from 0 to 5,000 rpm0 to 100 in 4.6 sec
vmax 200 km/h
Autonomy WLTP : 563 - 701 km

The restyled BMW iX M70 xDrive

659 hp at 13,000 rpm,100 Nm from 0 to 5,000 rpmpmto 100 in 3.5 sec
vmax 250 km/h
WLTP autonomy : 521 - 600 km

The restyled BMW ix also benefits from new cell technology for the batteries with, according to the manufacturer, an improved energy efficiency of around 30% or 94.8 kWh while the charging power is increased to 175 kW for the BMW iX xDrive45. The 60 and 70 versions have high-voltage batteries at 109.1 kWh and 108.9 kWh respectively, with a maximum charging power of 195 kW in both cases.

And in alternating current, the charge is 22 kW. The aim is to increase the range to 700 km for the xDrive60 version, i.e. a gain in range of 60 km, to be verified during our independent measurements. BMW mentions 600 km for the xDrive45 and M70 xDrive.

If only by its look, the restyling of the BMW iX is clearly visible. This Phase 2 adopts a Neue Klasse-style light signature. While the shape of the bumper is characterized by vertical side scoops framing a grille with a diagonal striped pattern, it is the filiation with the new BMW X3 that is neat. We can also see in its stripes a bit of the recently restyled VolvoXC90. To align rowing and plumage, the BMW iX also raises the tone with an M Sport package delivered as standard on the top 70 version, which now has 23-inch wheels.

At the rear, the cosmetic changes are more subtle with a verticalization of the reflectors that modifies the contours of the black insert at the bottom of the bumper while the lights adopt a red texture and are no longer crystalline. No need for more.

No inner revolution, just more connectivity

New 2025 BMW iX

In the cabin, there are no major changes, in fact at its launch in the fall of 2021, the BMW iX set the tone with an instrument cluster on a double panoramic panel. This interface was subsequently adopted by the entire range during model renewals and restyling (the facelifted BMW 3 Series can attest to this). There is therefore no need for the BMW iX to modify its furniture.

The change is more about the BMW 8.5 operating system and technological treats such as audio and video streaming as well as in-car games, a way of going to Tesla's toes. In addition, connectivity is optimized thanks to 5G mobile radio antennas. For access, the BMW Digital Key can call on your smartphone with easy sharing and individually configurable access rights.

.Source: https://www.automobile-magazine.fr/