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The new Volkswagen ID 1 will be the smallest model in the brand’s line-up of bespoke electric cars. Previously hinted at in a teaser sketch, it will use the new front-drive MEB First platform and be one of four models built on the platform.
Volkswagen will also build the ID.2 on the same platform.

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The front-drive MEB First platform will allow for more cost-effective lithium-iron-phosphate batteries, and the economies of scale planned should help to substantially reduce costs. This means the target price of under £20,000 should be acheivable.

"In spite of all the challenges, Volkswagen is also working on an electric car at a price of less than 20,000 euros," the automaker said in the press release dedicated to the ID. 2all Concept. The more affordable model VW is working on is likely the sister vehicle to the Cupra UrbanRebel and an as-yet-unnamed Skoda model that Volkswagen Group plans to build in Martorell, Spain.

The front-drive MEB Entry platform will be combined with more affordable lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) batteries, which should help reduce costs.

Schäfter said that new machine won't be built alongside the MEB Entry models in Spain, and that a production location had not been confirmed. He did note that it could be hard to produce the machine to meet the target price in Europe. One option could be to look into production in a country such as India where Skoda, which is leading the group's efforts in the region, has a major focus.

The Volkswagen ID.1 will be twinned with the ID.2all which is larger and more of a crossover style.

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