Earlier this 12 months, Volkswagen introduced that the upcoming 2024 Volkswagen ID.4 with an 82-kilowatt-hour battery may have extra energy and extra driving vary.
The primary change is the brand new rear drive unit rated at 210 kilowatts, which replaces the beforehand used 150-kW one. It has extra energy and can be extra environment friendly, which will increase the vary with out a change within the battery capability.
The producer has not introduced the complete specs but, however now the brand new 2024 Volkswagen ID.4 has been listed by the EPA, thus revealing the vary and effectivity numbers, which weren’t obtainable on the time of the announcement of the adjustments.
In the meanwhile, three rankings can be found for the ID.4 Professional, ID.4 AWD Professional, and ID.4 AWD Professional S trims. We guess that the information for different trim ranges will probably be introduced at a later level.
The rear-wheel drive ID.4 Professional has an EPA Mixed vary of 291 miles, which is 16 miles or 5.8% greater than beforehand. The 2 all-wheel-drive trims have been rated at 263 miles, which is 8 miles or 3.1% greater than earlier than.
This increase reveals to us that there’s nonetheless huge potential for making EVs extra environment friendly and boosting vary with out the necessity for higher-capacity batteries.
Vitality consumption, together with charging losses, of the 2024 Volkswagen ID.4 (82 kWh) is barely decrease than within the case of the 2023 mannequin 12 months.
The 2024 Volkswagen ID.4 Professional (with the identical 19-inch wheels, we consider) is rated at 113 MPGe or about 298 watt-hours per mile (5.4% enchancment).
The AWD model is about 10% much less environment friendly than the RWD at 102 MPGe or about 330 Wh/mi, nonetheless, it is 2.9% higher than the 2023 mannequin 12 months model.
In different phrases, the brand new rear-drive models carry extra energy, effectivity, and vary. Nevertheless, we’re curious whether or not Volkswagen will have the ability to provide such a model in quantity due to the manufacturing bottleneck of the brand new APP550 electrical motors, which already considerably affected a number of European crops and a number of MEB-based fashions.
Within the worst-case state of affairs of restricted drive unit provide, the improved 2024 ID.4 could enter the U.S. market later than initially deliberate (in early 2024).
Pricing
Pricing for the 2024 mannequin 12 months Volkswagen ID.4 has not been introduced but.
Native manufacturing of the Volkswagen ID.4 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in addition to native sourcing of lithium-ion batteries, allows the mannequin to be certified for the complete $7,500 federal tax credit score. It is anticipated that this is not going to change in 2024.