Say good day to the all-new Volkswagen ID.7 Tourer, VW’s first-ever series-production all-electric wagon. It has the identical face because the sedan however a rear finish that may match much more stuff, making it a good selection for individuals who want extra room to haul issues each day, all whereas holding the emissions stage to zero. So long as they dwell in Europe, that’s.
The ID.7 Tourer comes scorching on the heels of one other current electrical wagon unveil–the BMW i5 Touring–however not like the BMW, VW’s providing needs to be a bit extra inexpensive. We don’t know the official pricing of the brand new ID.7 Tourer but (some estimates say it is going to begin at round $50,000), nevertheless it’s certain to be cheaper than the roughly $78,000 BMW is asking for for the bottom i5 Touring.
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That is the Volkswagen ID.7 Tourer, the German firm’s first electrical wagon. It comes with the identical bells and whistles as its fastback-bodied sibling however has a bigger trunk that may match extra stuff.
VW’s household hauler will get the identical guts as its fastback sibling, that means a alternative of two battery packs. The entry-level ID.7 Tourer Professional will get juice from a 77-kilowatt-hour pack that may settle for as much as 175 kW of energy from a appropriate DC quick charger for a ten to 80 p.c top-up in about 28 minutes. The ID.7 Tourer Professional S will get a barely larger, 86-kWh battery that may be recharged at as much as 200 kW, which signifies that going from 10 to 80% state of cost ought to take “considerably lower than half-hour,” based on the German automaker.
VW doesn’t say what the anticipated vary of the entry-level battery pack is, nevertheless it does point out that the massive pack has a “forecasted” most vary of 685 kilometers (425 miles) on a full cost, presumably on the WLTP cycle, because the ID.7 Tourer will not make it to America. And if there’s one thing we learn about vary estimates, it’s that the WLTP figures are normally 20% extra optimistic than the EPA numbers. In different phrases, the window sticker may say 340 miles of vary if the electrical wagon was to ever come stateside.
Regardless of the battery pack, although, the ID.7 Tourer will probably be out there with a single supply of motivation within the type of a rear-mounted electrical motor that makes 210 kW (281 hp) and 402 pound-feet (545 Newton-meters) of torque. It’s the identical APP550 electrical drive system that powers the sedan model of the ID.7 and is touted as being extra highly effective and environment friendly than the APP310 unit that powers the entry-level ID.3 EV.
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Moreover, the battery is routinely preconditioned for quick charging when utilizing the so-called Electrical automobile Route Planner–simply set a DC quick charger as a vacation spot on the navigation system and the automobile will handle the remainder.
In the case of hauling cargo, the ID.7 Tourer can accommodate as much as 21.3 cubic ft (605 liters) of stuff with the rear seats within the cargo place (in different phrases, with the seatbacks of their most upright place), whereas the full capability is 60.5 cubic ft (1,714 liters) with the rear seats folded and cargo as much as the roof. With the rear seatbacks reclined, the cargo house is eighteen.7 cubic ft (532 l).
Identical to the ID.7 sedan, the Tourer EV comes with a reasonably lengthy record of normal tools together with ED headlights and tail lights, an augmented actuality head-up show, dual-zone automated local weather management, heated entrance seats, and the synthetic intelligence bot often called ChatGPT, which might reply to every kind of requests by means of the automobile’s IDA voice assistant.
As an possibility, the ID.7 Tourer could be specced with a wise glass panoramic roof that may be made opaque on the press of a button due to its polymer-dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) layer.
Curiously, the ID.7 Tourer has precisely the identical dimensions because the ID.7 fastback, which is fairly uncommon within the automotive trade. Each measure 195.3 inches (4,961 millimeters) lengthy, 73.3 in (1,862 mm) large, and 60.4 in (1,536 mm) tall, whereas the wheelbase is 116.9 in (2,971 mm). Normally, the wagon model of a sedan is longer, however not this time.
The Volkswagen ID.7 Tourer will go on sale later this yr in Europe. Right here within the U.S., solely the fastback model of the ID.7 will probably be out there beginning within the second half of 2024.
Replace: this text has been tweaked to raised mirror the truth that the ID.7 Tourer is not going to be out there in the US.