Volkswagen EV drivers in Europe will quickly be capable of play video video games whereas they cost.
The automaker introduced Monday that it’ll add the AirConsole gaming platform to sure fashions in some European international locations beginning in mid September. VW plans to develop availability to extra European international locations by the tip of 2024 or early 2025, however didn’t focus on U.S. availability.
2025 Volkswagen ID.7 Tourer
AirConsole, which can be out there within the BMW i5, runs as an app on automobile infotainment methods, however depends on customers’ smartphones as controllers. Automobiles should be positioned in park to make use of this characteristic, which incorporates single-player and multiplayer choices.
The gaming characteristic launches on the VW ID.7 Tourer, the wagon model of the ID.7 hatchback. This mannequin was by no means supposed for the U.S., though the usual hatchback model was initially attributable to arrive on this market later this 12 months, as a 2025 mannequin. VW in Could delayed the discharge of the U.S.-market ID.7, although, and hasn’t set a revised timeline for its arrival.
2025 Volkswagen ID.7 Tourer
Together with the ID.7, VW plans to supply in-vehicle gaming on the ID.5, ID.4, and ID.3 EVs (solely the ID.4 is offered within the U.S.), in addition to the internal-combustion Golf, Passat, and Tiguan.
VW didn’t point out plans to supply AirConsole gaming within the ID.Buzz electrical van, which is lastly attributable to attain the U.S. sellers later this 12 months with a base value of $61,545 and as much as 234 miles of EPA vary (these numbers aren’t for a similar automobile). Whereas it is also offered as a cargo van in Europe, the ID.Buzz is obtainable within the U.S. solely as a three-row passenger van—which would appear like utility for built-in gaming.