Volkswagen Delivers 1.5 Millionth ID. Mannequin!

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Final Up to date on: fifteenth August 2025, 08:01 pm

Volkswagen made an enormous choice to speed up significantly into the electrical future a number of years in the past after getting busted for its dieselgate crimes. As a large within the auto trade, Volkswagen’s huge bulletins about its ID. program had been an announcement for the entire trade and an thrilling step ahead for the world. Some challenges arose with the launch of the ID.3 and software program limitations at delays at the moment, however Volkswagen pushed by.

Now, Volkswagen sells the ID.3, ID.4, ID.5, ID.7, and ID. Buzz. It’s one of many greatest and finest EV mannequin lineups on this planet. The ID.4 is now the one legacy car within the listing of high 20 plugin automobiles on this planet. The ID.3, ID.4, and ID.7 are all high 10 electrical automobiles in Europe. General, the ID. program has change into a profitable EV program, and Volkswagen has one other huge milestone on that to share at the moment.

An ID.7 Tourer Professional was delivered at the moment. That might simply be one other electrical mannequin from Volkswagen, nevertheless it was a particular one, because it was the 1.5 millionth ID. mannequin delivered from Volkswagen.

“Within the presence of the Minister President of Decrease Saxony Olaf Lies, the 1.5 millionth automobile worldwide from the all-electric ID. household was at the moment handed over to a buyer on the Volkswagen plant in Emden. The anniversary automobile is a black ID.7 Tourer Professional, which raises the bar in its class with a variety of as much as 606 kilometers,” Volkswagen writes.

“In recent times, the Group has invested over one billion euros in changing it into an solely electrical automobile manufacturing facility. Apart from Zwickau and Gläserne Manufaktur Dresden, Emden is the one Volkswagen plant worldwide devoted solely to electrical automobiles. Additional ID. fashions are rolling off the manufacturing strains in Hanover and Chattanooga (USA), in addition to in Foshan, Changsha and Anting (all China).”

“1.5 million ID. fashions delivered – this clearly reveals that Volkswagen is a pioneer within the area of electromobility,” added Martin Sander, Volkswagen board member for gross sales, advertising and marketing, and after gross sales.

The primary ID. fashions had been delivered virtually 5 years in the past, in September 2020. So, whereas the 1.5 million milestone is thrilling, and one which not many EV producers can lay declare to, the reality is that rather more could possibly be performed. Tesla delivered extra EVs final yr, and greater than that the yr earlier than. BYD offered 2.14 million plugin automobiles in simply the primary 6 months of 2025. I get it — Volkswagen faces totally different challenges from BYD and Tesla. Nonetheless, it’s clear there’s demand for a lot of extra electrical automobiles when performed proper and marketed effectively.

Nevertheless, I don’t wish to take credit score away from Volkswagen at the moment. As famous, it’s main legacy automakers in numerous methods. It’s electrifying. May it accomplish that extra shortly? Presumably, sure. There’s all the time room for enchancment. However it appears to be making an attempt, and 1.5 million absolutely electrical automobiles is 1.5 million greater than zero.

Oh, and I forgot to notice — Volkswagen is by far the chief in electrical automobile gross sales in Europe total. It has plenty of electrical fashions, and plenty of extra if you happen to depend all of Volkswagen Group. Customers respect the selection and are shopping for up all types of EVs from the corporate.

“This confirms that our portfolio comprises the automobiles our clients want. As an organization, we’re on the fitting path. Volkswagen stays a trailblazer within the ramp-up part of electromobility,” Sander added.

Let’s get again to that 1.5 millionth automobile for a second. “The ID.7 embodies the power of Decrease Saxony and is proof of the state’s potential to rework,” Decrease Saxony Minister President Olaf Lies acknowledged.

For positive, there might be way more to have a good time in coming years. Volkswagen is bringing the ID. 2all to market subsequent yr at a value of lower than €25,000, after which is bringing the ID. EVERY1 to market at a value of roughly €20,000 in 2027. “The aim is obvious: Volkswagen desires to make electromobility accessible to all people – inexpensive, dependable and sustainable,” Sander added.