Volkswagen has revealed ID.7 because the identify for the subsequent mannequin in its ID electric-vehicle household, and this week at CES in Las Vegas it’s displaying a “digital camouflage” prototype of the ID.7 forward of a production-bound reveal later this 12 months. 

Based mostly on the ID.Aero idea automotive that VW had already confirmed was U.S.-bound, the ID.7 is a big sedan with a tapered, coupe-like roof and an emphasis on aerodynamics. At 194.5 inches lengthy, it’s in regards to the size of a Tesla Mannequin S and constructed on a protracted 116.9-inch wheelbase. However with a top of 60.2 inches, it’s a bit taller than most different current sedans, electrical or not—in order to suit a spacious cabin above the battery pack. 

Volkswagen launched no details about the ID.7 idea’s technical specs, however it’s constructed on Volkswagen’s MEB platform that already underpins the ID.4 in addition to a number of different fashions provided in China and Europe.

Volkswagen ID.7

Within the Aero, it might in its longest-wheelbase kind—just like the upcoming ID.Buzz—provide a battery pack with roughly 90 kwh of usable vitality, guarantees “a variety of as much as roughly 700 kilometers.” That’s on the European WLTP cycle; VW isn’t but prepared to counsel what that can quantity to on the EPA cycle, however we suspect that it’ll imply within the neighborhood of 350 miles in at the least one model. VW hasn’t even but confirmed the drive configuration, though we anticipate each rear-motor and dual-motor variations. 

Whereas this particular model for CES could intently resemble the manufacturing automotive, it might really be a bit difficult to see among the up-close contouring particulars of the ID.7 in a correct gentle. Along with being offered in “sensible camouflage,” the idea wears 40-layer pearlescent paintwork that creates its personal gentle and depth results on the automobile’s surfacing—by precise electroluminescent layers which are conductive and might be electrified to emphasised 

Volkswagen ID.7

Volkswagen ID.7

Volkswagen ID.7

Past the cloaked inside, VW previews what seems to be a not-too-distant interface improve contained in the ID.7. A “new show idea” ups the touchscreen to fifteen.0 inches, brings in illuminated contact slides, and provides an augmented actuality head-up show. Air con controls at the moment are built-in into the highest degree of the infotainment interface, and an clever vent system can preemptively warmth or cool the automobile, detecting when the motive force approaches. 

The production-bound ID.7 is because of be bought in China, Europe, and America, and it’ll go on sale within the U.S. in 2024. Volkswagen says that the ID.7 shall be produced at its Emden, Germany, plant beginning in