Volkswagen late on Tuesday offered the following salvo in its EV onslaught within the type of the ID.7, a mid-size sedan that can fill in for the Passat within the U.S.

VW has solely proven a camouflaged prototype, although the automaker has additionally offered a have a look at the inside. The prototype is because of make an look on the 2023 CES in Las Vegas, which runs Jan. 5-8, and can seem with out the camo gear within the second quarter of 2023.

Related prototypes for the ID.7 have been noticed within the wild for greater than a 12 months, and VW additionally previewed the design final June with the ID.Aero idea automobile. The design of the ID.7 has been toned down considerably in comparison with the ID.Aero, although it’s nonetheless shaping as much as be a sexy choice on the EV market because of its coupe-like profile and typical ID styling cues.

The ID.7 has a protracted 116.9-inch wheelbase and is predicted to have an total size of about 197 inches. Underpinning it’s VW Group’s MEB platform designed for mainstream EVs, and the utmost vary as measured by the EPA is predicted to lie north of 300 miles.

VW describes the ID.7 because the flagship of its ID household of EVs, and in line with this positioning the automaker has packed the sedan with top-shelf cabin expertise. Confirmed options embody an augmented actuality head-up show, a 15-inch touchscreen for infotainment, and a climate-control system that may direct air at an occupant or spatially to cowl the cabin. VW has additionally included contact sliders for most of the controls, which is usually a ache to make use of when driving, although the automaker has additionally included voice activation that may function an alternative choice to the contact sliders in lots of instances.

China would be the first marketplace for the ID.7, with gross sales to start out there within the second half of 2023. Gross sales in North America and Europe will observe shortly after, which means it’s going to possible arrive within the U.S. as a 2024 mannequin.

Whereas the ID.7 will function the religious successor to the Passat that was dropped within the U.S. after 2022, a redesigned Passat is being developed for the remainder of the world, presumably as a wagon solely.

VW has extra ID EVs on the best way, because the ID.7 is one simply 10 EVs the automaker will launch by 2026. The U.S. lastly will get the ID.Buzz minivan subsequent 12 months, and can in all probability additionally see a three-row SUV concerning the dimension of the present Atlas mid-sizer. A wagon model of the ID.7 can be a risk, as is a crossover concerning the dimension of the Tiguan. Elsewhere, VW plans an up to date model of its ID.3 compact hatch, a brand new ID.2 subcompact crossover, and the much-hyped Venture Trinity technological flagship.

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This text was initially printed by Motor Authority, an editorial associate of ClassicCars.com.