Volkswagen introduced Wednesday that it’s going to delay the arrival of its ID.7 electrical hatchback for the U.S. and Canada.
VW didn’t present a revised timeline for the ID.7’s arrival. It was initially due later this 12 months, for the 2025 mannequin 12 months.
In a press release on the delay, it cited two causes behind the change: altering market dynamics, and the stronger-than-anticipated demand for its Tourer variant in Europe.
“After the introduction of the ID.7 Tourer, buyer demand for the fashions is greater than anticipated, particularly in Germany,” stated Volkswagen of America. The ID.7 hatchback went on sale in Europe final 12 months, whereas the ID.7 Tourer, a wagon model, is now being delivered there.
2025 Volkswagen ID.7 Tourer
The corporate confirmed to Inexperienced Automobile Studies that this doesn’t have an effect on U.S. rollout timing for the ID.Buzz, which stays set for an arrival later in 2024. A refreshed 2024 VW ID.4 electrical SUV can be arriving at dealerships, with a few of the lineup getting an improved interface, extra energy, and vary enhancements.
VW earlier this month revealed an preliminary U.S. characteristic set for its ID.Buzz electrical van, that are set to reach within the U.S. in a long-wheelbase kind roughly two years after they arrived in Europe.
Volkswagen ID.7
In a preview drive of the 2025 VW ID.7, greater than a 12 months in the past, Inexperienced Automobile Studies discovered that the ID.7 dealt with effectively and delivered a great deal of passenger area, in an aerodynamically savvy bundle that aimed to maximise vary. However VW determined to not carry the ID.7 to the U.S. with probably the most driving vary, in its largest and fastest-charging battery configuration.
Usually, Volkswagen has chosen to launch its electrical automobile merchandise within the U.S. later than in its house European market. Nevertheless it’s working so as to add a sequence of inexpensive U.S.-built electrical vehicles from a brand new Scout EV model. These are set for first deliveries within the U.S. first, in 2026.