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Volkswagen Has A New Plan For EV Names. Here's What Comes Next


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Volkswagen Has A New Plan For EV Names. Here's What Comes Next

 

 

Here's What Comes Next

Goodbye, Volkswagen ID.2all. Hello, Volkswagen ID. Polo. Here's what comes after that.

 

Volkswagen has announced a pivot away from unique names for its electric vehicles, like ID. 4 and so on. 

Instead, VW will lean on established nameplates and familiar models, starting with the ID.2all becoming the ID. Polo and ID. Polo GTI.

An ID. Cross SUV is coming soon, an electric counterpart to the popular Volkswagen T-Cross.

The so-called "legacy" car companies have faced an interesting conundrum in recent years: what on Earth are they supposed to call their electric vehicles? Do they give these things unique names, or lean on the strength of the established models that everyone knows and loves? 

 

More and more, they're moving toward the latter plan. Volkswagen is the latest to make such a move, announcing today that the VW ID.2all compact electric hatchback will go into production as the ID. Polo. And, in great news for gearheads everywhere, it will come with a faster and more powerful ID. Polo GTI version as well.

 

 

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In light of slow EV sales, the ID.2all play-on-word name seems a little out of touch or presumptuous.  I can see wanting to change that one.  I personally liked it but think others probably prefer Polo.  Not that a new name will suddenly make it far more appealing though it can’t hurt.

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