Recently, Volkswagen has announced an investment of 460 million of euros at its factory in Wolfsburg, Germany. That can only mean the adequacy for the arrival of new electric models at these facilities. It is confirmed that the Volkswagen ID.3 update will be done there, although there will also be a new SUV that will improve everything we have seen to date. It is the expected electric with 700 kilometers of autonomy which will employ an evolution of its current architecture.
The MEB+ platform It was already confirmed last summer. It is an update of the well-known MEB that will allow greater autonomy and higher charging speeds for the cars that use it. The provisional figure they could reach would be 700 kilometers on a single charge, which is already significantly more than the 520 kilometers they get in others like the Volkswagen ID.5. They also talk about fast charges at 175-200 kW to surpass the current ones that do not reach 150 kW.
And the first model that would carry that MEB+ platform, which would also be manufactured at the Wolfsburg plant, would be a compact SUV that would complement those in the current range. In fact, many already anticipate that it could be the Volkswagen ID Tiguan, an electric version of that model that has brought so much joy to the German brand in recent years. It seems that it will be complemented by the combustion versions, although it must be made clear that this model is still in the development phase and its arrival is not planned. until the year 2026.
And if we talk about the improvements after the investment of 460 million euros in the Wolfsburg factoryIt must be said that it will be one of the largest and most advanced in the world. It currently makes combustion models such as the Volkswagen Golf, the Tiguan or the Touran and employs about 60,000 workers. With the injection of money it will be prepared to produce electric models, with the next ID.3 (which will also continue to be produced in Zwickau) and with the future ID Tiguan. In addition, it could later receive the flagship of the brand, which will be made on the SSP platform.