SEAT will play a leading role in the electric offensive that the Volkswagen Group will carry out. The Spanish manufacturer will be in charge of carrying out the serial production of the new small electric cars that will be released by the CUPRA, Skoda and Volkswagen brands. Some models that will be key in the process of massification of the 100% electric car in Europe.
The presentation of the new battery factory for electric cars that the Volkswagen Group will build in Spain It has generated a lot of headlines. However, and parallel to the announcement of what will be the first Gigafactory of batteries in Spanish territory, the German automobile conglomerate has given some hints about another important announcement for our automotive industry. And it has to do with the allocation of three new all-electric models.
SEAT will be in charge of manufacturing the new small electric cars for CUPRA, Skoda and Volkswagen. The Spanish manufacturer will play a leading role in the electrification process that these brands are carrying out. And it is that these new 100% electric utility vehicles will be key when it comes to promoting electric mobility and, above all, bringing the electric car closer to the masses.
This project will suppose that SEAT invests more than 3,000 million euros to be able to manufacture this new family of models. But what models are they? The Volkswagen Group has made public some new advances. Let’s go into detail.
CUPRA UrbalRebel, waiting for the Born’s “little brother”
We begin this review of the new electric cars that will bear the “Made in Spain” seal with the brand CUPRA. The expected “little brother” of the CUPRA Born was anticipated about a year ago through a conceptual model. The The CUPRA UrbanRebel Concept lays the foundations for a utility vehicle that will be positioned halfway between general and premium models.
This model, whose price is expected to be below or around €25,000 after subtracting aid and promotions, will be supported by the MEB Entry platform. A variant of the architecture designed by the Volkswagen Group for battery electric cars. The aforementioned platform will also be used by the alternatives offered by the Skoda and Volkswagen brands.
The CUPRA’s first urban electric car It will be ready to storm European dealerships at some point in 2025. And, in the words of Wayne Griffiths, Executive Chairman of CUPRA, “it will have a provocative design”. CUPRA Rabal is one of the names being considered for this model.
Skoda previews its new small electric car
The Skoda brand has also been working on the design and development of a new small electric car. A model that should take the place left by the Skoda Citigo iV and also attack a higher category, segment B. The Czech manufacturer has hardly given any information about this future launch. However, and on the occasion of the presentation of the new battery factory of the Volkswagen Group in Spain, a first sketch has been published.
Thomas Schäfer, CEO of Skoda, assured at the time that this new electric car, whose name is unknown, will differ from the models marketed by CUPRA and Volkswagen. All this despite the fact that at a technical level they will have a close relationship. The little that the first official advance reveals suggests a design and shapes close to the Skoda Fabia. A five-door hatchback body.
The sale price will be below €20,000 once the available aid and discounts are applied. It will have to deal with electric models as popular as the Peugeot e-208 and the Opel Corsa-e.
Volkswagen ID.1, a 100% electric alternative to the Polo
Last but not least, we must focus on the electric car of the Volkswagen brand that SEAT will produce in Spain. The very interesting advance published by the German company clearly shows the forms of a utility vehicle. A model that will occupy the position of access to the range ID. of electric cars. This vehicle will predictably be baptized with the name of Volkswagen ID.1 and is called to be the cheapest electric of the brand once the marketing of the veteran Volkswagen e-up! is completed.
The ID.1 will be the “little brother» Volkswagen ID.3 and, roughly speaking, we can describe it as a 100% electric Volkswagen Polo. It will also be supported by the MEB Entry platform and the price, as in the rest of the electrics listed in this article, will be decisive. At the time, senior Volkswagen officials indicated that the objective is to place it below €20,000. A figure that will be reached, logically, by applying aid and discounts.
It will also have to face models like the Peugeot e-208 and the Renault ZOE. The new ID.1 will be ready to attack the dealers of the Old Continent by 2025.
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