{"id":1237213,"date":"2025-03-05T13:00:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T18:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1237213"},"modified":"2025-03-05T13:00:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T18:00:36","slug":"volkswagen-gets-the-message-cheap-stylish-evs-coming-from-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1237213","title":{"rendered":"Volkswagen gets the message: Cheap, stylish EVs coming from 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A surprise find in my inbox this morning: news from Volkswagen about a pair of new electric vehicles it has in the works. Even better, they&#8217;re both small and affordable, bucking the supersized, overpriced trend of the past few years. But before we get too excited, there&#8217;s currently no guarantee either will go on sale in North America.<\/p>\n<p>Next year sees the European debut of the ID. 2all, a small electric hatchback that VW wants to sell for less than 25,000 euros ($26,671). But the ID. 2all isn&#8217;t really news: VW showed off the concept, as well as a GTI version, back in September 2023.<\/p>\n<p>What is new is the ID. EVERY1, an all-electric entry-level car that, if the concept is anything to go by, is high on style and charm. It does not have a retro shape like a <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/cars\/2023\/09\/2025-mini-cooper-and-countryman-evs-bring-more-range-style\/\">Mini<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/cars\/2024\/08\/why-the-fiat-500e-could-be-your-ideal-second-ev\/\">Fiat 500<\/a>\u2014VW could easily have succumbed to a retread of the Giugiaro-styled Golf from 1976 but opted for something new instead. The design language involves three pillars: stability, likability, and surprise elements, or &#8220;secret sauce,&#8221; according to VW&#8217;s description.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/cars\/2025\/03\/volkswagen-gets-the-message-cheap-stylish-evs-coming-from-2026\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/cars\/2025\/03\/volkswagen-gets-the-message-cheap-stylish-evs-coming-from-2026\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A surprise find in my inbox this morning: news from Volkswagen about a pair of new electric vehicles it has in the works. Even better, they&#8217;re both small and affordable, bucking the supersized, overpriced trend of the past few years. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1237213\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,44,110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1237213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ars-technica","category-technology","category-unfiltered-rss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1237213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1237213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1237213\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1237213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1237213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1237213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}