It was back in March 2018 when Volkswagen signaled its ambition toward coming out with a large electric sedan by unveiling the ID. Vizzion concept. Fast forward a little over five years later, and the subsequent production version is almost here. Later today, the wraps are finally going to come off the ID.7, the sixth EV of the ID series after the ID.3 through ID.6 models and the ID. Buzz. Side note – an Atlas-sized ID.8 large SUV is planned.
Riding on the same MEB platform as the rest of the ID models, the ID.7 we tested in prototype form had a rear-wheel-drive layout. Its electric motor mounted at the back had 282 horsepower and 402 pound-feet (545 Newton-meters) of torque and got its necessary juice from an 82-kWh battery pack with a usable capacity of 77 kWh. Helped by a low drag coefficient of 0.23, the zero-emission sedan should realistically cover roughly 300 miles on a single charge. As always, the official range figure will vary from one test cycle to the other.
