Volkswagen Aims for a Range of 600 km With its MEB Platform

The electric models in the ID range that Volkswagen is gradually rolling are built on an EV-dedicated platform, the MEB architecture. The automaker wants to exploit that platform to a fuller extent, and so during a recent presentation to its investors, it revealed its goal to make this platform even more efficient by offering more range.

Specifically, Volkswagen outlined some upcoming changes to that MEB platform, and with those it wants to find a way to increase the range available with its ID models to 700 km on the European WLTP cycle – which translates into something around 600 km by our standards.

In Europe, the ID.5 Pro Performance has a range of 513 km with the largest battery offered, which is 82 kWh (77 usable kWh), again on the European cycle. while the ID.4 currently offers 431 km there (after initially offering a range of 402 km).

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Either way you calculate things, we’d be looking at a significant increase if Volkswagen were able to increase range to 600 km or more in North America. In doing so, another benefit to consumers beyond the obvious would be a raising of the bar that other automakers would be compelled to try to match.

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