volkswagen id.3

Volkswagen's range of electric vehicles is about to hit the roads in Europe, with Australia lagging a couple of years behind. When the Volkswagen ID.4 does finally arrive Down Under, however, it's expected to have a starting price under $50,000. Speaking to media after the Frankfurt motor show, Volkswagen Australia product planning boss, Jeff Shafer said he's looking forward to welcoming the ID electric range and is confident it'll be sharply priced.

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Volkswagen has ripped the silks off its first mass-market, fully-electric vehicle, the VW ID.3, with an expected starting price below €30,000 ($48,000) in Europe. The pint-sized electric car is "around the size of a Golf, with the interior space of a Passat and the acceleration of a GTI", and is based the modular MEB architecture that will underpin a large selection of Volkswagen Group electric vehicles in the years ahead.

Volkswagen has confirmed it will unveil its redesigned logo at the 2019 Frankfurt motor show, which takes place in September. While the automaker hasn't officially revealed the new identity, we've already seen it undisguised on a number of eighth-generation Golf prototypes (above). Compared to the current badge (below), the refreshed design has slimmer lettering and a thinner surrounding circle.

Photographers have snapped the upcoming Volkswagen ID. Crozz during development testing in Europe, ahead of its global market launch sometime during 2020. Where the ID.3 hatchback will be around the same size as a Golf, the ID. Crozz is said to be similar in physical dimensions to the popular Tiguan – slotting somewhere between the TIguan and Tiguan Allspace.