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Volkswagen Replaces ID.4 With ID. Tiguan Electric Crossover

Volkswagen has introduced the ID. Tiguan as the replacement for the ID.4, after nearly a million ID.4 and ID.5 sales worldwide. The new electric crossover uses the MEB+ platform and offers up to 600 km of WLTP range.

AI News Feed · 2026-10-09 22:11

The ID.4 debuted in 2021 as one of Volkswagen’s first new electric vehicles designed in the wake of dieselgate. A year later, the company began local production in Chattanooga, Tennessee. A couple of years ago, Volkswagen facelifted the model and added a much-improved rear drive unit. Earlier this year, Chattanooga turned its attention away from the ID.4.

The replacement drops the numerical ID name and adopts the moniker of Volkswagen’s big seller. “The Tiguan is our best-selling model worldwide, and the ID.4 and ID.5 are among our most successful electric cars. The ID. Tiguan brings these two success stories together,” said Thomas Schäfer, CEO of the VW brand.

Volkswagen was an early pioneer of using flexible vehicle architectures to create a multitude of body styles and sizes with common parts, and its transition into building EVs has not changed that. The ID. Tiguan uses an updated version of the company’s mass-market EV platform, now called MEB+.

The new model offers either a 58 kWh or a 77 kWh battery pack. The smaller pack is available only with a 187 hp (140 kW) rear electric motor. With the 77 kWh battery, the vehicle can be had with either a 281 hp (210 kW) rear-wheel drive powertrain or a 295 hp (220 kW) all-wheel drive version.

Range is up to 373 miles (600 km), at least according to the European WLTP test.

Editor's Summary Volkswagen has ended the ID.4 line and introduced the ID. Tiguan as its replacement, combining the Tiguan name with the automaker’s electric ID family. The new crossover uses the MEB+ platform and offers battery and powertrain choices with up to 600 km of WLTP range. The move follows nearly one million global sales of the ID.4 and ID.5.