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Volkswagen to replace ID.4 with all-electric ID.Tiguan

Volkswagen will replace the retired ID.4 with the all-electric ID.Tiguan, arriving in Europe in early 2027 and later in the US, betting on a familiar nameplate and fixing the ID.4's controls.

AI News Feed · 2026-09-29 02:07

The ID.Tiguan is expected to arrive in Europe in early 2027, joining the ID.Polo and ID.Cross to complete Volkswagen's revised electric lineup. Volkswagen also confirmed the vehicle will come to the United States, where the ID.4 was previously manufactured, 'at a later date.' Design details remain under wraps; the ID.Tiguan is being kept under camouflage for now.

First introduced in 2020, the ID.4 was meant to be Volkswagen's push into mass-market EVs. Instead of directly targeting big sellers such as Tesla's Model Y, the company aimed to compete with high-volume gasoline vehicles including the Toyota RAV4 and Honda CR-V. It did not fully dethrone those rivals, but it sold 950,000 units since 2021. Volkswagen says the ID.4 ranks 'among the most successful battery-electric vehicle model series of Volkswagen AG.' The automaker ended production of the ID.4 at its Chattanooga factory in April 2026.

The electric Tiguan will retain much of what worked about the ID.4 while correcting some shortcomings, including its frustrating lack of physical controls. Volkswagen plans to give the ID.Tiguan the same interior look as the ID.3 NEO and ID.Polo, the latter of which has been a surprise sales hit in the European Union. That means buttons for all four windows rather than just two, as well as physical controls for volume and climate settings. The ID.Tiguan will also feature Volkswagen's Android Automotive-based operating system, which likely means a Gemini-powered voice assistant.

Volkswagen did not say whether the ID.Tiguan will get the new Rivian-developed software and zonal architecture that is expected to make its debut on the low-cost ID.Every1 hatchback.

Editor's Summary Volkswagen plans to replace the discontinued ID.4 with the all-electric ID.Tiguan, arriving in Europe in early 2027 and later in the US. The move relies on a familiar nameplate and addresses ID.4 shortcomings such as limited physical controls. It also extends Volkswagen's revamped EV lineup alongside the ID.Polo and ID.Cross.