With the ID.4, VW is offering an electric car in the SUV segment for the first time – where it meets the bestseller Tiguan. We show which model is cheaper in the end.

The Tiguan was recently the most successful VW globally. The ID.4 – here in the picture – now competes with it internally.

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Electricity vs. fuel: who drives cheaper – VW ID.4 or Tiguan? Purchase Taxes Maintenance Loss of value Conclusion Table of cost comparisons SUVs enjoy sustained great demand – despite all criticism of their environmental compatibility. Accordingly, it is not surprising that VW wants to benefit from this with the ID.4. The electric car, which at first or second glance would also pass as a station wagon that has turned out to be too high, should benefit from the popularity of the segment – thanks to the drive, but without a bad climate awareness.

Technically, it moves ID.4 very close to ID.3 (test). The new model is also based on the modular electric drive kit (MEB, originally also known as the modular electrification kit), which Volkswagen uses throughout the Group, for example in the Skoda Enyaq – another electrically powered SUV. The last one in autumn 2000 overtook the second generation Tiguan is on the other hand on the modular transverse matrix (MQB-A2). This differs from the Golf 8 (MQB evo), but is also available as a plug-in hybrid (PHEV, Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle).

The second model of the ID series, the ID.4, is technically similar to the ID.3 and should find its buyers in the SUV segment.

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Purchase For the comparison we used the VW ID.4 in the Pro Performance equipment line. This is the combination of 158 kW strong rear-wheel drive, net 77 kWh battery capacity (gross 82 kWh) as well as the basic equipment (as of January 2021). In addition, VW offers five other equipment options – in the course of the year 2021 three more motor-battery combinations are to follow. The cheapest ID.4 should then 109 kW and net 52 kWh – but VW has not yet given a price for it. The situation is different in the ID.4 configuration: Since we have waived special equipment, the list price is without funding and taking into account the since January 1st 2021 again 19 Percentage VAT at 44. 450 Euro.

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