VW Reveals the ID.2all, Its Idea for a €25,000 EV Hatchback

• The VW ID.2all concept previews features and styling of an upcoming electric hatchback.

• The production version of the EV hatch will be priced under the equivalent of $26,300, but it won’t be sold in America.

• The front-drive concept has a single 223-hp electric motor and about 280 miles of estimated range based on the European WLTP cycle.

Volkswagen likes to think that it's going back to its roots—as "the people's car"—with this latest concept, called the ID.2all. This tiny hatchback portends a new electric model, almost surely called the ID.2, that's slated to go on sale in Europe in 2025 with a starting price of under €25,000 (or around $26,300 at current exchange rates). Since we don't even get the ID.3 in the U.S., we doubt it will come to our market, but we're digging its simplistic, nicely proportioned styling that's meant to hark back to the Mk1 Golf and hope that Volkswagen figures out a way to bring something like this to our shores.

The ID.2 will use an updated version of the MEB platform that underpins all the existing ID models. Unlike the rear-driven ID.3 and ID.4, it will have front-wheel drive, with the concept boasting a front-mounted electric motor producing 223 horsepower—a fair bit more than the base RWD ID.4's 201 hp. VW isn't sharing battery size but estimates a 280-mile range on the optimistic WLTP cycle. Of course, the actual €25,000 base model will surely have less power and less range than that, with VW likely to offer multiple battery sizes and output configurations.