Volkswagen ID.2

ID Life concept previews a new small electric SUV with an impressive range, a flexible interior and an attractive price On sale 2025 Price from £17,000 (est)

- Darren Moss

A GREAT THING about any new technology is that, over time, it’s bound to become cheaper. One of the first commercially available mobile phones, for example – the Motorola DynaTAC – cost the equivalent of £2890 when it was released in 1984; these days you can find better, more advanced phones on Amazon for as little as £10. The same is true of electric cars; where once they were seen as expensive, now there’s a green choice to suit a wide range of budgets. And now, with the launch of the new Volkswagen ID.2, the threshold for going electric is about to fall once again.

Serving as the entry point into Volkswagen’s growing range of electric cars, the ID.2 is expected to cost from just £17,000 when sales begin in 2025. If that price is realized, it will make the ID.2 the cheapest new electric car available in the UK by some margin.