Volkswagen is including one other all-wheel drive model to the all-electric ID.4 product line: the ID.4 Professional 4MOTION. Primarily based on the ID.4 Professional Efficiency, the mannequin has a system energy of 195 kW/265 PS and affords extra traction in moist situations and when driving on snow or free floor. Solely the sporty ID.4 GTX 4MOTION flagship mannequin was beforehand obtainable as an all-wheel drive model. Presales for the brand new further all-wheel drive model are beginning right now; costs in Germany are from €49,020.
With a second electrical motor on the entrance axle, the brand new, extra highly effective variant of the Professional fashions transfers its energy to the highway by way of an all-wheel drive system.
With the ID.4 Professional 4MOTION, we’re assembly buyer needs and the demand for an extra mannequin with all-wheel drive system. It’s positioned precisely between the environment friendly and comfy ID.4 fashions with rear-wheel drive and the sporty ID.4 GTX 4MOTION flagship mannequin.
—Silke Bagschik, Head of Gross sales and Advertising for the ID. household
The all-wheel drive know-how within the ID.4 Professional 4MOTION improves traction and due to this fact makes it attainable to attain even higher driving dynamics. The brand new mannequin with dual-motor all-wheel drive system can also be a robust towing car and is thus a dependable associate for towing smaller transport or boat trailers. With the all-wheel drive system, the utmost trailer weight of the ID.4 Professional 4MOTION is elevated by 200 kilograms to 1,400 kilograms for an 8% gradient (braked) in contrast with the traditional Professional Efficiency model.
The 2 electrical motors within the new 4MOTION mannequin have a joint output of 195 kW (265 PS)04 and speed up the car from 0 to 100 km/h in 6.9 seconds. The principle drive energy is supplied by the completely excited synchronous motor on the rear axle. This delivers an output of 150 kW. It has an axially parallel format with a pulse inverter and a single-speed gearbox. Some great benefits of the synchronous motor embrace its excessive energy density, excessive effectivity and fixed energy output over a big rpm vary.
The entrance axle is pushed by an asynchronous motor that additionally has a pulse inverter. This motor delivers an output of 80 kW. Asynchronous motors are characterised by their short-time overload functionality and low drag losses. They’re due to this fact ideally fitted to use as a booster unit that may be activated quickly.
The ID.4 Professional 4MOTION is supplied with a 77 kWh battery (web) and has a spread of as much as 517 kilometers (WLTP). The highest velocity is proscribed to 180 km/h as for the ID.4 GTX 4MOTION. As with the opposite ID.4 fashions, the utmost charging capability is 135 kW. At a charging cease, the high-voltage battery may be charged from 5 p.c to a cost stage (SOC) of 80 p.c in 36 minutes after which affords a spread of an extra 337 kilometers (WLTP).
Volkswagen has delivered greater than 30,000 ID.4 autos within the first quarter of 2022 alone; each second all-electric car from Volkswagen is an ID.4. A complete of 163,000 autos had been delivered worldwide in 2021, making the ID.4 the best-selling electrical car of each the Volkswagen model and the Volkswagen Group.
