History

The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Volkswagen ID.4 page on 12 February 2025, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

The Volkswagen ID.7 is a battery electric car produced by German marque Volkswagen since 2023. It has a five-door liftback design and is marketed in the E-segment. An estate car variant was launched in February 2024.

A camouflaged near-production version was previewed on 4 January 2023, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The world premiere of the ID.7 took place on 17 April 2023, simultaneously in Berlin and at the Shanghai Auto Show. The vehicle replaces both the Passat and the Arteon mid-size sedans as the flagship vehicle for the brand. The ID.7 rides on the newly established MEB, where it is based on other battery electric vehicles such as the Volkswagen ID.4 and the Audi Q4 e-tron. It is compared to D-segment vehicles such as the BMW i4 and the Tesla Model S. VW calls it its most aerodynamic ID series model so far.

The ID.7 is produced in Emden, Germany for Europe, whereas it is built in Foshan and Anting for China. Primarily because the ID.7 is larger and uses a standard rear-wheel drive layout, unlike the previous Arteon and Passat which both had a standard front-wheel drive layout, the ID.7 is positioned upmarket and competes with similar vehicles.

Article Index

Date	Article	Details
13 February 2024	Petition for Exemption From the Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard; Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. This document grants in full the Volkswagen Group of America's petition for exemption from the Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard for its ID.7 vehicle line beginning in model year 2025.	Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Raymond R. Posten Topic: Volkswagen ID.7