Volkswagen Officially Announces the Plan to Develop a Pure Electric Sports Car

According to reports on February 22, 2023, Volkswagen has officially announced that they will develop a pure electric sports car in the future.

Although Volkswagen has previously displayed the XL Sport concept car, it has only remained in the concept car stage, and there is no evidence that Volkswagen plans to put it into mass production. However, in the era of new energy, relying on the MEB platform, Volkswagen seems to hope to restart its sports car production plan.

Volkswagen officials stated that the new pure electric sports car will be developed based on the MEB platform, and the vehicle’s maximum power can reach 500 kW. From the perspective of Volkswagen Group’s overall plan, this model is expected to be released in 2025.

It is understood that Volkswagen has been developing the power system for this pure electric car model. Combined with the news that Volkswagen has developed motors, batteries, and thermal management systems, it is speculated that Volkswagen may be preparing to manufacture a pure electric sports car.

But before that, Volkswagen will also invest in more MEB/MEB+ platform pure electric SUVs and sedans to enter the market.

This article is a translation by ChatGPT of a Chinese report from 42HOW. If you have any questions about it, please email bd@42how.com.