Volkswagen ID.Polo brings firm’s ‘Pure Positive’ design language and 282-mile range

Volkswagen has finally taken the covers off its eagerly anticipated electric supermini, the ID.Polo.

The ID.Polo is part of a quartet of new EVs from the Volkswagen Group, sitting on the ‘MEB+’ platform shared with the Cupra Raval, Skoda Epiq and Volkswagen ID.Cross.

Underneath, the ID.Polo will be equipped with a 37kWh battery and an electric motor with a choice of 114bhp and 133bhp power outputs. Volkswagen claims the car with this setup can travel up to 204 miles between charges and that DC rapid-charging is compatible, allowing 10 to 80 per cent to be completed in 23 minutes.

There is also a larger 52kWh battery pack with an electric motor that produces 208bhp and can take the car a claimed 282 miles between trips to the plug.

The exterior uses Volkswagen’s ‘Pure Positive’ design language with the C-pillars derived from the first-generation Golf, while the front end has similar elements taken from the new ID.3 Neo hatchback.

Inside, Volkswagen has equipped lots of physical buttons alongside a 13-inch infotainment system, and a 10-inch digital cockpit which can be customised to have a ‘retro display’ from the first-generation Golf hatchback.

Compared to the combustion-engined Polo, the ID.Polo packs more interior space with a boot capacity of 441 litres, compared to 351 litres. Furthermore, that space swells to 1,240 litres when the rear seats are folded down, which is 115 litres more than the conventional model.

Prices and UK specifications will be revealed soon, though the car has gone on sale in Germany from the equivalent of £29,280, while a cheaper model priced at £21,650 will be launched in the summer.