VW ID.4

VW ID.4 is a battery electric crossover for drivers who want a Volkswagen badge with a quieter, more modern daily-drive feel than the brand’s older petrol cars. By our assessment, its strength is the easy, mainstream character: it is shaped to be familiar rather than odd, and that makes it simpler to live with than many more experimental EVs. The trade-off is that it does not try to be the sharpest or most dramatic electric car on the road, so some buyers will find the styling and response a bit plain. In practice it is the sort of EV that aims to disappear into commuting, school runs, and ordinary errands without demanding much learning. It sits in the crowded electric SUV field, against other family-sized crossovers rather than against small city hatchbacks. If someone wants a normal-looking electric Volkswagen, this is the one that makes sense; if someone wants the most characterful or playful EV, it is not that. The name itself already tells you it belongs to the ID family, with the 4 marking this model.