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Hanover (dpa) - Volkswagen will also include an inexpensive small car in its new range of all-electric cars.

The vehicle is planned for the next major expansion stage from 2023, should be located below the recently launched ID.3 and the basic version is estimated to cost around 20,000 euros.

A dedicated project team is working on the battery-electric model, which should be about the size of a Polo, according to the Group's plans.

Details are not yet known.

A possible ID.2 would be the step by VW, expected by industry observers, to also expand the e-offer downwards.

The ID.3 compact car, which has been sold since September, will be followed by the ID.4 small SUV around the turn of the year.

After that, the ID.5 - a mixture of SUV and sedan with a range of up to 470 kilometers - and the larger ID.6 continue the series.

The electric ID.Buzz bus will be launched in 2022. In 2023, the Aero B luxury car will be added, which is expected to travel up to 700 kilometers when fully charged.

The cars are based on the electrical construction kit MEB, with which Volkswagen wants to create a uniform technical basis for e-mobility and digitalization for other group subsidiaries as well.

These platforms are now being designed jointly across brands, including with Skoda.

This should significantly save costs and promote the exchange of experience in order to better coordinate software and control systems.

The new Golf 8 or ID.3 had startup problems here.

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In the period from 2023 to 2026, the core brand of the VW Group also wants to supplement the classic combustion engine series with further hybrid variants, which should travel up to 100 kilometers with the electric part of the drive.

A new Passat is also planned - but only as a station wagon in Europe.

The Touran and Sharan will expire in the medium term.

In addition to all Golf variants and the new Tiguan, a large SUV is also being produced at the main plant in Wolfsburg, which is similar to the Tayron previously manufactured in China.

In its investment plan, which was updated in mid-November, the group had announced total expenditures of around 150 billion euros for the next five years - almost half for the future topics of e-mobility and digital.

At the headquarters of light commercial vehicles in Hanover, an E-luxury-class model (“D-SUV”) for other brands is also to be created: It could be the “Tesla Fighter” for Audi, Porsche and Bentley, with VW the US pioneer want to attack.