Volkswagen ID. UNYX 09: price, range, charging and China launch

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Volkswagen ID. UNYX 09 has moved beyond the usual show-car stage. Robert Cisek, head of Volkswagen Passenger Cars China, showed the car during summer testing in Xinjiang and said he joined the test team personally and tried the driver-assistance system on the road. Series production started on September 24, while the full market launch in China is expected at the end of October.

Pricing is no longer a surprise. Pre-orders opened on September 24, with the rear-wheel-drive ID. UNYX 09 starting at 199,900 yuan and the all-wheel-drive version at 249,900 yuan. These figures apply to the Chinese market, for which the model was developed.

Volkswagen is emphasizing the scale of the validation program. The ID. UNYX 09 completed two winter and two summer test seasons, with total test mileage exceeding 1.1 million km. The car also went through 50 consecutive water tests at a wading depth of 500 mm. The program is particularly significant for a model developed by Volkswagen Anhui together with XPeng and equipped with a new set of electronics for China.

By October, the technical package was largely set. The 5,081 mm electric fastback with a 3,030 mm wheelbase is offered with a 230 kW rear motor, about 313 hp, or dual-motor all-wheel drive producing a combined 370 kW, around 503 hp. A roughly 91.96 kWh CATL LFP battery provides up to 755 km of CLTC range in the rear-wheel-drive version and about 705 km with AWD.

The 800-volt system supports 5C charging. Volkswagen claims less than 12 minutes from 10% to 80% and about 500 km of additional CLTC range in ten minutes. The chassis uses dual-chamber air suspension, adaptive DCC dampers and a road-preview system, while the computing platform for driver assistance delivers 750 TOPS.