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Fiat, Renault and Volkswagen announce new affordable electric cars and solutions to the main challenges of electrification in the automotive market.
The trajectory of affordable electric cars still faces challenges, with demand growing more slowly than expected. One of the main obstacles is the high price compared to traditional vehicles. However, this scenario could change in 2025, with the arrival of new models on the market. Manufacturers such as Fiat, Renault and Volkswagen are preparing to launch more affordable electric vehicles, aiming to increase the adoption of this technology. For example, the Fiat Grande Panda is one of the models expected for this period. These launches promise to diversify options for consumers and drive the transition to more sustainable mobility.
Fiat Grande Panda
To start the list of new launches from Fiat, Renault and Volkswagen on the market, we have the Fiat Grande Panda. It continues to be the classic Panda sold for years in Italy, however, now as an urban SUV and transforming into the Grande Panda, with a different platform and a design that resembles the Panda of old, which arrived on the automotive market in 1980.
This, which is one of the cheap electric cars, will have the same powertrain as its cousins Citroën and Opel, given the common base. Measuring 3,99 meters long, it will use a 44 kWh battery with lithium-iron-phosphate chemistry to drive a 113 hp electric motor.
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The new model on the automotive market promises a range of 320 km on a single charge. It will be sold in two versions, the RED, which costs R$149.301 in direct conversion, and La Prima, an edition available at launch, costing R$167.301.
Volkswagen ID.1 (and ID.2) – great promise among cheap electric cars
As part of the new launches from Fiat, Renault and Volkswagen, the ID.1 was announced days after the publication of the official prices of the Fiat Grande Panda. The model will be officially presented to the automotive market on March 5, still in concept form, as it will only reach the cheap electric car sector in 2027.
The model is based on MEB 'Entry' platform, with the electric motor in the front, and marks the return of the German company to the A segment, which was left empty after the up. The model, which is part of the list of new launches from Fiat, Renault and Volkswagen, could cost approximately 20 thousand euros, the equivalent of R$ 119.800.
To reduce the wait, Volkswagen will introduce the ID.2 later this year. As one of the cheapest electric cars on the market, the vehicle uses the technology of the other ID. cars on the market, based on a version of the MEB platform developed specifically for compact cars.
The new model from the German brand was widely anticipated by the ID. 2all concept. The car will be manufactured using innovative methods that will allow the company to keep costs low.
Renault 4 E-Tech
To round off the list of new launches from Fiat, Renault and Volkswagen, we have the Renault 4 E-Tech. After the Renault 5, which is already on sale and which next spring will also include a “basic” version priced at 25 euros (R$ 149.750), the diamond brand will sell another electric car in 2025, the Renault 4.
The model will have a design similar to the famous model produced from 62 to 91, dressed as a crossover, and, due to the AmpR Small platform, it will be sold in two versions. At the base will be the version with a 122 hp engine and 40 kWh battery, while above will be the version with a 150 hp engine and 52 kWh battery. The autonomy is around 300 and 400 km, respectively.
