The ID. family of Volkswagen is growing: a new electric concept car based on an SUV will be unveiled in Shanghai

The electric segment is one of the most frequented by the most technology-driven brands, such as Volkswagen, which has for some time been showing its clear intentions to fully enter that world with its ID family. Although the first member of this new division is about to make its appearance on the contemporary market, the people from Wolfsburg have just announced that a new SUV-based concept car will be their next star in Shanghai, since China is one of the countries where models from the German brand are most warmly received.

Volkswagen already announced some time ago that its SUV models would serve as the basis for a multitude of different alternatives, which will feature different bodies and lifestyles. This is why it is no surprise that the latest member of the ID. family falls within this segment, even though it is, for now, a concept car, but its similarities with the T-Roc lead us to suspect that it will be sooner rather than later when we get to know this vehicle in its production phase.

ID. Roomzz: the new electric SUV that will arrive very soon

For now, few details have been released by the German house, but we know its name will be ID. Roomzz and that it will debut as a concept car at the upcoming Shanghai Motor Show. However, its final styling has been obscured by angles that prevent us from seeing all of its features, although there are enough to give us an idea of Volkswagen’s plans for its more immediate future.

In terms of design, we can see a completely closed-off front end, a feature typical of this type of vehicle given its electric nature. At the same time, we can see two lights that closely follow Volkswagen’s current design language, another clear sign that the ID. Roomzz will become a reality very soon.

On the side, we notice two cameras acting as rear-view mirrors alongside door handles that will extend outwards when the vehicle is unlocked. The rear is the area that has been revealed with the most discretion, since we can only see one of the rear lights of this 100% electric SUV, which has finer and sharper lines than usual, combined with a strip of LED lights that could run across the entire rear as has been customary in the group’s latest models.

2021, its arrival date

Volkswagen has confirmed that it will be at the upcoming Shanghai Motor Show that this concept car from the ID. family will make its appearance, which will take place on April 16th. But the German brand has also used the statement to announce that it will be in 2021 that the production version of the ID. Roomzz will make its debut in China, and very likely shortly after elsewhere in the world.

At the same time, Volkswagen’s engineers have used this prototype to introduce Pilot mode, through which the car will drive itself. This means we are looking at Level 4 autonomy, a level that could also be found in that upcoming production vehicle that will be unveiled within two years.