VW asks China for help with EV design

Volkswagen seems to be deepening its ties with Chinese automaker Xpeng in an attempt to make electric cars both affordable and appealing.

According to the German company, it plans to phase out its not-so-successful MEB platform in favor of CEA, the China Electrical Architecture. It is currently in development and is slated to reach production-ready status by late 2025. The first EV based on this chassis and powertrain is expected to reach the market in 2026.

At the Auto Beijing show this spring, Volkswagen presented a concept car named the ID. Code (shown in the gallery and the video here). We suppose it could become the company’s first EV to make use of the CEA platform and technology.