The milestone comes almost exactly after five years when the first electric vehicles from Volkswagen’s all-electric ID. family were delivered to customers. The German carmaker now tops the registration statistics in the electric segment not only in Germany but also in Europe.
18 Aug 2025 | 4801 Views | By Autocar Pro News Desk
The Volkswagen brand has reached a significant milestone in its transformation to electromobility. On August 15, the 1.5 millionth vehicle worldwide from Volkswagen’s all-electric ID. family was handed over to a customer at the Volkswagen plant in Emden, Germany. The anniversary vehicle is a black ID.7 Tourer Pro, which raises ...
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The Volkswagen brand has reached a significant milestone in its transformation to electromobility. On August 15, the 1.5 millionth vehicle worldwide from Volkswagen’s all-electric ID. family was handed over to a customer at the Volkswagen plant in Emden, Germany. The anniversary vehicle is a black ID.7 Tourer Pro, which raises the bar in its class with a range of up to 606 kilometres.
“1.5 million ID. models delivered – this clearly shows that Volkswagen is a pioneer in the field of electromobility,” said Martin Sander, Board member for Sales, Marketing and After Sales. Almost exactly five years ago, in September 2020, the first electric vehicles from Volkswagen’s all-electric ID. family were delivered. Volkswagen now tops the registration statistics in the electric segment not only in Germany but also in Europe. “This confirms that our portfolio contains the vehicles our customers need. As a company, we are on the right path. Volkswagen remains a trailblazer in the ramp-up phase of electromobility,” Sander explained.
In the company of Kai Grunitz, member of the Board of Management responsible for Technical Development, and Minister President Olaf Lies, Sander handed over the key to the anniversary vehicle to a customer from Vechta in Lower Saxony. “The ID.7 embodies the strength of Lower Saxony and is proof of the state’s ability to transform,” underlined Lies, whose official car during his tenure as Lower Saxony’s Minister for Economic Affairs was an ID.7 built in Emden.
The plant in East Frisia is a prime example of Volkswagen’s transformation. In recent years, the Group has invested over one billion euros in converting it into an exclusively electric vehicle manufacturing facility. Aside from Zwickau and Gläserne Manufaktur Dresden, Emden is the only Volkswagen plant worldwide dedicated solely to electric vehicles. Further ID. models are rolling off the production lines in Hanover and Chattanooga (USA), as well as in Foshan, Changsha and Anting (all China).
ID EV family's steady sales since 2020
The ID. family has grown steadily since its launch in 2020, with the compact model ID.3 – Volkswagen’s first vehicle developed exclusively as an electric car – being followed a year later by the SUV ID.4 (2021) and its coupé version ID.5 plus the electric bus ID. Buzz. The most recent additions to the ID. family are the ID.7 and the ID.7 Tourer, which came out in 2024. The ID.7 Tourer was the electric vehicle with the highest number of registrations in Germany in the first half of 2025.
Board Member for Sales Martin Sander still believes there is a need for political action to accelerate the ramp-up of electromobility: “A clear message and specific government incentives are needed if we are to reduce scepticism among private buyers and boost demand in this group.”
Volkswagen is pressing ahead with its electric mobility campaign by launching new ID. models: the production version of the compact ID. 2all costing under 25,000 euros (Rs 22 lakh) will be launched in 2026, to be followed one year later by the production version of the ID. Every1, an entry-level model costing around 20,000 euros (Rs 17.60 lakh).
Sander concluded saying, “The goal is clear: Volkswagen wants to make electromobility accessible to everybody – affordable, reliable and sustainable.”