Volkswagen on Friday showed plans for a brand new electrical model of the Golfing hatchback, to be in-built Wolfsburg, Germany, beginning later within the decade.

A extra particular timeline wasn’t given, however VW showed the Golfing will probably be certainly one of a number of EVs in line with its next-generation devoted EV platform, referred to as SSP. Introduced in 2021, SSP is because of be a unified platform changing VW’s wide selection of present internal-combustion and electrical platforms.

SSP will function a successor to each the MEB platform that underpins the present VW ID.4 and ID.Buzz, in addition to the impending ID.7 sedan, and the Top class Platform Electrical (PPE)—the latter of which hasn’t even been presented but. PPE is scheduled to debut with the Porsche Macan Electrical, slated to move on sale in 2024, with different Porsche and Audi fashions to apply.

Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg, Germany

SSP gets its debut in a style to this point referred to as Mission Trinity and due round 2026, the usage of a brand new unified prismatic cellular technique and doubtlessly solid-state tech now not lengthy after.

The electrical Golfing will most probably seem someday after Mission Trinity, a flagship style supposed to exhibit new tech. In April, VW logo boss Thomas Schaefer mentioned in an interview that the logo is not making plans new fuel and diesel variations of the Golfing, however would as an alternative substitute the internal-combustion fashions with a brand new EV bearing the Golfing title round 2028.

VW produced over 100,000 e-Golfing hatchbacks, sharing a platform with fuel and diesel seventh-generation Golfing fashions. However Schaefer’s feedback point out this new electrical Golfing would be the sole model to put on the nameplate.

2017 Volkswagen e-Golfing

That isn’t to be perplexed with the Golfing-like ID.2all style, which VW has already mentioned will probably be engineered for low manufacturing prices and a low decal worth and be in line with a variant of the MEB platform referred to as MEB Access. It is because of arrive in 2025 for Europe.

That mentioned, VW has hinted that it may well be bringing the ID.2all to the U.S. with a sporty twist, as advised by means of the ID.GTI Idea proven previous this month. The GTI title is most commonly related to the Golfing, however VW has carried out it sporty variations of different fashions, such because the Polo GTI, in some markets.