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The ID.4 may be America’s latest Great Green Hope, but Volkswagen isn’t promoting big-money fights with a Tesla Model Y or Ford Mustang Mach-E. Instead, VW urges us to view the electric ID.4 as a direct rival to unleaded-fueled SUVs like the Toyota RAV4 and Honda CR-V.
The implications seem clear: VW prefers to avoid uncomfortable conversations about the Tesla and the Ford, which comfortably top the ID.4 in performance, driving range, and dramatic screen-based tech. Secondly, VW believes the ID.4 can compete for the hearts and minds of Americans who buy more than 400,000 RAV4s in a good year, among some four million compact SUVs. For VW, and Ford and GM and every EV hopeful, the open question remains exactly how many of those millions are ready to be siphoned off and plugged in.
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