► New VW ID.X concept revealed
► Hardcore performance upgrades
► Pushes the limits of the MEB platform
Volkswagen has revealed the ID.X Performance concept at 2023’s ID.Treffen electric car meet. The electric concept car is basically a heavily modified ID.7 that’s had all sorts of upgrades thrown at it, allowing it to push the limits of the MEB architecture that lies beneath.
It’s got a full on Need for Speed bodykit, complete with sharp front and rear splitters, as well as a rear wing made of carbonfibre, and centre-lock 20-inch wheels. VW also says the ID.X’s engineers have increased the toe by 80mm, and dropped the ride height of the ID.7 donor car by 60mm with properly performance-spec suspension.
As for power, the ID.X Performance concept really pushes the limits of the MEB platform beneath the bodywork. Two e-motors develop a total of 550bhp, allowing for all-wheel drive power, with VW’s vehicle dynamics manager shuffling the power.
As well as the platform’s standard permanently excited synchronous motor on the rear axle, there’s an additional asynchronous motor on the front axle, which VW says means the powertrain is capable of ‘a short-time overload capability and particularly low drag losses.’
‘It was clear to us that we wanted to base our new show car on the ID.7 and that we would focus on enhancing the performance. In this way we can show what is possible,’ says Andreas Reckewerth, head of VW’s MEB technology office.