This is the new all-electric Volkswagen ID.Polo

Fri, 05 Sept 2025

• Polo badge moves into the EV era
• Two battery sizes for standard car
• Performance GTI model confirmed
• Prices expected to start around £22,000

Volkswagen’s forthcoming electric hatchback, originally expected to carry the ID.2 badge, will now be called the VW ID.Polo when it arrives in 2026.

The decision is part of a wider strategy by VW to ditch its ID+number naming format on its electric cars and return to more established badges – expect to see more electric cars follow a similar switch, with the VW ID.4 likely to become the VW ID.Tiguan, and the VW ID.7 morph into the VW ID.Passat.

VW has revealed the first pictures of the ID.Polo and a performance variant – the VW ID.Polo GTI – but we’ll have to wait until 2026 to see them fully revealed without any disguises. The move follows the reveal of the ID.2all Concept car back in 2023, which heralded the new electric Volkswagen Polo.

2026 Volkswagen ID.Polo prices and release date

No firm release date has been announced, but we can expect to see the production Volkswagen ID.Polo next year. The disguised car you see here will go on display at the Munich Motor Show this month. While exact prices haven’t been confirmed, VW has previously said that it aims to start the range at around £22,000.

2026 Volkswagen ID.Polo styling, interior and technology

The look of the new VW ID.Polo is taken directly from the VW ID.2all concept car, with a short sloping bonnet, and sleek headlight a la Volkswagen ID.7. There are hidden rear door handles, a full-width rear light bar and illuminated rear badge and an integrated roof spoiler.

While no official interior pictures have yet been released, we can look at earlier sketches to deduce that there will be a 12.9-inch central touchscreen and a digital driver display, and signs are positive that there will be physical buttons for key functions like heating and audio.

The VW ID.Polo GTI follows the now-traditional styling exercise used for decades by VW on its petrol-powered GTIs. The bodywork has been beefed up, the stance lowered with sportier suspension, and some eye-catching alloy wheels added.

2026 Volkswagen ID.Polo performance and range

You can expect to see the production VW ID.Polo feature a choice of two batteries – a 38kWh unit for the entry-level model and a larger 56kWh pack for long-range versions. The latter should deliver up to around 280 miles of range, and both models are likely to support fast charging at up to 125kW, allowing a 10%-80% top-up in around 25 minutes.

Power outputs will vary by model and haven’t been confirmed, although VW has said that the GTI model will have 226PS.