---
title: "Volkswagen’s EV Will Sell for $7-8K Cheaper Than the Tesla Model 3"
description: "The I.D. Concept's low price is part of VW's strategy to compete with Tesla and others in the electric vehicle market."
date: "2017-07-15"
modified: "2017-07-15"
authors:
  - name: "Karla Lant"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/karla"
url: "https://futurism.com/volkswagens-ev-will-sell-for-7-8k-cheaper-than-the-tesla-model-3"
categories:
  - "Advanced Transport"
  - "Tesla"
tags:
  - "electric vehicles"
  - "Model 3"
  - "tesla"
  - "volskwagen"
---

# Volkswagen’s EV Will Sell for $7-8K Cheaper Than the Tesla Model 3

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/volkswagen_showcar_id_6496-1280x675.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: \<a href="http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/about-us/concept-cars/volkswagen-id" target="\_blank"\>Volkswagen\</a\>\</em\>*

Volkswagen chief strategist [Thomas Sedran announced](<https://www.automobil-produktion.de/hersteller/wirtschaft/sedran-vw-id-7-000-8-000-euro-billiger-als-model-3-103.html>) at the Automobil Forum that the I.D. Concept will sell for $7,000 to $8,000 less than Tesla's model. Aside from competitive pricing, the I.D. Concept was designed to compete with the Tesla Model 3 across the board. The price cutting strategy is one of the company's more traditional competitive moves in a battle that has, at times, strayed into the unorthodox. [According to ](<https://electrek.co/2017/07/14/vw-tesla-model-3-cheaper/>)*[Electrek](<https://electrek.co/2017/07/14/vw-tesla-model-3-cheaper/>)*, last year before unveiling the concept, VW misrepresented the Model s' NEDC-rated range in a presentation designed to favorably compare the VW concept electric vehicle (EV).

![volskwagen electric vehicles tesla model 3](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/id_concept_car_6509-600x400.jpg>)
*Image Credit: Volkswagen*

At this point, it appears that the all-electric hatchback from VW will be available to compete with the Model 3 in the U.S., but not for more than a year after the Model 3 hits the market. Meanwhile, the concept vehicle — which is about the size of the VW Golf — will be part of the company's more focused EV efforts in the EU and China. Its crossover model [made its debut](<https://futurism.com/volkswagens-first-all-electric-cuv-is-fully-autonomous>) in Shanghai in April.

While Tesla may see the VW model as a potential competitor, its marketing strategies are more centered on converting drivers of gas-powered cars to EVs. However, if VW follows through with its plan to offer [30 all-electric or hybrid models by 2025](<https://futurism.com/volkswagens-electric-ai-equipped-microbus-will-drive-you-into-the-future>), it seems likely that it will remain a competitor for Tesla — and everyone else.

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