Volkswagen Anhui is majority-owned by Volkswagen and is its first joint venture in China focused on NEVs.
(Volkswagen Anhui has made a regulatory filing for its first model, the ID.UNYX.)
Volkswagen Anhui, the Chinese joint venture majority-owned by German carmaker Volkswagen, has filed for its first model, the ID.UNYX, signaling that it may not be far from launch in China.
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) yesterday released its latest catalog of models that will soon be allowed to be sold for public comment, and Volkswagen Anhui's ID.UNYX is included.
The public can submit feedback between March 13 and March 19. Entry into the catalog is the last major regulatory process by which a model can be allowed to be sold in China.
The ID.UNYX on the catalog comes in two model numbers -- the VWA64702BEV1, a single-motor version, and the VWA64703BEV1, a dual-motor version.
The single-motor version is equipped with an electric motor with a maximum power of 170 kW, while the dual-motor version is equipped with electric motors with a maximum power of 80 kW and 170 kW respectively.
The five-seater's length, width and height are 4,663 mm, 1,860 mm and 1,610 mm, respectively, and its wheelbase is 2,766 mm, according to its filing page.
Both versions of the ID.UNYX are powered by lithium ternary battery packs from CATL.
Volkswagen Anhui, a joint venture between Volkswagen and Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group (JAC) established in 2017, is Volkswagen's first new energy vehicle (NEV)-focused joint venture in China.
The company was initially called Jianghuai Volkswagen Automobile Co Ltd, and at the end of 2020, Volkswagen increased its stake in the company to 75 percent and had the company renamed Volkswagen Anhui.
Volkswagen Anhui built Volkswagen's third MEB (modular electric drive matrix) plant in China and will build pure electric vehicles based on the platform.
On December 30, Anhui Daily reported that Volkswagen Anhui officially put into production the Cupra Tavascan, an all-electric model for export to the European market, and another Volkswagen-branded model for the Chinese market will come off the production line in 2024.
Cupra, a sub-brand of Volkswagen's SEAT brand, unveiled the Tavascan concept in 2019, which is based on the MEB platform.
VW Anhui starts production of Cupra Tavascan EV for export to Europe
