2025 VW ID.4 costs $46,520, smaller battery on hiatus

Volkswagen has restarted production of its ID.4 electric crossover following a pause to address faulty door handles, but with some features and the smaller battery pack temporarily unavailable.

For now, the 2025 Volkswagen ID.4 starts at $46,520, including a $1,425 destination charge that’s unchanged from model year 2024. That’s for the single-motor rear-wheel-drive Pro with the 82-kwh battery pack, VW confirmed Monday in a press release. That’s a mere $220 more than an equivalent 2024 model, but an effective $5,360 hike from the base price of a 2024 model with the currently-unavailable 62-kwh pack.

It’s still cheaper than a similarly equipped Ford Mustang Mach-E Premium with the Extended Range pack ($47,500), Hyundai Ioniq 5 SE ($48,000), and Honda Prologue ($48,850), but about $2,500 more expensive than the Hyundai Ioniq 6 SE Long Range sedan and the smaller $35,000 Chevy Equinox EV that is the best buy of any electric crossover. 

The 2025 ID.4 Pro comes standard with a 12.9-inch infotainment display, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, dual-zone automatic climate control, manually-adjusted heated front seats with synthetic leather upholstery, an 10-color ambient lighting, among other features.

The mid-level ID.4 Pro S ($51,620) adds illuminated front and rear badges, cooled front power seats with memory, a heated steering wheel, and a panoramic glass roof.

Dual-motor all-wheel drive is a $3,900 option on the Pro and Pro S, and standard on the top Pro S Plus ($58,720). In addition to an extra motor powering the front wheels, the S Plus includes 21-inch wheels (19-inch and 20-inch wheels are offered on the lower grades), silver accents, heated rear seats, a surround-view camera system, and a 14-speaker Harman Kardon audio system.

VW said that “all models will receive additional content starting mid-year,” while the 62-kwh battery pack will return at some point during the model year. The smaller pack was only been offered with rear-wheel drive and a first-generation drive unit rated at 201 hp. All 82-kwh models received a new rear-drive unit for the 2024 model year rated at 282 hp. All-wheel-drive models employed the more powerful units as well, raising output from the previous 295 hp to 335 hp.

EPA range ratings will likely remain unchanged at 291 miles for 82-kwh rear-wheel-drive models and 206 miles for 62-kwh rear-wheel-drive models. The 263-mile range for all-wheel-drive models has been certified by the EPA for 2025.

VW stopped sales of the ID.4, and production at its Chattanooga, Tennessee, plant in September 2024 after a recall encompassing nearly 100,000 vehicles. Improperly manufactured door handles allowed water seepage onto circuit boards in those electronically-controlled handles, potentially allowing doors to unlock unexpectedly. The automaker announced a fix early last month, but had to apply it to a backlog of customer cars and dealer stock before restarting production.