How to watch the launch of the VW ID.5 and ID.5 GTX online

(Pocket-lint) - VW volition soon beryllium launching its adjacent electric car, the ID.5. It volition beryllium coming successful 2 varieties, the ID.5 and the ID.5 GTX - the dual centrifugal mentation offering higher show - portion these models germinate the VW ID.4 launched successful 2020. 

The ID.5 volition connection a alteration successful styling, with a coupe-style roofline, matching the Audi Q4 e-tron Sportback, which sits connected the aforesaid platform.

Here's everything you request to cognize astir the launch.

When volition the ID.5 beryllium launched?

The VW ID.5 and ID.5 GTX volition beryllium unveiled connected 3 November astatine 14:00 CET. Here are the planetary times truthful you tin tune in:

• San Francisco - 06:00 PDT
• New York - 09:00 EDT
• London - 13:00 GMT
• Berlin - 14:00 CEST
• New Delhi - 18:30 IST
• Tokyo - 22:00 JST
• Sydney - 00:00 AEDT, 4 Nov

How to ticker the VW ID.5 motorboat online

VW volition beryllium streaming the motorboat of the caller ID.5. We person embedded the video watercourse astatine the apical of this leafage truthful you tin ticker online.

What to expect from the ID.5 and ID.5 GTX launch

There are a fig of antithetic spec for the existent ID.4, with a 52kWh oregon 77kWh battery, and 148, 170, oregon 204PS with the centrifugal driving the rear wheels. We expect that to beryllium the modular for the ID.5 too, the large alteration present being the rear design. 

VW mightiness assertion that it's much aerodynamic and that mightiness mean there's a small much scope to beryllium had from this coupe version, but we're expecting things to beryllium overmuch the aforesaid arsenic the SUV version. VW does say, however, that it's equipped with caller hardware and software, truthful determination mightiness beryllium immoderate advancements implicit the ID.4 models.

The GTX volition adhd a beforehand centrifugal too, and again we expect the show figures to beryllium adjacent to the ID.4 GTX, portion there's going to beryllium immoderate plan elements to acceptable these cars apart. On the ID.4 GTX that included a bluish interior - we'd expect akin trim changes to acceptable these cars apart. 

The GTX exemplary is apt to proceed with the 77kWh artillery and 299PS. Each of the powerfulness configurations volition apt person a fig of antithetic trim levels.

Writing by Chris Hall. Originally published connected 19 April 2021.