Inovev forecasts 15,000 units per year of the new Seat El Born
- Seat has started marketing in recent weeks its El Born model, an hatchback rebadged version of the Volkswagen ID3. These two battery electric vehicles (BEV) are produced at the Zwickau plant, alongside the Volkswagen ID4 and its future Seat and Skoda rebadged models. Audi BEVs could also be produced on this plant.
- The Seat El Born will also be available under the Cupra brand, the new Volkswagen group brand from the Seat brand (the Cupra models were initially more sporty versions of the Seat).
- The Seat El Born and Cupra El Born are based on the VW Group MEB platform, specifically dedicated to BEVs of the VW group main stream brands (VW, Skoda and Seat) and to C & D segment vehicles from Audi. The Porsche brand as well as Audi's E (e-tron GT) and F segment models use and will use the J1 platform (with the exception of the Audi e-tron, which is already based on an MLB evolution platform).
- The battery installed in these models can allow up to 500 km of autonomy according to the carmaker. But other versions with a less powerful battery will be available in 2021, with a range of 400 km for one and 300 km for the other. These models will be cheaper to buy. In fact, the product range organisation is a copy of what Volkswagen is doing with ID3 and will likely do on the ID4, which has just started its production.
- The Seat El Born is expected to be priced slightly lower than the Volkswagen ID3, while the Cupra El Born is expected to be slightly higher.
For now, it's not clear what will differentiate a Seat El Born from a Cupra El Born. It would be interesting to see what will be the Volkswagen Group approaches of an sporty electric sedan. Inovev forecasts 15,000 units per year of the new Seat El Born (including the Cupra versions) at the Zwickau site.
For now, it's not clear what will differentiate a Seat El Born from a Cupra El Born. It would be interesting to see what will be the Volkswagen Group approaches of an sporty electric sedan. Inovev forecasts 15,000 units per year of the new Seat El Born (including the Cupra versions) at the Zwickau site.
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