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Exterior photo 1 of the Volkswagen ID.3 Neo Hatchback
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Range is the official WLTP laboratory figure, measured on a full charge: expect roughly 15% less in normal use and more again in cold weather. Charge time assumes a charge point that can deliver this car’s maximum rate.
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Volkswagen's ID 3 Neo is an almost completely reinvented version of the original ID.3 compact hatch, which was the company's very first really mainstream electric car. Lots has been learnt from the issues that early design faced in its first half a decade of production and the result is a small but spacious electric car that brand loyalists ought to feel a lot more comfortable with.
Jonathan Crouch · updated 20 August 2026
“The neo normal” by Jonathan Crouch · 7 min read · updated 20 August 2026
The original Volkswagen ID.3 launched back in 2020 was not, we now learn, 'a true Volkswagen' - according at least to the latest leaders of the brand. Here though, is a version of this car that apparently is; the ID.3 Neo.
This isn't the first go the Wolfsburg maker has had at bringing us the kind of ID.3 we should have had from the start. The original car was so beset with quality and software issues that a wide-ranging update had to be introduced less than three years into production. But all that really did was correct the earlier glitches. Not the fact that the original car was designed more around technology than the needs of the people who would actually drive and own it.
But things are changing in Wolfsburg, where new programme has been implemented 'to build true Volkswagens again'. This further improved ID.3 was the first car to benefit from that, the added 'Neo' moniker (a reference to the original model's development codename) there to emphasise just how much of a significant update this is.
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Rapid DC · up to 183 kW
29 min
10-80% charge
Fast AC · up to 11 kW
8 h 30
0-100% charge
These are the maximum rates this car accepts: actual speed depends on the charge point, the battery temperature and how full the battery already is.
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