Volkswagen confirmed the ID Polo will not be sold in the U.S., but the model’s exterior and cabin preview Volkswagen’s next-generation global electric vehicles planned through the end of the decade.
Volkswagen design chief Andreas Mindt said, "It’s not a phone; it’s a car," explaining the move to physical buttons for audio volume, heating and cooling temperature, fan speed and hazard lights, plus steering-wheel buttons for functions like cruise control, while retaining screens with updated software and graphics.
Volkswagen senior interior designer Jeremy Bras said future cabins will have a warmer, friendlier ambience, and Philine Seydell, Volkswagen's color, materials and finish designer, said the ID Polo will offer three trim packages and show textiles and soft textures that will appear across future models.
Andro Kleen, Volkswagen's head of user interface design, said the re-engineered digital interface uses a faster technical backbone, simplified menus and graphics, a larger configurable driver display and steering-wheel toggles for left- and right-side elements.
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