Volkswagen Group’s Cupra model has introduced that its upcoming small electrical automobile beforehand referred to as the UrbanRebel will probably be named Raval when it enters manufacturing in 2025.

Named after the El Raval neighborhood within the coronary heart of Barcelona, the Cupra Raval will probably be produced at SEAT’s headquarters in Martorell, Spain from 2025, with a Volkswagen model expected to be called ID.2 to affix it later.

The corporate will make investments $3.25 billion (3 billion euros) to remodel the plant from combustion to electrification and produce electrical automobiles from 2025 primarily based on Volkswagen Group’s MEB Small platform.

The Cupra Raval and VW ID.2 will probably be two of four-entry level EVs that Volkswagen Group will build in Spain, with the opposite ones being two SUVs that will probably be made in Pamplona – the VW ID.2X and an as-yet-unnamed Skoda mannequin.

“The CUPRA Raval is not only one other automotive. It’s an invite to a brand new technology, which expects one thing higher. An city, rebellious and 100% electrical automotive, with its personal character and linked to ‘Gen Z’. One thing that’s extra emotional.”

SEAT and Cupra CEO Wayne Griffiths

Impressed by the world of racing, the Cupra Raval city electrical automotive is essentially the most radical interpretation of the model’s design language to this point. 

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The automobile you see within the pictures taken on the Car Barcelona present is definitely the same concept that was previously named UrbanRebel, with the one distinction being that it now options the Raval identify. 

When it unveiled the UrbanRebel idea final 12 months, Cupra mentioned it featured a 222-horsepower (166-kilowatt) electrical motor driving the entrance wheels, enabling a zero to 62 mph (100 kph) time of 6.9 seconds.

The automaker didn’t disclose the battery capability however mentioned the UrbanRebel was capable of cowl as much as 273 miles (440 kilometers) on a single cost. 

In March, Volkswagen model boss Thomas Schaefer mentioned the 4 entry-level EVs will use batteries provided by VW Group’s new cell vegetation in Europe, initially from Salzgitter, Germany after which from Valencia, Spain.

The bottom fashions will use lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery chemistry, whereas longer-range variants will use a nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) chemistry, he added. Volkswagen Group is investing $3.25 billion (3 billion euro) in a battery cell gigafactory near Valencia that will probably be run by the automaker’s battery firm, PowerCo.

The Cupra Raval would be the model’s third battery-electric automobile after the Born compact hatchback and the Tavascan mid-size SUV due within the first half of 2024.