Apr 20

Apr 20 World Car of the Year Awards - 2021

The VW ID.4 has won the title of “World Car of the Year” for 2021! It wasn’t the only EV with a win today, the Honda e took home the award for “Urban Car of the Year” as well. This isn’t the first time that an EV has won World Car of the Year, the Volkswagen ID.4 is preceded in its win by the Jaguar I-Pace and Nissan Leaf. Nice to see the car journalists of the world recognizing the greatness of emissions free vehicles.

‘The Volkswagen ID.4 has been named “World Car of the Year 2021,” prevailing over strong global competition. The World Car Awards are presented by more than 90 international automotive journalists from 24 countries, who vote on the best innovations on the world market.
“We are particularly pleased about our ID.4 being named World Car of the Year”, says Ralf Brandstätter, CEO of Volkswagen passenger cars. “Not only because it is one of the most important car awards in the world, but also because the jury honored a great idea and a great team. The first ID. model for the key markets of Europe, China and the U.S. carries our electric offensive around the world.”’