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Volkswagen ID.4 charging

The Volkswagen ID.4 is an electric suv. You fill it from a J1772 plug at home and from a CCS1 plug on a long drive, and its longest 2026 version is rated at 291 miles on a full battery. Every number below says which version of the car it belongs to, and the two sliders below turn a charge into a time and a price.

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Official range (EPA)

291 mi

2026 ID.4

How far a full battery is rated to go on the US test.

Battery size

79 kWh

Volkswagen ID.4 GTX (MY26)

The size of the tank. Bigger means more miles between stops.

Fastest charge

185 kW

10–80% in 26 min

How wide the hose is at a fast charger.

Plugs it uses

CCS1

J1772 at home and slow posts

The shape that has to fit the socket.

Price from

$45,095

2026 Pro RWD

Before tax, delivery and incentives. 2 versions priced, up to $48,995.

The range and battery cards name different versions on purpose. One is the longest 2026 row the EPA tested, the other is the catalogue's charging record — because the EPA lists a range per trim and the catalogue lists one battery per trim. The price is a third source again: the cheapest version on the price sheet, which is not always the version the other two cards describe. Nothing below quietly mixes them.

SUV · 2021–2026 · RWD

5 seats. 543 L of boot space. The photo is the model the catalogue lists, not a photo of a particular car for sale.

Start here

Six terms, in plain words

None of this needs a physics degree. Each term on a window sticker is one idea, and here they are in the order they turn up.

EPA range

A score from one official test.

The car runs on a rolling road until the battery is empty. Every car sits the same test, so the numbers compare fairly. It is a lab score, not a promise: a cold morning or a steady 75 mph uses more energy than the test did.

US trim

A version of the same car.

The body is the same; the wheels, motors or battery are not. A model is usually sold in several versions — Pure, Touring and Grand Touring on this car — and the EPA publishes a range for each one it tested, which is why one model carries several numbers for one year.

kWh

The size of the tank.

A kilowatt-hour is a unit of energy. A bigger battery holds more of it and goes further. This page shows the usable figure where the data says so, because a pack never gives up every last bit.

kW

How wide the hose is.

A kilowatt is a rate: energy per second. The same battery fills from a 1.4 kW wall socket or a 200 kW-plus fast charger. Wide hose, quicker fill — as long as the car and the station both agree.

AC and DC

Two kinds of electricity.

Home wiring supplies AC, and the car's own charger turns it into DC. A fast charger does that conversion in the station and feeds the battery directly, which is why it is many times quicker.

10–80%

The happy middle of a battery.

Packs accept full power in the middle and slow right down past 80% to protect the cells. That is why a road-trip stop is usually 10% to 80%: the last fifth can take as long as the first half.

Range

How far can it go on one charge?

The Volkswagen ID.4 is rated between 263 and 291 miles on a full battery, depending on the version; the highest belongs to the 2026 ID.4.

The official figure comes from the EPA, the US agency that scores every car the same way: a full battery, a rolling road, and a number of miles at the end. It is the fair way to compare two cars, and still only a lab score — wind, hills, heaters and speed all take a bite out of it.

Check any car on fueleconomy.gov

Model year

In 2026, the Volkswagen ID.4 was rated between 263 mi and 291 mi on a full battery, depending on the version.

ID.4
291 mi
AWD
263 mi
−28 mi

Trim names are the EPA's own labels, unedited, so “G Touring” is short for Grand Touring. Each row is a version the EPA tested; a version it did not test has no row. Figures are miles on the EPA's lab test, not a prediction of your commute.

Charging time

How long does a charge take?

A 10–80% fast stop takes about 26 minutes at a charger that can deliver the car's peak, and a full charge on a 7.2 kW home charger takes about 12 hours.

Three things decide it, and the slowest one wins: what the station can supply, what the car will accept, and how much the battery wants at that moment. Move the sliders and the answer changes with you.

Step 1 — where are you plugging in?

The usual highway stop.

Step 2 — how full is the battery, and how full do you want it?

0%80% — most cars slow down here100%

Start at20%Stop at80%

60% of the battery, from 20% to 80%.

Step 3 — what do you pay per kWh?

Your charge

Time at this charger: 22 min
Cost: $16.59
Energy: 47.4 kWh

About a coffee break. The session draws about 128 kW on average — a peak figure would be a promise the last part of the charge does not keep.

Times use the 79 kWh battery and 185 kW DC peak from the Volkswagen ID.4 GTX (MY26) record, and scale from its 26-minute 10–80% figure. Above 80% the estimate assumes a much slower rate; cold batteries and shared stations can be slower still.

The station

1.4–350 kW

A wall socket gives about 1.4 kW; a highway post 150–350 kW. The site's rating is a ceiling, not a promise.

The car

11 kW AC

The car takes no more than its own limit — 185 kW on DC, 11 kW on AC. A bigger charger cannot change that.

The battery

slower past 80%

Above 80% the pack asks for far less power to protect the cells, which is why trips stop at 80%.

The reasoning behind those numbers is on how long EV charging takes and Level 2 vs DC fast.

Plugs

Which plug fits this car?

Only two shapes matter: the one on the car and the one on the charger. The AC plug covers home charging and slow public posts; the DC plug covers fast stops on a trip.

J1772

AC charging

SAE J1772 · Typically 3.3–19.2 kW

J1772 is the AC connector on almost every non-Tesla EV and plug-in hybrid sold in North America. At public stations it is usually a Level 2 charger.

Where you meet it: destination charging while parked.

More about J1772 Stations with this plug

Photo: Michael Hicks (mulad) · CC BY 2.0

CCS1

DC charging

SAE J1772 CCS Combo 1 · Typically 50–350 kW

CCS1 is the DC fast connector on most non-Tesla EVs in North America. It keeps the J1772 shape for the AC pins and adds two DC pins underneath.

Where you meet it: fast charging on a longer trip.

More about CCS1 Stations with this plug

Photo: Ken Fields · CC BY-SA 2.0

An adapter changes the shape of the plug, not what the car can accept or what the station can supply. It can bridge a standard; it cannot create power, access or a faster session.

This page lists the connectors the model reports. The directory records the connector a station reports, so a station that carries both a J1772 post and a CCS1 fast charger appears under each — and a car is not guaranteed a free one.

Cost

What does a charge cost?

Charging is priced by the kilowatt-hour, like electricity at home. The directory's median tariff is $0.35 per kWh — the middle of the prices networks actually list, not a quote for any one station.

At that median, filling the 79 kWh battery from empty at a DC post bills about $29.11. A 10–80% stop, the usual road-trip habit, moves about 70% of it and bills about $20.37. Type your own price into the calculator above to see your number instead.

Both figures are metered energy, not battery energy: a DC post puts roughly 95% of what it draws into the pack, so the bill sits slightly above battery × price. At home the conversion is closer to 90%. What is not in either figure: session fees, idle fees, parking and taxes. The state cost table has the local medians, and cost per mile turns this into a comparison with petrol.

Sources

US figures from the October 2026 data build. How these sources are chosen, and what a figure here never claims, is on the methodology page.

Full charge

$29.11

At $0.35 per kWh at a DC post, charging losses included.

10–80% stop

$20.37

About 70% of the battery, which is what most trips use.

Cheapest state median

$0.28

Iowa, per kWh — the lowest state median with a comparable sample.

Priced stations

3,805

Stations in the directory that publish a per-kWh tariff.

CalculatorPrice a charge for your state and your tariff

Prices

What it costs, version by version

The 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 starts at $45,095 for the Pro RWD and reaches $48,995 for the Pro AWD — $3,900 between the two ends of the same car. 2 versions are listed for that model year.

These are manufacturer list prices, as the price sheet records them. They are not a quote: sales tax, destination and delivery charges, options and any incentive are outside them, and a dealer's number will differ.

Price sheet · October 2026

Starts at

$45,095

Pro RWD, 2026.

Top version

$48,995

Pro AWD — the dearest version listed.

Versions priced

Model year 2026. Earlier or later years are not in the sheet.

Per mile of range

$155

$51 below the median across every priced model here. List price divided by the sheet's own rated range on the cheapest version.

List prices by version for the Volkswagen ID.4
Version	Year	Drive	Battery	DC peak	0–100 km/h	List price
Pro RWDCheapest	2026	RWD	82 kWh	175 kW	6.4 s	$45,095
Pro AWD	2026	AWD	82 kWh	175 kW	5.2 s	$48,995

The Pro RWD, in numbers

Price sheet

Seats: 5
Cargo volume: 858 L (30.3 cu ft)
Towing: 998 kg (2,200.211 lb)
Curb weight: 2,087 kg (4,601.042 lb)
Top speed: 180 km/h (111.847 mph)
Power: 210 kW (281.614 hp)
Torque: 545 Nm (401.971 lb-ft)
Onboard AC charger: 11 kW
Battery chemistry: NMC
Vehicle-to-load: Yes
Plug and charge: Yes

The table names versions, not trims the EPA tested. A price row and an EPA row can therefore differ in wording even when they describe the same car — the sheet writes “Pro RWD” where the label may write something else. The EPA rows are listed below, unedited.

Rated range is in this sheet too, but it is not printed here: it disagrees with the EPA label on a handful of rows, and two range figures for one car on one page is a page that argues with itself. The price-per-mile figure above stays inside the sheet's own numbers. The longest-legged version in the sheet is the Pro RWD at 291 miles of rated range (468 km).

Battery, DC peak and the 0–100 time are the sheet's own per-version figures, which is why they can differ from the single catalogue record in the specifications section: a model sold in several battery sizes has one number per size, not one number for the car. 1 mile = 1.609 km.

These are list prices, not quotes. For the whole field side by side, see every model ranked by price.

US trims

Every version, year by year

This is the list the chart above is drawn from. The names are the EPA's own labels, kept exactly as published — spelling, abbreviations and all — because rewriting a source label is how a table stops matching its source.

29 rows from fueleconomy.gov

Show every EPA row (29)Year · trim · range

US trims and EPA range for the Volkswagen ID.4
Year	Trim	EPA range
2026	ID.4	291 mi
2026	ID.4 AWD	263 mi
2025	ID.4	206 mi
2025	ID.4 AWD Pro	263 mi
2025	ID.4 AWD Pro S	263 mi
2025	ID.4 Pro	291 mi
2025	ID.4 Pro S	291 mi
2025	ID.4 S	206 mi
2024	ID.4	206 mi
2024	ID.4 AWD Pro	263 mi
2024	ID.4 AWD Pro S	263 mi
2024	ID.4 Pro	291 mi
2024	ID.4 Pro S	291 mi
2024	ID.4 S	206 mi
2023	ID.4	209 mi
2023	ID.4 AWD Pro	255 mi
2023	ID.4 AWD Pro S	255 mi
2023	ID.4 Pro	275 mi
2023	ID.4 Pro S	275 mi
2023	ID.4 S	209 mi
2022	ID.4 AWD Pro	251 mi
2022	ID.4 AWD Pro S	245 mi
2022	ID.4 Pro	275 mi
2022	ID.4 Pro S	262 mi
2021	ID.4 1st	250 mi
2021	ID.4 AWD Pro	249 mi
2021	ID.4 AWD Pro S	240 mi
2021	ID.4 Pro	260 mi
2021	ID.4 Pro S	250 mi

EPA figures are the US label; they are not converted from WLTP. A trim the EPA does not list has no row, and an all-wheel-drive version of a rear-drive model appears as its own row because the EPA tested it separately.

Catalogue detail

Specifications

From the European catalogue trim Volkswagen ID.4 GTX (MY26) (2025). US trims, EPA range and connectors are above; equipment and dimensions can differ by market.

Performance

Performance from the European catalogue trim
Power	250 kW (335 hp)
Torque	679 Nm (501 lb-ft)
0–100 km/h	5.4 s
Top speed	180 km/h (112 mph)
Drivetrain	AWD
Platform	VAG MEB

Battery, range and V2X

Battery, range and V2X from the European catalogue trim
Usable battery	79 kWh
Nominal battery	84 kWh
Chemistry	Lithium-ion
Nominal voltage	353 V
Cell count	288 cells
Pack configuration	96s3p
Warranty	8 years / 160,000 km
WLTP range (EU)	435 km (270 mi)
Efficiency (WLTP)	18.2 kWh/100 km
Cold highway (catalogue estimate)	283 km (176 mi)
Mild urban (catalogue estimate)	500 km (311 mi)
V2H	Not supported
V2G	Not supported

WLTP and catalogue estimates describe the European trim; EPA range is above. V2X rows are the maker's catalogue equipment.

Dimensions and practicality

Dimensions and practicality from the European catalogue trim
Length	4,584 mm (180.5 in)
Height	1,619 mm (63.7 in)
Wheelbase	2,773 mm (109.2 in)
Curb weight	2,248 kg (4,956 lb)
GVWR	2,770 kg (6,107 lb)
Payload	597 kg (1,316 lb)
Turning circle	11.6 m (38.1 ft)
Boot	543 L (19.2 cu ft)
Max cargo	1,575 L (55.6 cu ft)
Frunk	0 L (0 cu ft)
Towing (braked)	1,800 kg (3,968 lb)
Towing (unbraked)	750 kg (1,653 lb)
Seats	5
Segment	JC - Medium
ISOFIX	Yes, 3 seats
Roof rails	Yes
Heat pump	Standard Equipment

Safety (Euro NCAP)

Safety (Euro NCAP) from the European catalogue trim
Euro NCAP rating	5 stars (2025)
Adult occupant	89%
Child occupant	87%
Vulnerable road users	84%
Active safety	76%

Euro NCAP result for the European model; it is not a US NHTSA or IIHS rating.

Questions

Answers, briefly

Short answers first, the reasoning below each. Every figure here comes from the same data as the rest of the page.

Still unsure about a term? The charging glossary covers the rest of them.

What connector does the Volkswagen ID.4 use?

It lists J1772 for AC charging and CCS1 for DC fast charging. J1772 is what a home charger and a slow public post use; CCS1 is the fast plug for a longer trip. An adapter may bridge another standard, but support varies by vehicle and station.

How long does it take to charge a Volkswagen ID.4?

The catalogue's 79 kWh usable battery and 185 kW DC peak give a 10–80% session of about 26 minutes at a station that can deliver the power. AC charging peaks at 11 kW, which suits overnight charging rather than a trip stop.

What is the EPA range of the Volkswagen ID.4?

The 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 is rated between 263 and 291 miles, depending on the trim. The highest figure belongs to the ID.4; every model year the EPA tested is listed on the page, and each row is a different version of the same car.

What does "US trim" mean on this page?

A trim is a version of the same car: same body, different wheels, motors or battery. The EPA tests each version separately, so one model can carry several range figures for the same year. Bigger wheels are the usual reason two rows differ, because they add drag and rolling resistance.

How much does it cost to charge a Volkswagen ID.4?

At the directory's median of $0.35 per kWh, filling the 79 kWh battery from empty at a DC post bills about $29.11, and a 10–80% session about $20.37. Both are metered energy, so the charging loss is inside them. The median is the middle of the per-kWh tariffs networks list; session fees, idle fees and parking are excluded, and a home tariff is often cheaper.

Can a Volkswagen ID.4 use a Tesla Supercharger?

The Volkswagen ID.4's fast-charge plug is CCS1. Some Tesla sites in this directory report a CCS1 plug; whether a particular site accepts an adapter is not recorded, so filter the map for CCS1 before you rely on one.

How much does a Volkswagen ID.4 cost?

The 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 is listed from $45,095 for the Pro RWD up to $48,995 for the Pro AWD. Those are manufacturer list prices before sales tax, destination and delivery charges, options and any incentive, and a dealer's number will differ. 2 versions are priced for that model year.

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