VW ID.2 is now the ID. Polo: UK price, release date and every update

The VW ID.2 is on sale in the UK as the ID. Polo, from £23,945 in November 2026, or £22,445 after the £1,500 Electric Car Grant. Cars have been in Volkswagen retailers since 6 November, and the ID. Polo GTI was priced at £35,295 on 9 November, with deliveries due in early 2027.

Last updated: 10 November 2026. We update this tracker on the 10th of every month, and on the day Volkswagen UK changes a price, a date or a version.

What	Status on 10 November 2026	Source
Name	ID.2all concept (2023); production name ID. Polo since September 2025	EV Fleet World
UK list price	£23,945 to £31,745 before the grant	Carwow
Electric Car Grant	£1,500 (Band 2) on every series Life and Style	Volkswagen UK, gov.uk
UK release	In Volkswagen retailers from 6 November 2026	Volkswagen UK
WLTP range	200 to 281 miles	EV Compared spec data
Boot	441 litres, 1,240 litres seats folded	Volkswagen UK, RAC
Towing	Up to 1,200kg with the optional tow bracket	Volkswagen UK
ID. Polo GTI	£35,295; orders before the end of 2026, deliveries early 2027	Auto Express

What changed this month?

Three things moved in November: the car reached showrooms, the GTI got a UK price, and the ID. Cross SUV went on sale.

9 November 2026: ID. Polo GTI priced at £35,295. Auto Express and evo both report a UK price of £35,295 for the first electric GTI. Auto Express quotes 223bhp, the same 52kWh battery as the regular car, 0 to 62mph in 6.8 seconds and a 259-mile range; evo quotes 262 miles. UK order books are due to open before the end of 2026, with first deliveries in early 2027. Evo says the grant could take £1,500 off, but the GTI is not on Volkswagen UK’s grant list yet, so we have not counted it.

6 November 2026: the ID. Polo arrives in UK retailers. Volkswagen UK says the car is now in its retailers nationwide. The line-up of Volkswagen electric cars now starts with the ID. Polo.

6 November 2026: ID. Cross prices revealed. The ID. Cross, a small SUV offered with the same 37kWh and 52kWh battery sizes, is available to order from £26,985 for the 37kWh Life and £30,260 for the 52kWh, according to Auto Express. That makes the entry hatchback £3,040 cheaper than the entry SUV. Our report on the cheaper 37kWh ID. Cross has the background.

How much is each ID. Polo version? (the full table, kept live)

The ID. Polo comes in two trims, Life and Style, with a 37kWh battery at 116PS or 135PS, or a 52kWh battery at 211PS. Prices are UK list prices in November 2026.

Version	Battery and power	WLTP range	Rapid charging	10 to 80%	List price	After £1,500 grant
Life	37kWh, 116PS	200 miles	Not in our data	Not in our data	£23,945	£22,445
Life	37kWh, 135PS	206 miles	90kW	23 min	£25,055	£23,555
Life Launch Edition	37kWh, 135PS	206 miles	90kW	23 min	£25,555	No grant
Life	52kWh, 211PS	281 miles	105kW	24 min	£28,330	£26,830
Style	37kWh, 135PS	203 miles	90kW	23 min	£28,470	£26,970
Style	52kWh, 211PS	278 miles	105kW	24 min	£31,745	£30,245

The 37kWh Life Launch Edition is sold from existing stock only, according to electrive, and is the one version missing from Volkswagen’s grant list. Style adds £3,415 to the equivalent Life with either battery, bringing LED matrix headlights, 18-inch alloys and sports comfort seats. Every version has the same 441-litre boot. Our ID. Polo price and delivery guide goes through each version in more detail.

What does an ID. Polo cost to run?

The ID. Polo costs about 1.2p a mile to charge on an overnight EV tariff, against about 15p a mile on public rapid chargers. Our method: efficiency is the WLTP range divided by usable battery, priced at 6.5p per kWh (Intelligent Octopus Go), the 26.32p price cap rate for October to December 2026 and Zapmap’s October average of 82p per kWh for rapid charging, ignoring charging losses (full method).

Version	Full charge at home	Per mile at home	Per mile at price cap	Per mile on a rapid charger	List price per mile of range	Empty to full on a 7kW wallbox
Life 37kWh 116PS	£2.41	1.2p	4.9p	15.2p	£120	5.3 hours
Life 37kWh 135PS	£2.41	1.2p	4.7p	14.7p	£122	5.3 hours
Life 52kWh 211PS	£3.38	1.2p	4.9p	15.2p	£101	7.4 hours
Style 37kWh 135PS	£2.41	1.2p	4.8p	14.9p	£140	5.3 hours
Style 52kWh 211PS	£3.38	1.2p	4.9p	15.3p	£114	7.4 hours

Take a Life 52kWh covering 10,000 miles a year: at 1.2p a mile on the overnight rate that is about £120 of electricity, while relying on rapid chargers at 15.2p a mile it is about £1,520. On a rapid charger the 52kWh car adds about 82 miles of WLTP range in 10 minutes, and the 135PS 37kWh car about 63 miles. UK testers have recorded lower efficiency than WLTP in cold weather, as our ID. Polo review round-up shows, so treat these as the best case. For wallboxes and installation, see Best Chargers.

What does it mean for buyers?

The ID. Polo is a refined, practical small hatchback at a sensible price, but its £1,500 grant is the smaller of the two rates. The RAC published its UK review on 26 October and called it “a very impressive small electric car”. EV Compared has not driven it; our view rests on the published figures and those reviews.

It suits you if you want a 441-litre boot in a car 4,053mm long, you can charge at home, and you value a familiar Volkswagen cabin. The Life 52kWh at £26,830 after the grant is the version we would pick: it has the longest range in the ID. Polo line-up and the lowest list price per mile of range, at £101.

It suits you less if price decides it. Gov.uk lists Band 1 cars for a grant of up to £3,750, so a rival with the bigger grant can undercut it. The Style 37kWh looks poor value too: at £26,970 after the grant it costs £140 more than a Life 52kWh, with less range and less power. Our VW Group small EV comparison sets it against its siblings.

Inside the group, the Cupra Raval’s UK prices are the closest comparison. If you need more space, the larger VW ID.3 is the next step up the range.

Is the ID.2 the same car as the ID. Polo?

Yes: the ID.2 never went on sale under that name. Volkswagen revealed the ID.2all concept on 15 March 2023 with a target price under €25,000 and a 280-mile range target, according to Goodwood. In September 2025 Volkswagen said it would move familiar names onto its electric range, and the production car became the ID. Polo, so an “ID.2 for sale” search turns up ID. Polo listings. Our ID. Polo guide covers how the car developed from the concept.

The common mistake is about the grant. When UK orders opened in July, electrive reported that the 52kWh cars qualified, without saying the 37kWh cars did. Volkswagen UK’s grant page, correct as at 13 August 2026, lists all seven Life and Style versions at £1,500, including the 37kWh cars. The dealer takes it off the price; you do not apply. Our guide to EV running costs and tax covers what you pay after that.

Method and sources

Prices, ranges, charging figures and boot space come from EV Compared’s spec data, checked on 10 November 2026 against Carwow’s UK specification list and Volkswagen UK. Grant eligibility comes from Volkswagen UK and gov.uk. Running costs are our own figures, worked out with the method above. We add an entry below only when we can link a source for it.

Previous updates

26 October 2026. The RAC published its UK review of the ID. Polo, calling it “a very impressive small electric car”.

10 September 2026. The series Life and Style versions went on sale from £23,945.

13 August 2026. Volkswagen UK’s grant page listed all seven Life and Style versions for the £1,500 Band 2 grant.

30 July 2026. UK order books opened, with launch editions from £25,555 and the £23,945 entry price announced for September.

30 April 2026. Volkswagen officially launched the ID. Polo, with the entry Trend priced from €24,990 in Belgium and the GTI expected in 2027, according to New Mobility.

8 September 2025. The ID. Polo made its production-form debut, partly camouflaged, at the IAA Mobility show in Munich alongside the ID. Polo GTI.

3 September 2025. Volkswagen confirmed the ID.2all would reach showrooms in 2026 as the ID. Polo, with a starting price target under €25,000.

15 March 2023. Volkswagen revealed the ID.2all concept, planned as the first front-wheel-drive car on its MEB electric platform.