2021 Volkswagen ID.4 First Drive – Ripe for the Picking Vincent Nguyen - Dec 22, 2020, 9:45am CST The 2021 Volkswagen ID.4 is America’s first taste of a new-age VW electric vehicle. Riding atop the German carmaker’s EV-specific MEB platform, the ID.4 is all-new from the ground up, and it certainly feels like it both inside and out. After my brief stint driving the ID.4. I can see why it makes a lot of sense for the US market from a starting price perspective, especially with the longer range battery option. Even the ID.4 1st Edition – which, as the name implies, will be first to arrive and carry a $45,190 base price – offers terrific value, once you get done applying the applicable federal and local tax credits. By way of comparison, a base 2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime starts anywhere from $39,000, and a fully-loaded Prime XSE starts at $41,425.