What is the name of Volkswagen's first production electric car based on the MEB platform?

Volkswagen’s first production electric car based on the MEB platform was the Volkswagen ID.3. It was the first production vehicle built on Volkswagen Group’s Modular Electric Drive Matrix, known by its German abbreviation MEB.

Volkswagen unveiled the production ID.3 at the Frankfurt Motor Show on September 9, 2019, and began production later that year. Retail deliveries in Germany started in September 2020. The compact five-door hatchback was positioned as a practical family car and became the first model in Volkswagen’s dedicated ID electric-vehicle series.

MEB was designed specifically for battery-electric vehicles rather than adapted from a combustion-engine architecture. Its flat battery pack sits low in the floor, while the ID.3 uses a rear-mounted electric motor and rear-wheel drive. The architecture was also intended to support multiple body styles and brands across the Volkswagen Group.

The ID.3 is not the same as the earlier e-Golf. The e-Golf was an electric version of an existing Golf design and platform, whereas the ID.3 introduced Volkswagen’s dedicated MEB architecture. The larger ID.4 and the ID. Buzz followed later as additional MEB-based models.