Welcome back to EV News Daily coming up today. VW goes GTI with ID3.

Porsche's 718 Cayman spotted and Dacia Spring is Top Gear's best EV bargain.

Plus stay tuned because later in the show I'll tell you which limited edition EV model

immediately sold out in South Korea crashing the carmaker's website. Well, good morning, good afternoon,

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powered by electrons, because there's solar panels on the flat roof as well. Okay, let's talk about our first story. Something else is hot and

spicy, not to imply that I'm hot and spicy, of course, but Volkswagen launched the ID3 GTX,

a year or so ago plus, entering the electric hot hatch market. But now we hear they are

developing an even more dynamic version, and they'll call it gtie much like a

Porsche being a Porsche Tycon turbo there aren't too many turbos inside electric vehicles

who cares it's just a name the ID3 GTI there's nothing to be injected grand touring injection

yeah unlike classic GTIs at a front wheel drive,

the ID3 GTI, I think it'll be rear wheel drive, though. A report from auto or auto motor and sport

states that the electric ID3 GTI will have a power boost compared to the GTXX, maybe 335 horsepower perhaps. That's still pretty

rapid in hot hatch territory. And engineers are planning major upgrades to the chassis, steering,

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