New ID. AURA is the mainstream EV VW needs – but its software is the real story

Electrek
By Jo BorrásNov 8, 2026, 8:42 am21 pts
Volkswagen built its global empire on the promise of affordable, accessible transportation, embodied by the iconic Type 1 Beetle. Now facing an existential crisis after a decades-long push upmarket, the automaker faces a reckoning – and a retreat back into affordable, mass-market electric sedans like the new…

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