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Cupra Born

The electric hatchback, and mechanically a Volkswagen ID.3 — the same MEB platform, the same rear drive unit, the same battery and charging hardware. Volkswagen's information applies without qualification and there is far more of it, which is the single most useful thing to know when one arrives with a fault. Rear-wheel drive on every version, so a drive-motor code names the rear axle.

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Cupra Born, front view
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Generations

  • K11 2021–present

    MEB, and an ID.3 under the badge — rear drive on every version, so Volkswagen's information transfers unchanged.

    Body styles
    Hatchback
    Platform
    MEB
    Engines
    • 58 kWh electric — electric
    • 77 kWh electric — electric
    • Electric motor — electric · APP 310 permanent magnet brushless motor
    • 45 kWh electric — electric · 45 kWh
    Transmissions
    Single-speed reduction
    Drivetrain
    Rear-wheel drive

Information, not instruction

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Have anything you intend to act on checked by a trained person against the manufacturer's own procedure for your vehicle. Nothing here replaces that procedure.

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