At the 2019 Frankfurt Motor Show, Volkswagen unveiled its overseas-only ID.3 all-electric hatchback. Tucked away in a glass case, however, was a lightly camouflaged near production-ready ID. Crozz crossover, which could be renamed ID.4. This will be the new EV North America will get and, according to a new video posted by Volkswagen, it will debut earlier than expected. Reports initially indicated the ID.4 crossover will officially be unveiled sometime this spring but it turns out it'll be earlier than that.

Jürgen Stackmann, member of the Volkswagen board of management for sales and marketing, confirmed that "we'll show you the car in February. Stay tuned." What's happening in February? The Chicago Auto Show. We reached out to Volkswagen North America senior manager for product and technology communications, Mark Gilles, for comment regarding Stackmann's statements. Alas, he "can't confirm anything at the moment."

The speculatively-named ID.4 shares the same MEB platform as the ID.3 and, in all likelihood, the same battery options as well.