2026 · Model Y Long Range RWD
Side by side · 2026 model year
Tesla Model YvsVolkswagen ID.4
357 mi EPA · 25 min 10–80%291 mi EPA · 26 min 10–80%
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The Tesla Model Y is rated 357 miles on the EPA test, the Volkswagen ID.4 291. A 10–80% stop takes 25 minutes in the Tesla Model Y and 26 in the Volkswagen ID.4. Every figure below names the version of the car it belongs to, and the three tools further down turn the same numbers into a charging race, a road trip and a yearly bill.
At a glance
Tesla Model Y · Model Y Long Range RWD
357mi EPA
25min 10–80%
$39,990from
Volkswagen ID.4 · ID.4
291mi EPA
26min 10–80%
$45,095from
The short answer
The Tesla Model Y turns the same electricity into more miles.
1
The Tesla Model Y is rated 357 miles against 291 — 66 miles, 23% further. It uses 25.2 kWh to cover 100 miles where the Volkswagen ID.4 needs 29.8.
2
A 10–80% stop takes 25 minutes in the Tesla Model Y and 26 in the Volkswagen ID.4. On a 50 kW post it is 66 and 66 minutes, so most of the advantage disappears at a slow site.
3
The Tesla Model Y carries 29 cu ft of boot against 19.2 cu ft, plus a 4.1 cu ft front trunk.
Which one, in one line
Pick the Tesla Model Y ifit wins on range (357 mi against 291), running cost (25.2 kWh per 100 miles against 29.8), charging (25 minutes against 26).
The priceThe Tesla Model Y is the cheaper to buy, listed from $39,990; both are US list prices before tax, delivery and incentives.
2026 · ID.4
Volkswagen ID.4
SUV · 79 kWh usable · CCS1
- EPA range
- 291mi
- Efficiency
- 3.36mi/kWh
- DC peak
- 185kW
- Boot
- 19.2cu ft
Charging, raced
Two cars, one post, same clock
Charging speed is a station number and a car number, and the smaller one wins. Set the post and both cars fill against the same clock — the interesting part is not who wins, it is how much of the gap a slow post takes away.
Each car is modelled on its own published 10–80% time, which gives an average power over that window: 133 kW for the Tesla Model Y, 128 kW for the Volkswagen ID.4. A post above that average changes nothing; a post below it sets the pace.
Volkswagen ID.4CCS126min
Tesla Model YNACS25min
At 150 kW, going from 10% to 80% takes 25 min in the Tesla Model Y and 26 min in the Volkswagen ID.4 — a gap of 1 minutes. Both cars are limited by their own packs at this post, so a bigger one would change nothing.
Every figure
The numbers, with the version attached
A tick marks a figure that is simply more useful — more range, less energy per mile, a faster stop. Rows without a tick are different, not better: a bigger battery, a longer wheelbase and a wider body are all trades, and this page does not pretend otherwise.
| Measure | Tesla Model Y | Volkswagen ID.4 |
|---|---|---|
| Range and efficiency | ||
| EPA range | 357 mi✓2026 Model Y Long Range RWD | 291 mi2026 ID.4 |
| EPA efficiency | 3.96 mi/kWh✓ | 3.36 mi/kWh |
| Energy per 100 miles | 25.2 kWh✓ | 29.8 kWh |
| Battery, usable | 79 kWhTesla Model Y Premium AWD (Juniper) | 79 kWhVolkswagen ID.4 GTX (MY26) |
| Range left in the cold | 57%modelled envelope | 57%modelled envelope |
| Charging | ||
| DC peak | 250 kW✓ | 185 kW |
| 10–80% at peak | 25 min✓ | 26 min |
| Average power, 10–80%(derived) | 133 kW✓ | 128 kW |
| AC maximum | 11 kW | 11 kW |
| Full charge on 240 V | 10 h | 8 h✓ |
| Fast-charge plug | NACS | CCS1 |
| Size and weight | ||
| Length | 188.6 in | 180.5 in |
| Width with mirrors | 83.8 in | — |
| Height | 63.9 in | 63.7 in |
| Wheelbase | 113.8 in | 109.2 in |
| Kerb weight | 4,568 lb | 4,956 lb |
| Space and practicality | ||
| Seats | 7✓ | 5 |
| Boot, seats up | 29 cu ft✓ | 19.2 cu ft |
| Front trunk | 4.1 cu ft✓ | 0 cu ft |
| Maximum cargo | 75.5 cu ft✓ | 55.6 cu ft |
| Towing, braked | 3,527 lb | 3,968 lb✓ |
| Heat pump | Standard Equipment | Standard Equipment |
| Performance and safety | ||
| Power | 364 kW✓ | 250 kW |
| 0–100 km/h | 4.8 s✓ | 5.4 s |
| Euro NCAP stars | 5 | 5 |
| Battery warranty | 8 years / 119,303 mi8 years / 192,000 km | 8 years / 99,419 mi8 years / 160,000 km |
| V2L / V2H | Not supported | Not supported |
| Price | ||
| Starts at | $39,990✓US list price | $45,095US list price |
| Top version | $57,490 | $48,995✓ |
| Per mile of range | $124✓cheapest version | $155cheapest version |
How to read the mixed rows. Range and efficiency come from one EPA row — the longest-range version of each car's current model year, not the longest range it has ever been rated at. Battery, charging and the catalogue dimensions come from the catalogue's headline record, which is not always the same trim. Each of those rows names its trim where the two disagree, and the model pages carry the full per-trim table.
What the cold row is not. “Range left in the cold” is the catalogue's modelled cold-highway figure as a share of its mild-urban one — a European model, not an EPA test in US weather. It is shown as a share rather than in miles so it cannot be mistaken for a US range rating.
Euro NCAP is the European crash programme; NHTSA and IIHS ratings are not in this dataset and are not claimed here. Warranty terms are the catalogue's kilometre figures converted to miles, so read them as indicative until a US warranty source replaces them.
Your numbers
What this pair costs you, on your drive
Two questions decide most purchases: how often you stop, and what the year costs. Both are arithmetic on the figures above, so change the inputs and the answer changes with you.
The drive
Starts full, arrives at 10%, charges back to 80% at each stop, and assumes a highway range of 85% of the EPA figure.
- Tesla Model Y
- 2
- Volkswagen ID.4
- 3
stops · 50 min charging
stops · 78 min charging
The year
Energy at the wheels from the EPA label, priced at the tariff you pay. Home charging is usually cheaper than the directory's median.
- Tesla Model Y
- $1,059
- Volkswagen ID.4
- $1,251
$9 per 100 mi
$10 per 100 mi
The trip model ignores charger detours, queueing and the last 10% of the pack, which is slow on both cars. The yearly cost is energy only: no session fees, no idle fees, no home-charger installation, and no petrol car to compare against.
Your priorities
A verdict you can argue with
There is no single winner, only a winner for a set of priorities. Move the sliders and the weighting changes — nothing here is a magazine score, and the page never hides the numbers it is built from.
Weighted result
Tesla Model Y
wins 5 of 7 measures on these weights
Tesla Model Y92%
Volkswagen ID.48%
Each measure is scaled between the two cars, so a weight of 5 means “this is the thing I care about” and 0 means “I do not care at all”. The scores are relative, not a rating out of ten.
Questions
Short answers, then the reasoning
Every figure here comes from the same data as the rest of the page. Where the data cannot answer, the page says so instead of guessing.
Still unsure about a term? The charging glossary covers the rest of them.
Which has more range, the Tesla Model Y or the Volkswagen ID.4?
The Tesla Model Y. The Tesla Model Y is rated 357 miles and the Volkswagen ID.4 291, each on the longest-range version of its current model year — 2026 Model Y Long Range RWD and 2026 ID.4 respectively. EPA figures are lab scores from one standard test, not a promise for a cold morning or a steady 75 mph.
Which charges faster?
The Tesla Model Y. Going from 10% to 80% takes 25 minutes in the Tesla Model Y (250 kW peak) and 26 in the Volkswagen ID.4 (185 kW peak). At a slow post the station becomes the limit and the gap narrows, because the slower car is short of power rather than short of time.
Do they use the same plug?
No. The Tesla Model Y fast-charges on NACS and takes NACS for AC; the Volkswagen ID.4 uses CCS1 and J1772 for AC. An adapter can bridge the shape of the plug; it cannot change the power either car will accept or what a station will supply.
Which is cheaper to run?
The Tesla Model Y, by about $546.94 a year at 12,000 miles and $0.35 per kWh. It uses 25.2 kWh per 100 miles against 29.8. That is energy only, at the wheels: session fees, idle fees and home-charger installation are not in it.
Which has more space?
The Tesla Model Y: 29 cu ft of boot against 19.2 cu ft, and 7 seats against 5. Boot volumes are measured by different conventions between makers, so read the direction as reliable and the exact size of the gap as indicative.
Which is cheaper to buy?
The Tesla Model Y is the cheaper of the two to buy, listed from $39,990.00 against $45,095.00 for the Volkswagen ID.4 — $5,105.00 between the two starting prices. Both are manufacturer list prices before sales tax, destination and delivery charges, options and incentives, so a dealer's number will differ; these are US list prices from the price sheet, not the catalogue's European figures.
Other comparisons
All comparisonsEvery figure on this page comes from the same records the Tesla Model Y and Volkswagen ID.4 pages use. How the sources are chosen, and what a figure here never claims, is on the methodology page.