Volkswagen ID. Buzz

Volkswagen ID. Buzz at a glance

From the 2017 concept to series production

Volkswagen first showed the ID. Buzz concept in Detroit, at the North American auto show of January 2017 and again in Geneva that March. The concept had either 200 kW and rear-wheel drive or 275 kW and all-wheel drive. In August 2017, chief executive Herbert Diess confirmed that it would go into production for 2022. A Cargo study followed at the IAA Commercial Vehicles show in Hanover in 2018.

The production van was revealed on 9 March 2022. Hanover, the traditional home of the Transporter, was converted for electric vehicles. The Cargo started first in early April 2022 and the passenger version in May, according to Wikipedia DE. Orders opened on 20 May 2022, at about €65,000 for the Pro in Germany before the state subsidy of the time. The first Cargo was handed to a customer in Isernhagen on 15 November 2022.

Short and long wheelbase, Pure and GTX

At launch there was one drive: a 150 kW (204 PS) motor with 310 Nm at the rear and a 77 kWh battery. Volkswagen revealed the long-wheelbase version on 2 June 2023. Its wheelbase is 250 mm longer, it has a third row of seats and a larger battery. A stronger motor of 210 kW (286 PS) and 550 Nm came with it.

In July 2024 Hanover converted the line again, and the range was rebuilt around three drives:

The GTX adds a second motor at the front, for 250 kW (340 PS) in total. With the 79 kWh battery it reaches 100 km/h in 6.1 seconds. The first 150 kW van needed 10.2 seconds, and the long-wheelbase Pro needs 7.9. Top speed was limited to 145 km/h at first; since summer 2024 every version reaches 160 km/h. The original 77 kWh battery charges from 5 to 80 percent in about 30 minutes at up to 170 kW.

Design, cabin and space

Designer Einar Castillo worked under group design chief Klaus Zyciora. The brief, in the words of product manager Jeffrey Lear, was a design that is "modern and fresh and exciting" while keeping cues from the T1. The van is 81 mm wider than the T6 Transporter.

Inside, the seats use recycled materials; leather is not offered. A 5.3-inch display sits behind the wheel. A 10-inch touchscreen is standard and a 12-inch one optional, and the cabin has up to eight USB ports. The short-wheelbase people carrier holds 1,121 litres behind the rear bench and 2,205 litres with it folded. The long-wheelbase version reaches 2,469 litres.

The Cargo has a partition behind two or three front seats. Its load space measures 3.9 m³ and takes two Euro pallets. Load length is 2,208 mm with a tailgate or 2,232 mm with wing doors. Payload is 592 to 607 kg within a gross weight of 3,000 kg. Braked towing loads are 1,200 kg for the Pro and up to 1,800 kg for the GTX. Our garage fit tool checks whether a van 1,937 mm tall fits a given space.

Safety and markets

Euro NCAP gave the ID. Buzz five stars in its test at the end of 2022. Adult occupants were protected to 92 percent and children to 87 percent; pedestrian protection reached 60 percent and the assistance systems 90 percent. A long-wheelbase Pro tested in 2025 under newer rules scored 84, 85, 70 and 73 percent. As a commercial vehicle, the Cargo received a Platinum rating with 83 percent in March 2024.

Production reached 11,013 units in 2022, 35,272 in 2023 and 29,900 in 2024. Germany registered 11,164 passenger versions from May 2022 to December 2024; Cargo vans are counted separately. 2023 was the best year so far, with 5,028 cars. The ID. Buzz was named German Car of the Year 2023.

North America received only the long-wheelbase version with three rows, from 2024. In December 2025 Volkswagen said the van would skip the US market for the 2026 model year and return for 2027. Prototypes with automated-driving hardware from Argo AI were tested in Munich from late 2021; after Argo closed, Volkswagen turned to Bosch and Horizon Robotics in October 2022.