# VW ID. Buzz: Europe’s First All-Electric Bus and Transporter Range

- Link: https://greenlivingguy.com/2022/03/vw-id-buzz-europes-first-all-electric-bus-and-transporter-range/
- Published: 2022-03-18T23:49:18-04:00
- Author: greenlivingguy

03/09/22Wolfsburg/Hanover[Models](https://www.volkswagen-newsroom.com/en/models-3493)

## A Bulli for the all-electric future: World premiere of the new ID. Buzz^(01)

[Volkswagen](https://greenlivingguy.com/2018/11/evannex-tesla-gm-vw-trash-talk-report/)
ID. Buzz time!

### Passenger Cars and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles are giving the new VW ID. Buzz and ID. Buzz Cargo^(01) their world premiered in Hamburg.

All with Europe’s first all-electric bus and transporter range. So Volkswagen is
providing yet another solution to sustainable and CO_(2)-free mobility. The [VW](https://greenlivingguy.com/2024/03/2024-vw-atlas-cross-edition-4motion-sel-test-drive-review/)
ID. [Buzz](https://greenlivingguy.com/2020/12/first-time-electric-car-owner-heres-how-to-adapt/)
comes with the latest [ID. software](https://greenlivingguy.com/2021/06/test-drive-results-vw-id4-electric-car/).
For it sets new standards in its segment with the latest systems and functions. 
Those for safety, comfort and charging.

![VW ID. Buzz](https://i0.wp.com/greenlivingguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/8329D5F2-
C800-4764-A0A8-507B947BE205.jpeg?resize=420%2C280&quality=52&ssl=1)

[The new ID. Buzz^(02)](https://www.volkswagen-newsroom.com/en/the-new-id-buzz-7743)

As is the case for all the models in Volkswagen (VW) Passenger Car’s VE ID. family,
the [VW ID.](https://greenlivingguy.com/2022/03/travel-carbon-sustainable-7-ways-decrease-footprint/)
Buzz, which is built by Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles in Hanover.

It is also based in engineering terms on the Group’s Modular Electric Drive Kit (
MEB). The world’s first scalable mass production platform for all-electric cars.
For it provides the cross-brand basis for all sorts of different models. Moreover
and many different segments. Its architecture allows for an evolutionary further
development of software and technology. All which not only benefits new models such
as the VW ID. Buzz.

In addition all models that have already been delivered can get the same updates.
For even by means of over-the-air updates.

 

#### **Latest generation ID. software with new assistance and charging functions. **

The new model line’s assistance systems perfect ease of driving and safety. Included
as standard in the VW ID. Buzz and ID. Buzz Cargo is the ‘Car2X’ local warning system.
All which utilises signals from other vehicles and the transport infrastructure 
to spot hazards in real time.

**Also included as standard: **

the ‘Front Assist’ emergency braking function and, in the MPV, the ‘Lane Assist’
lane-keeping assistant. With new software, new assistance functions are also making
their way into the ID. family. Available as an option is ‘Travel Assist with swarm
data’, which facilitates partially automated driving across the entire speed range
and, for the first time, assisted lane-changing on the motorway. Also new: the ‘
Memory Function’ for automated parking on a previously saved route.

### Up to 170 kW charging power, Plug & Charge and bidirectional charging.

So the the ID. Buzz and ID. Buzz Cargo are launching across Europe. All most importantly
with a 77 kWh battery (gross energy content: 82 kWh). It also provides current to
a 150 kW electric motor. All which as the flat engine once did in the T1. For it
drives the rear axle.

Also, the position of the battery, integrated deep down in the sandwich floor. Finally
and the lightweight electric [drive system result](https://greenlivingguy.com/2025/10/lexus-rx-500h-direct-drive-2026-test-drive-results/)
in a good distribution of weight and a low vehicle centre of gravity. Both factors
optimise the handling and agility. The [lithium ion battery](https://greenlivingguy.com/2006/08/tesla-roadster-unveiled-in-santa-monica/)
can be charged from wall boxes or public charging stations using 11 kW alternating
current (AC). Via a CCS plug connector at a DC rapid-charging station (direct current)
the charging power increases to as much as 170 kW. When charged in this way, the
battery charge level rises from 5 to 80% in about 30 minutes.

Using the latest ID. software, the model line will also offer the ‘Plug & Charge’
function in the future. Via this function, the ID. Buzz authenticates itself at 
compatible DC rapid-charging [stations via the charging](https://greenlivingguy.com/2025/04/bronx-ev-charging-stations-and-fast-charging-hubs/)
connector using the ISO 15118 standard. It also exchanges all necessary data with
the charging station in this way – an added convenience. Bidirectional charging 
enables the ID. Buzz to feed unneeded energy from the battery into the customer’s
home network (Vehicle-to-Home). The power transfer and communication take place 
via a special DC bi-directional wall box.

#### Iconic design: The ID. Buzz is the new face of a sustainable form of mobility.

The visual frame around these future-oriented technologies is formed by the unique
design of the ID. Buzz.

“The T1 – an icon of the 1950s – enabled people to gain mobility and freedom. With
the ID. Buzz, we are transferring this T1 DNA to the present day and thus into the
era of electric mobility,” says Jozef Kabaň, Head of Volkswagen Design.

“The ID. Buzz brings a lot of sympathy and proximity to people back to the road,”
the chief designer continues. And it is the proportions that make the ID. Buzz so
unique. Kabaň creates a direct link with the original classic vehicle: “In the T1
you are practically sitting on top of the front axle – there’s no front overhang.
For all its safety relevance and technology, the ID. Buzz has super short overhangs.”
The designer sums up: “The ID. Buzz is timeless, sustainable and yet also extremely
functional – that makes it unique.” Another feature that has always been typical
of the model line is the iconic front with its V-shaped front panel between the 
charismatic LED headlights. That goes for the optional two-tone paintwork too.

#### The bus offers space for five persons.

**Thoughtfully designed, spacious interior for a life on the move. **

In addition, ID. Buzz drivers and passengers experience the new Bulli feeling in
a spaciously designed interior. Typically Bulli: the layout is very clear, the concept
well thought through and utilisation of space optimal. In the lounge-like, friendly
ambience of the MPV version, five people have ample room for travelling and for 
their luggage (1,121 litres of capacity). If the second row of seats is folded down,
the load capacity increases to up to 2,205 litres. Two or three seats up front, 
as the customer desires. Also a fixed partition separating off the 3.9 m^(3) cargo
space are distinctive features of the ID. Buzz Cargo. Finally, the zero-emission
cargo version can take two loaded euro pallets, loaded in transversely.

**Long wheelbase, compact body, maximum use of vehicle footprint. **
One feature
of the ID. Buzz and ID. Buzz Cargo is the long wheelbase of 2,988 mm, roughly the
same as that of the current T6.1. The length of both versions is 4,712 mm. By virtue
of what, in relation to the overall length, is a very long wheelbase, optimal use
is made of the vehicle footprint. Including roof aerial, the two versions of ID.
Buzz measure, dependent on specification, 1,937 mm or 1,938 mm in height. At 1,985
mm, the new model is 81 mm wider than a T6.1. The turning circle of 11.1 meters,
meanwhile, is unusually small.

![VW ID. buzz](https://i0.wp.com/greenlivingguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/IMG_6733.
jpeg?resize=400%2C267&quality=52&ssl=1)

### **The first MPV with the drag coefficient of a car.**

Design already followed function in the case of the T1, the first Bulli. Form follows
function – this central tenet of [automotive construction](https://www.volkswagen-newsroom.com/en/images/detail/volkswagen-id-buzz-cargo-38396)
also applies to the design of the ID. Buzz. The iconic clear forms are accompanied
here by outstanding aerodynamics: the ID. Buzz has a drag coefficient of 0.285 –
0.29 for the ID. Buzz Cargo. That reduces energy consumption and increases range.

### Made in Germany.

In addition, the ID. Buzz model line is being produced by Volkswagen Commercial 
Vehicles at its main plant in Hanover. The majority of the electric drive system
modules being supplied to the plant for this purpose will also be made in Germany
to the highest quality standards – in this case by the Group’s own Volkswagen Group
Components division. Since 2022, the Hanover plant has been one of the Group’s high-
tech locations for the production of all-electric vehicles.

![interior id buzz](https://i0.wp.com/greenlivingguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/
03/IMG_6734.jpeg?resize=400%2C265&quality=52&ssl=1)

It is also the case across the board that Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has begun
a transformation process in order to be able to offer more electric models in the
future. In Hanover, where once a Bulli model line used to be produced, what is being
created today in parallel is a three-pillar Bulli product – two of them electric.
The ID. Buzz and ID. Buzz Cargo leave the production line as zero-emission vehicles–
they bear witness to a decision on mobility, with which their owners are able to
counter the climatic challenges of our time.

The ID. Buzz and ID. Buzz Cargo will come onto the market in the first few European
countries this autumn.

## European pre-sales start in May, market launch in the autumn.

The ID. Buzz and ID. Buzz Cargo will come onto the market in the first few European
countries this autumn. Advance sales are due to start in May. With the ID. Buzz,
Volkswagen of America will also be initiating the comeback of the so-called microbus
in the USA and Canada.

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[The new ID. Buzz^(02)](https://www.volkswagen-newsroom.com/en/the-new-id-buzz-7743)

Source: [Volkswagen](https://www.volkswagen-newsroom.com/en/press-releases/a-bulli-for-the-all-electric-future-world-premiere-of-the-new-id-buzz-7800)

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