Volkswagen has provided a first look at the long-awaited U.S.-bound ID.Buzz electric van—finally, in the form Americans will be able to buy.
What have we been waiting for? U.S. versions of the 2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz, VW says, will be made in the same Hanover, Germany, factory as the European model but they’ll have a third row of seats. They’ll be nearly 10 inches longer than the two-row model that won’t be sold in the U.S. They’ll have a 91-kwh battery pack. And they’ll offer all-wheel drive. Even the single-motor rear-wheel-drive version of the ID.Buzz will be more powerful in U.S. spec, at 282 hp rather than 201 hp.
Whether Americans really wanted to wait around another two years for that goodie bag is another matter. Even if you’ve been holed up in a commune over the past seven years, with a copy of “How to Keep Your VW Alive” close at hand and only whirled peas on your mind, you probably know that there’s a new electric Microbus on the way.
It’s been a long wait. Six years ago this month, VW confirmed that the well-received ID.Buzz Concept
Then Green Car Reports drove the European-spec version of the ID.Buzz last year and found it to be the perfect counterpoint to the mainstream crossover. In those dimensions, it’s right-sized in many ways for urban families—with easy sightlines and great maneuverability, while effectively remixing the parking footprint of the VW ID.4, Tesla Model Y, Hyundai Ioniq 5, and many others with something distinctly different and stylishly utilitarian.
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How much bigger is the ID.Buzz for America?
Americans may never see that standard-length version, so here’s what we’re looking at: In U.S. XL form, the ID.Buzz is 192.4 inches long, 77.9 inches wide, and 74.6 inches tall, and it rides on a 127.5-inch wheelbase—9.9 inches longer than that of the two-row version. An available panoramic glass sunroof with electrochromic tinting measures 67.4 inches long and 40.8 inches wide.
U.S. versions will include seven-passenger seating, dual power-sliding rear side doors, and a power tailgate, with an AC plug under the passenger seat. Front seats will be heated, cooled, and power-adjusted. Some may prefer the second-row captain’s chairs layout, which drops passenger capacity to six.