Volkswagen ID Buzz Cargo 2023 - VW Electric Cargo Van
52023 VW ID. Buzz Cargo Arrives To Haul Stuff In Style
The US won't get the ID. Buzz Cargo, which will come to Europe in Q3 2022 as a RWD, short-wheelbase model with an 82 kWh battery. Today's the day VW Bus enthusiasts have been waiting for since 2001, when the German automaker unveiled the Microbus Concept at the Detroit Auto Show.
More than two decades and three battery-powered concept vehicles later, we finally have a production model, which just like the original, is available in passenger and cargo van body styles.
The commercial vehicle variant, called the VW ID. Buzz Cargo, will unfortunately not be available in the United States. The automaker did not say why, but it's likely because of the Chicken Tax that sees light trucks imported to the US applied a 25% tariff.
Since the ID. Buzz Cargo will be built alongside the ID. Buzz at VW's Hanover plant in Germany, it qualifies for the tariff. With that out of the way, let's see what US buyers will be missing out on.
The ID. Buzz Cargo will launch in the third quarter of this year in Europe in standard-wheelbase form, just like its MEB platform sibling, the ID. Buzz. It will share an 82 kWh (77 kWh usable) lithium-ion battery with the passenger version at the start of sales, with more battery versions with various power output levels expected to follow in 2023.
The battery is mounted in the floor of the vehicle, which is said to give the ID. Buzz Cargo agile handling for a vehicle of its size. The pack powers a 201-horsepower electric motor, which sends up to 229 lb-ft (310 Nm) of torque to the rear wheels. The top speed of the ID. Buzz Cargo in this configuration is 90 mph (145 km/h).