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The What Van? Road Test: Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo (2022)
Date: Tuesday, June 20, 2023
If you’re searching for something that looks like nothing else on the highway, and is zero-emission, then your search is over.
Volkswagen’s ID. Buzz Cargo’s stand-out retro styling echoing that of the very first Transporter is enough to win it a round of applause on its own. When added to its environmental credentials, it makes VW’s new offering a winner.
Its virtues are such that it won the What Van? Electric Van of the Year award for 2023 against some stiff competition.
The rear-wheel drive newcomer is not part of the VW/Ford product-sharing deal, and what you see is what you get. As things stand, there are apparently no plans to introduce a long-wheelbase version, which makes for a somewhat restricted range.
Power comes courtesy of an electric motor delivering 150kW/204hp – a lot of punch for a light commercial of its size – backed by a 77kWh 12-module lithium-ion battery pack.
A single-speed transmission is standard and a switch on a steering column stalk allows you to select D for Drive, R for Reverse and N for Neutral. The B setting delivers increased regeneration.
Two specification levels are offered – Commerce and the more-upmarket Commerce Plus. We opted for the latter.
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