Volkswagen is one step nearer to delivering the ID Buzz within the US, in the present day revealing preliminary battery, powertrain, and trim choices out there when the all-electric microbus goes on sale later this yr.
To begin, the automaker will provide a First Version mannequin that comes with unique wheels, badging, and additional unknown “items.” Alongside that, VW has a Professional S mannequin that’s rear-wheel drive solely (282 horsepower) and a Professional S Plus that may possibility in all-wheel drive (335 horsepower) and comes with normal premium options like a heads-up show.
Whereas European clients have had enjoyable happening highway journeys and tenting for a yr, Volkswagen has been sluggish to carry the retro-inspired microbus stateside. Final summer time, the automaker confirmed the bigger, lengthy wheelbase model of the ID Buzz is sure for the US, with a big 91kWh battery and 20-inch wheels normal.
When you go for the First Version, you get a number of the Professional S Plus choices normal, together with an electrochromic panoramic glass roof that switches from clear to opaque, roof rail crossbars, and a bench seat that permits for seven passengers (just for RWD).
In the meantime, the lower-tier Professional S nonetheless will get the usual tech of the higher fashions just like the 12.9-inch infotainment, digital gauge cluster, colour ambient lighting, wi-fi telephone charging, and IQ Drive superior driver assistant.
In an electronic mail to The Verge, Volkswagen spokesperson Mark Gillies writes that US ID Buzz pricing will likely be introduced nearer to launch within the fourth quarter of this yr. Volkswagen has but to supply EPA vary estimates, however the 91kWh battery may provide as a lot as 310 miles on a single cost.