Volkswagen plans to unveil its ID.Buzz electric Microbus in production form on March 9, CEO Herbert Diess revealed Thursday via Twitter.
The long-awaited electric truck is expected to stick to the prototype version introduced in November – and to be delivered to US customers in 2023.
At the time, a disguised ID.Buzz was briefly shown by Klaus Zellmer, the VW brand’s global head of marketing and sales, during a reveal livestream of the crossover. of ID.5. Zellmer doesn’t have much to say about ID.Buzz, only noting that there will be more on the EV teased next year, and in today’s teaser, Diess hasn’t revealed anything more.
The camouflage scheme adheres very closely to the theme applied to its ID.4 in prototype form — and the production form has changed little from that theme. So it could be a good indication of what the production ID. Buzz will look like.
VW ID.Buzz Trailer from Klaus Zellmer, VW Sales and Marketing Manager
ID.Buzz is due in the US in 2023, after a long time of teasing returns to the well-received composition January 2017 concept. We even driving concept a few months after being revealed at the 2017 Detroit Auto Show.
Meanwhile, the classic EV is expected to be fully revealed in 2022.
This model looks quite a bit different from concept and closely matches the details seen in shoot spies of test vehicles. It will use the same MEB platform as the ID.4 and ID.5, as well as the European-market ID.3 hatchback and the Audi Q4 E-Tron SUV and Sportback.
VW is supposed to cover some of the development costs for this niche model by coordinate it with a cargo version. A concept version of the ID.Buzz cargo truck was first shown in 2018 and reports indicate that production of both cargo and passenger versions will be allocated to a vehicle factory. trade in Hanover, Germany.
