Volkswagen unveiled an ID.Buzz medical staff van at the IAA Transportation 2022 commercial vehicle show in Hannover, Germany, demonstrating the potential of the new electric truck for government fleets and other vehicles. enterprise.
VW doesn’t provide many details about the ID.Buzz emergency vehicle, only noting that it was built in collaboration with German relief company Bösenberg. Other ID.Buzz derivatives are also expected to debut at the IAA Transportation show, VW said in a press release.
Volkswagen ID.Buzz Cargo (Euro Specifications)
Although it sports retro styling inspired by the classic VW Microbus and shares the MEB platform with passenger cars like the ID.4, the ID.Buzz is a product of the manufacturer’s commercial vehicle division. car. So it’s possible that the electric truck will actually be serviced with paramedics — and in other fleet applications — as production ramps up.
we recently drove The European spec version and the short wheelbase version and the ID.Buzz Cargo are quite charming to drive. However, US version won’t arrive until 2024and it will have a different configuration than the European models shown so far.
Volkswagen ID.Buzz Cargo (Euro Specifications)
Initial production versions slated for Europe include the ID.Buzz Cargo and a five-seat passenger version. The US will have a longer wheelbase version of the van with three rows of seats, which is expected to be presented for the first time in 2023.
While the commercial future for VW’s electric trucks may yet be determined for the United States, booster programs are big business. And as trucks go electric, Ford is looking to capture a large portion of this business with its E-Transit van. The E-Transit is based on the existing internal combustion Transit, and Ford has made installations familiar to the companies that have equipped the Transit to make the electric version easier.
