VW introduces seminal ID.Buzz in three-row layout

As automakers keep rolling out new EV models, a kind of sameness has crept into the proceedings. Put a four-door sedan or crossover on a skateboard platform with a 90-kWh-or-so battery, a smattering of futuristic touches, and start shipping.

Volkswagen says it is adding something unique to the mix with the 2025 ID.Buzz it will start delivering to the North American market in the second half of 2024. This three-rows-of-seating variant of the ID.Buzz is the “spiritual reincarnation of the Microbus reimagined for our electric future,” said Pablo Di Si, president and CEO of Volkswagen of America, Inc.