2024 VW ID.Buzz Electric Van's U.S. On-Sale Date Confirmed

• The 2024 Volkswagen I.D.Buzz will make it to the U.S. market during calendar 2023 after a 2022 launch in Europe, according to Carsten Intra, head of the brand's Commercial Vehicles Division.

• The much-anticipated electric descendant of the Microbus will make up to 300 horsepower, and U.S. buyers can only get it with a long wheelbase.
  

• The Buzz will not be available as a work vehicle on the U.S. market but will be outfitted as an upscale people carrier.

It's the cutest van ever, or at least since the 1960s/'70s "love bus," and it should play an important role in popularizing EVs. That's why it's significant that Volkswagen has clarified the release date for the ID.Buzz, which today has been confirmed for a calendar year 2023 U.S.-market launch by Carsten Intra. head of Volkswagen's commercial vehicle division.

Intra for the first time confirmed that the ID.Buzz will come to the U.S. in 2023 as a 2024 model, following the 2022 launch of the ID.Buzz in Europe. Here, the lineup will be somewhat reduced and more upscale.

In Europe, the ID.Buzz will be offered in passenger and commercial vehicle versions and with a choice or short or long wheelbase. The U.S. market gets a reduced portfolio: The ID.Buzz will come only as a long-wheelbase passenger vehicle. But there could be up to three battery sizes. The entry-level model will likely be a rear-wheel-drive version with around 200 horsepower, and there will be an all-wheel-drive top-level version that will make as much as 300 horsepower.