Uh Oh… Volkswagen ID. Buzz 70-MPH Highway Range Test (77kWh / 21” / Cold Weather)

Would like to see some videos from EV owners in Buffalo NY area.

If you want to market this as a cruiser then sorry. It needs to be a hybrid. Maybe plug in hybrid with a 70kwh battery. That would check all the boxes.

That thing is awesome.

So jealous of the charging station! Can we ask Ionity to build the charging infrastructure in the US please???

it was dump, around 0 C, with heater on, probably winter tires (and not fully pumped, by looks at the back) etc. now get any ev with similiar specs and do test again to comment performance, please.

This car looks beautiful. I would use as my daily driver. But the price is something what I cant really understand 😀

Wow Norway is tiny. North America is much larger. For city dwellers it's fine. Going on a road trip through the Rocky Mountains? Have to plan it carefully haha.

This would make a interring car for Uber driver the 7 seater model

Don't worry guys, China will supply Norway with coal fired power plant smoke, that Norway is not.

Wie kann man nur noch Tetris spielen, wenn es Tesla gibt ?

Here in Northern Virginia last winter, a crazy traffic jam stranded thousands of vehicles on commuter highways for more than 24 hours in the cold. At least some electric vehicles ran out of battery and needed to be towed. A tow truck can bring an ICE vehicle a small can of gas to get them to the gas station. Is there an equivalent short-term solution for EVs? I’m thinking of a large portable battery. Would it be hard to charge from such a device?

The UK Tesla public chargers are now at 65p per kWh and Ionity and others are similar for the faster charger points. This equates to around 30p PER MILE! Double that of my diesel SUV, and I take 4 minutes for 500 miles of range!!! And with electricity costs still rising, I am looking only at PHEVs now and no way would purchase any BEV at this stage.

What joke of a vehicle

Looks clean in one color.

they need to build bigger more comfortable vehicles to accommodate more battery. so they need to build with 600 actual miles in mind. 300 KW battery pack. space, size, height, bigger. why keep building little small, build bigger and put in enough battery. put in way more battery. 2.2 x 300 = 660 miles / that's plenty for a day. a charge at 330 miles of usage, for 15 mins, would be painful but doable. otherwise let's move to hydrogen.

oh well. its a rather thirsty beast but what did you expect from a van. it still has enough range to be functional if it charges reasonably fast.

They have Circle K in Norway?

Really like the fan looks great why on Earth do they put a tablet sticking out of the dash? It looks like someone stuck a Galaxy tablet to the dash with some chewing gum really don't like the tablet look.

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Kyle, really enjoyed watching this as I loved the Buzz right from the concept. I’m thinking maybe it could be my ideal car at aged 63. I watched the charging performance and that significantly changes my views on range. I occasionally do road trips of circa 400-500 miles. I’d start my trip with a cheap overnight charge to 100%, then with a charging curve like this I could stop for 20-30 minutes and make a longer trip feasible and stress free. To help matters, I drive around at 55-60mph. If I swap out the 21 inch wheels for 19, do you think I could improve the range from 190 to 230 at my kind of speeds? Cheers Geoff

I love how the ID Buzz can look retro with a 2tone paint, or sleek futuristic in this silver (if only it was brushed/matte)

The Range is nowhere near good enough for a touring vehicle. It is also overpriced. Sorry Volkswagen. Must try harder.

Parking space not big enough for you?

LOVE the look and practicality of it (with a longer range battery) but for $60k+?! This car screams practical / family car but the price certainly does not. Thought I had found my GTI replacement. Nope!

wow the range...is really disappointing, gasoline car cause more money, this thing cause life. how many 30 mins you gonna spend in that charging area.

2,5 tonnes. .... !!
70 000 euros ... !!
200 kms ( RÉELS .) !
No good in winter
Never 7 persons !
Where is the problème ?
Haha !

real time/life tests 👍

🙈☠️RIP battery

I'd take this version in the USA. I'd even want a smaller one. Not everyone needs a 7 seater. I like the idea of driving a box on wheels.

why not tell how much that cost to charge?

just awesome. I am waiting to buy one immeately!!👍👍👍👍👍

So with this too expensive van I can not reach the region of Paris on 1 charge.... My VW Caddy does it the trip (back and forth) twice on one tank. This makes no sense at all.

I own a Bolt and when traveling I never go more than 64 mph except for passing to extend my range. I always plan on doing short stop bumps and only go about 180 miles tops. So driving an EV is strategic. People who switch from ICE cars need to learn the new concept that battery capacity is very different from measuring liquid fuel in a tank.

o me god feat like pig and trlalalala to much den eng elecrotrulalala

It's looking like VW needs to add their version of Camp Mode or Utility mode before ID Buzz owners will be able to enjoy AC/heat during their car camping sessions. Hopefully this can be easily addressed with an Over the Air update before they begin selling here in North America. Fingers crossed 🤞!!

Dumbest test I have ever seen. What was the purpose? Every variable you used to evaluate you already knew.

Good people

If youre usung the cabin heater, that will severely impact the range.

omg what a shitty range...252km on a charge is unacceptable. VW has to do way better before I would even concider getting one, waaay better

shouldn't you be driving in D mode? B is for city driving as anytime you take your foot off the gas motor acts like a break?

What’s about the small overlap crash test?

Ev's need to go 400+ before i think of possibly getting one

and with 4 passengers and luggage......

An ICE version would have a longer range

This color is wonderfull

What a disaster not a chance I woukd get one that is crap

And now we know why the US is only getting the LWB (likely needed for the bigger battery option) - however for European urban travel, this is more than fine, don’t you think?