Volkswagen's retro-groovy ID Buzz has finally gone into production after being teased for many years. The electric minivan has gone on sale in Europe and VW is doubling production because of strong demand. "This is without any of the customers seeing, touching, or even being able to drive the vehicle," VW Commercial Vehicles Chairman said.
The ID Buzz is available in either a two-row passenger vehicle or a commercial version that ditches windows and seats for pure cargo capacity. According to VW Commercial Vehicles, it has received over 12,000 orders from European customers for the ID Buzz and nearly half of them are for the commercial van.
VW dealers in Europe are about to receive their first demonstration models, and by the end of the year, they should have doubled production from 100 Buzzes a day to 200. There's a plan to make 100,000 electric vans a year by the year 2023.
It's possible that the EV van will be added to VW's production line in Tennessee after the Buzz goes on sale here in 2024. We will have to see how high the demand is and if we can increase the capacity again.
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