One Last Trip with The ID.Buzz 

Great summary of the Buzz. The Buzz is the reason I found this channel and although I'm sad to see it go I am happy to take delivery of my own Buzz in a few days.

272 Wh/k = 435 Wh/mi. Wow that is bad for a vehicle that is not towing. It goes to show how cold can affect EVs. Love your comments during the video.

Found your channel just yesterday. Great content, you got yourself one more sub! :)

nice video. I've been waiting a long time in the USA for this to be available, but the more I learn about it the longer I want to keep my reliable, comfortable, fully paid for 2012 Chrysler Town and Country minivan. Our everyday driver is a 2021 BMW i3s, and as much as I'd love to go 100% EV (and how cool the VW looks) the price and compromises of the idBuzz (relatively short range, expensive, less than amazing tech) don't make much sense for us. cheers

Enjoyed this video & its objectivity. Well done. Subscribed. Cheers

Bra saker dette. Keep up the good work!

I use Kia Niro'21 with heatpump and it consumes 5 kW in -16 C for at least 10 min until interior gets warmer. Heatpump doesn't work at -16 C because it would require more energy to collect heat outside compared to just use electricity for resistance heater

Roaming- Like! really top trip! )

My EV experience comes from Model 3 and the Y. Got my Buzz for almost about a year ago. The bad software and buttons in the Buzz is reason enough not to get the car for many. Can’t believe that VW put this crap into this otherwise great practical and very comfortable car. Like you said, a heat pump should also be standard equipment in any EV in Europe., at least in Norway. I shall be very careful about rumors but I’ve heard, even when the 4WD long wheelbase Buzz comes along with a slightly bigger battery, the range will not improve. I really hope that will not be the case. Anyway. A heat pump, better buttons, improved software including an app where you can actually adjust settings and 4WD will make the car a whole lot better. Still got the Y too though. Love your video.

Takk for en informativ film, det er filmer som dette, folk får se hva el bil er. Selv driver jeg med dokumentar på VW ID.3 fra ny til oppbrukt .. over 3 år nå.. Jo fler forbrukere filmer, jo mer vil bilbransjen skjerpe seg og gjøre ting bedre.

Excellent video! I hope to vsist Norway someday and do a roadtrip in a Tesla.

Greetings! I've been a Tesla owner for just about 4yrs now and here in Korea we have about 3 months of "winter" during which i am lucky to get 70% of rated range and usually less than that. Rest of the year i tend to get just about or sometimes over the rated range. Mine was built just before the heatpump models but still I'm not sure if i would have bought one if the winter was any longer in my country. Thank you for the great content!

Man, I love the music @ 15:00... Nice video too btw. ❤

I am glad that I went for the leasing option because I wanted to wait for the next version (long wheel based w/better battery) which I think is planned for european release in end of 2024. But I have enjoyed your trips on here in that Buzz but also the drive in the Tesla up north :)

Good to see it tested in harsh conditions. Comparing a bus to a car is however giving the wrong impression. Out of all electric mini vans this VW iD Buzz is still way ahead of his competitors. Bothin power consumption and range. It also has by far the best recharge time out of all vans. Conclusion: electric vans suck. But also: The VW id Buzz is still the best in his own class, by a big margin.

Nice video✌️ I love the planning charging/trip of my Mégane infotainment and Google continues improving the system... I don't know the Tesla planning system... But the Google is the best✌️ Thanks for the video

I have been travelling this weekend to Røros from west coast and it was damn slippery 😅 and my very clasic modX has made it super well, 800km with just 233Wh/km 😊

@2:00 50% is perhaps too much but same for a drive of 2h30, so better for you to take a break :-) and as the car had only 20 30 % at the first stop, seems very low temperatures are not well taken in account in consumtion estimation. Very interesting video, thanks !

Seat heat can be turned on with two-finger-click on blue-red temperature controls. Nonetheless I agree with most of your points completely

I have same concerns, not only in winter time, but in hot summer, AC definitely will reduce the mileage of the car...But the buzz do look good.

I wish we had even one such beautiful mountain in Finland, but the are all located on the Norwegian side of the border.

Thanks for the video! Really considering to replace our family Touran with ID Buzz.

You see it from Norway perspective, in southern coutnries and many parts of US they donť need almost heating at all, so comparison to power steering is not tom notch :-) I like piano black although it needs more attention. SW is really sluggish and that sucks mee too,upcoming ID7 with new SW and better screen solve all ttroubles bles it seems.

awesome video. Thank you for sharing the beautiful sceneries as you made the reviews. I wondered how far can a full charged battery last with 5 people and luggage in it ? Considering ID Buzz is a family van. Almost all EV cars review has 1 or 2 passengers with luggage. Thanks.

Software seems clumsy. The software must think as the user thinks in that situation, this car software doesn't. "It has very bad software" (19:33) Forcasting larger battery reserves than reality is simply creating dangerous situations. If the car stops hill-up at a two lane road...the accident is near. The last thing you want. The test driver is telling VW-engineering what to do..(20:41). The car heater (consuming 6 kW) uses half of the energy of a small car driving on a highway. For defrosting the screens it is a must...

Great video

You should give advice to Canada on how to build roads. In Toronto and the surrounding area there are pits, ditches and cracks, even on highways.😢

Ikke sett kanalen din før nå. Bra jobba og godt kommunisert. Keep it up!

Thank you for your vid.

Your content is really nice! I agree on range is a problem. I lease this car monthly, but would not buy. To expensive. And range is to poor.

The problem is in this life everything is a compromise (apart from my wife in case she reads this). Concerns about range in an arctic environment are fine if you live in an arctic environment & need to be taken into consideration but for many the range (even when -25c) will not be an issue. I guess that most EVs find their place as a 2nd vehicle which gives owners the ability to play to their strengths, at some point in the future that restriction may disappear. In the end we make a decision on videos like this which give a real world view of function rather than the manufacturer’s brochure. Great video & you have a new subscriber.

Great content - fellow Norwegian :)

Very good channel. Would like to see a Fisker Ocean review in future 😊. Subs.

Nice video. I missed your buddy Pecco! cheers

you have to update the software the newer version is running better !

getting the van as a service car about mars. Just the normal. Probably no heat pump. But not that cold around Bergen.

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Jeg er veldig glad i buzzen min. Veldig fornøyd med det meste. Ja det kunne vært varmepumpe med tanke på effektivitet på vinteren men nå kjører ikke jeg lange turer heller utenom på sommeren. Perfekt med masse plass. Har hatt noen hiccups med software med tanke på resetting av personlige innstillinger noen ganger . Men det ble fiksa med en oppdatering.kjørt 16k nå.

Fully loaded on slippery road it probably means you can't move anymore, and you have range of 50km :D I will try to keep my Sharan as long as possible :D

I love the design (inside and out). I would’ve bought it if they made a gas version. It looks like it’d be great for long road trips.

Funny you dont tell how long your recharges take. The ID has such a great range you had to recharge 2 times ( after being full charge) making a 300km trip LOL

two finger tap on the heat slider will change seat temp 🙂

I thought that at -25°C temperature the heat pump (most heat pumps) won't work. Below -10, I think, they are so inefficient that they are not worth it.

Traction control works up to 30Km/h good luck

What type of app and reader are you using to se all info on your phone? Looking for something that works with my sq8 Etron

well the good news is that norway is Beautiful, and you already have the Buzz, and its a nicer version of the Buzz than the US will ever get, and we'll be in our Ugly Buzzes, in our average landscapes

51 KEuro in Norway => In Germany its costs 64 KEuro... So seems that re-import would be good.

At -35C' my 200sqm house uses 4kW for heating via a geothermal heat pump. It is insane if a car uses 6kW for heating.

Very interesting video. What mobile app do you use with all the vehicle info?

i love this route in ETS2

Nice video, this car seems not well thought through, would need twice the battery size to be any good.

So how often did you charge for this only 500 km long trip? When I think about that my truck uses a terrible amount of fuel but still makes 1.200 km before I have to hit the gas station ...

Just discovered your channel and enjoyed the content. Do you think that a heat pump would give real efficiency gains at -17°? Here in Canada I find the heat pump is a real benefit from +5° to -5° beyond those temperatures the heat pump either has to work really hard or at the warmer end the heat is hardly needed so there aren’t many kw saved.

I watched a video you put out on a Tesla and was very impressed with your optimism with the car while seeming to be objective. When I saw this video I was very excited to hear your objective opinion on this vehicle and was curious to hear why you were getting rid of it. I made it through 15 minutes of your constant negativity and had to stop watching. I’m not sure why you are selling it but it seems to be a good idea.

Very interesting content…… But why would anybody want 3EV’s ??? 😂 🇬🇧

@Roaming Norway Do you mean that traditional car of ICE and mech. transmission systems can do the same maneuvers as power/servo motor do? How can autonomous driving, automatic parking including 360 degree turning, and other precision controls be accomplished without electric motor/ Servo motor and AI control system? Power motor is superior to ICE for high thermal efficiency, torque, precision maneuvers, cost and more… BEV surely is not a new stuff but a megatrend caucus the Energy Storage/battery tech. of secondary type is undergoing a major breakthrough, right ?

Böözz :)

only 80kwh, holly crap. my whole house in Ukraine have whopping 5 kwh input :D

Get some "dekkvask" all the salty dirty water stick to your tyres and make them slippery... Spray on, wait for a minute, drive into a clean area, and your grip is back

9 hours for 464km at 3 charging stops is quite stressing and impractical for a single driver, interesting video, thank you!

Är det en app du har för att få upp informationen från bilen, när du laddar, vilken effekt värmaren har osv, isåfall vilken?!

AI of EV, using autonomous driving and parking surely the megatrend of global car market, which is making progress with one way of NO Return. Don't you think the traditional cars powered by ICEs can accomplish the abovesaid maneuvers like the power motors do in BEVs? Any comment?

Nice open minded review👍

As long as there is no reasonable range with a few minutes charging time, i will never buy an EV. For the time being Iam still happy with my Porsche 911 4S, especially on icy or slippery roads….👍👍👍

I'm a big fan of EV's but your country have a lot of Oil, cold weather and long distance roads : Petrol cars suits perfect for you !

Imagine this beautiful IDBuzz with a 3 liter diesel engine.

my giant american 4 door 4x4 pickup truck doesn't weigh as much as your van /thats a really heavy van

I was a bit confused during the video because the maker doesn't know the right meaning of the word 'throttle'....

What app do you use for getting the vehicle information?

Sitting in a car, searching for places where to charge your EV, calculating how long you can ride with it, it jus nonsense... If you don't have what to do in your live, then yes, maybe it is interesting experience, but for day life it's just dont fit in this world yet.

I had a VW GTE years back. it was the last VW ever, I will never own a car from this brand again. the EV part was horrible, on top of that was the VW service. every problem was talked out with 'o we will do a software update'. sometimes it was in the service twice a week. the special DSG gearbox broke 3 times and VW support was mediocre. Sometimes I had to discover in the morning that the car stopped charging halfway. Generally i felt like a guinnea pig. after that i got a Nissan Leaf for a while and that was by leaps a better car.

I always loved the design of the VW T4, T5 and T6. But the Buzz looks like a toy to me, nothing special.

I‘m at full throttle, full throttle. Why? What for? When you‘re ice sliding anyway? And all that while you‘re heading into curves? Have you never learned to drive a car? Seems that the car assistance features have to cover your ass a lot. In addition complaining about range and not heating up the batteries as needed, while knowing it is needed. Instead complaining a lot, very norwegian? Not to my experience. I am sorry, but I only had a chance to meet very knowledgeable, smart and humble norwegians, yet, even in the most remote places. Even got speed-trapped.

Theres no excuse for half the car to be significantly worse than a 2012 tesla really is there. Sadly VW van lovers will buy pretty much anything.

Wow your carbon footprint with theses EV fleet is humongous! It will take 10 years for you to compensate!!

Quite a nonsensical vehicle for travelling. 14:43 Charging full, then having 118km to have the battery estimated to 20% remaining? The Buzz is more a vehicle for short-haul city transport. It is advertised as a family vehicle, but there it is crap.

Vw company is a huge corporate mess, buz is a big platform, lots of area to implement a 600-1000 kilometres battery pack upgrade, software disaster, funky vehicle,

until solid state batteries I'll wait thank you, I'm not an idiot throwing money away

I want to know what normal person has time in their life for all this charging jigery pokery nonsense? I get in a car, I drive, I fill up with petrol when required, that's it. No one has time for all this added stress, preplanning, finger crossing, praying and hoping nonsense!

Fact_HW is ok. Software is junk. Price is ridicolous. Just the same as with the ID.3, ID.4 ID.7, Enyaq, all Audis and Porsches. And the App is useless. I would not want to have a future EV without the same functionality as Tesla. Thats a mandatory functionality.

This psuedo-eco craziness needs to be stopped!

The buzz is quirky and different but it’s not for me

you have too much money

Asalamaleikum from Kosova. It is NOT ECONOMIC to drive electric car. See your cars after 300000Km.

buzz off... buy a diesel bro and be happy.

shit

EVs are not ready yet. I’ll stick with gas and diesel.

All EVs are money pit, and a great paine in the a$$😂😂😂😂

EVs aren't about driving as much as computer skills. Why oh why can't we use a mobile phone but continually have to play with an iPad. No sense

What a boring video

Garbage car.

Such a stupid idea to have a EV in Norvay!

The problems with the legacy car manufacturers are that they are big unwieldy companies that see software as something separate from the modern car and especially when it comes to EV’s. The pipeline is god in these companies and the planning is done in terms of years of development that is carved in stone and nimbly pivoting to fix anything is just beyond their mindset and capabilities right in the corporate DNA. They will not fix this problem until they have change forced upon them somehow, either from market forces or legislation. Leadership might achieve some kind of reform from within if they are very lucky with their talent spotting and very smart with their choices in promoting the right mindset from their own pool of employees. But I wouldn’t be holding my breath while hoping for change as I’ve become rather attached to living since, since being born? ( has it really been that long? Why yes it has I suppose, I mean if I’m really honest about it.)🤔🫢🫤😐🙄😬🫡🤐😶🫥