Video Summary
Here are the key points and findings from the ID Buzz electric car review:The car turns on automatically when someone sits down, and turns off when the driver leaves.
The gas and brake pedals have play and pause icons, respectively.
While it’s an electric car, the Start Engine Stop button still has the same label.
The shifter is a twist-to-operate device, controlling drive, reverse, and regenerative braking.
There is a cable clip, which is good for cable management.
A feature that’s less helpful is the fact that front and rear window controls have to be selected individually with a rear button.
In sunlight, it can be hard to see the light on the window controls.
The center console can be removed.
The dividers inside the center console are removable and adjustable.
The center console also holds a bottle opener, ice scraper.
The rear door handle uses a trigger system that doesn’t move.
The car's artwork-inspired seat bases have the ID Buzz and Microbus imagery.
The panoramic roof is electrochromic and frosts over to block out the sun.
It would compete against the Sienna hybrid, the Pacifica plug-in hybrid, the Kia Carnival, and the Honda Odyssey.
The car offers single-motor, rear-wheel drive at 282 horsepower with 413 pound-feet of torque.
The reviewed all-wheel-drive, dual-motor First Edition model offers 335 horsepower and 512 pound-feet of torque.
With fast chargers, it accepts up to 200 kilowatts for charging.
At home, the car charges at 11 kilowatts to full within about nine hours.
Range is 234 miles in rear-wheel drive, and only 231 miles in all-wheel drive.
Three sixty degrees view cameras were grainy and blurry. The regular view was also not that sharp.
This particular model had a starting price around $60,000 but with all the options ended at about 70K. The reviewer felt this was the most obvious downside.
The general conclusion is that it’s an awesome, practical and cool vehicle, a very novel and unique thing, though, with scratchy plastics here and there.
