The lengthy await Volkswagen’s ID.Buzz to reach within the U.S. is nearly over, with VW on Thursday asserting the native debut of its electrical van on June 2.

VW has teamed up with a corporation referred to as Nationwide Day Calendar to make June 2 the official day of the Microbus, so the debut is becoming because the ID.Buzz is the non secular successor to the van icon.

The debut will happen in Huntington Seaside, California, and VW needs followers to attend. The automaker is organizing stay leisure in addition to a Vehicles & Espresso-style gathering for Bus house owners.

A showroom look for the ID.Buzz will not occur till 2024, VW has confirmed. The automaker additionally confirmed the U.S. will obtain as commonplace a long-wheelbase model boasting three rows of seats. The usual-wheelbase model has been on sale elsewhere since 2022, in two-row and stripped-out industrial configurations. Additionally within the works is a California camper model, which can seem on the upcoming California debut.

Volkswagen ID.Buzz (Euro spec)

Volkswagen ID.Buzz (Euro spec)

Volkswagen ID.Buzz (Euro spec)

The usual-wheelbase ID.Buzz measures simply 185.5 inches in size, or about 1.5 inches shorter than Tesla’s Mannequin Y compact crossover. The long-wheelbase model ought to add about 10 inches between the wheels.

Underpinning the ID.Buzz is Volkswagen Group’s MEB platform designed for mainstream EVs. It is also discovered within the VW ID.4 already in U.S. showrooms. Whereas the most important battery within the ID.Buzz at current is an 82-kwh unit, the long-wheelbase physique can accommodate an even bigger battery. VW has beforehand hinted at a 111-kwh capability, which might be sufficiently big to ship a spread approaching 300 miles on a cost.

Manufacturing of the ID.Buzz is dealt with solely at VW’s plant in Hannover, Germany. This is similar plant the place VW builds its T-series line of vans bought abroad. The T-series is definitely the direct successor to the unique Microbus, and entered its seventh era in 2021. There have been stories that VW is contemplating including ID.Buzz manufacturing within the U.S. The automaker already builds the ID.4 at its plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee.