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Ars takes a closer look at Volkswagen’s ID Buzz electric van

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Produced and directed by Sean Dacanay. Click here for transcript . (video link)

On Wednesday, Volkswagen used the South by Southwest festival to formally unveil the ID Buzz, the company’s forthcoming electric van. In the lead-up to that debut in Texas, VW gave Ars an hour with the gold-and-white show car to have a poke around.

You may have read our write-up on the car already, but we thought a video might be a better way to show off some of the quirky details of this new electrical vehicle that’s causing a lot of buzz. (Not sorry. )

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