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

VW has teamed up with a company 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 desires followers to attend. The automaker is organizing stay leisure in addition to a Vehicles & Espresso-style gathering for Bus homeowners.

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 customary a long-wheelbase version boasting three rows of seats. The usual-wheelbase model has been on sale elsewhere since 2022, in two-row and stripped-out business configurations. Additionally within the works is a California camper version, 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 battery, which might be sufficiently big to ship a variety approaching 300 miles on a cost.

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