VW Plans to Have Autonomous Microbus Ready for Roads in 2025

Electric ID.Buzz model will use tech from Ford-backed Argo AI
Automakers plot mobility services similar to Alphabet’s Waymo

The all-electric ID. BUZZ will be the first Volkswagen group vehicle to drive autonomously.
Source: Volkswagen AG

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By Christoph Rauwald and Keith Naughton

May 12, 2021 at 10:00 AM UTC

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Volkswagen AG plans to offer a highly automated version of the hippie-era microbus it’s reviving as an electric van as the carmaker commercializes self-driving technology along with startup Argo AI.

VW is preparing an ID.Buzz with Level 4 autonomy -- meaning the vehicle can drive itself under certain conditions -- to be ready for commercial transport of people and goods for 2025. It’s testing Argo AI’s technology at six U.S. locations and will expand to a site in Munich this year to further refine the system.