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A dual-cab pickup model of the Volkswagen ID. Buzz has been patented by the automaker, with an official full-colour render revealing a four-door ute model of the electrical folks mover, that includes a deep tray and repositioned charging port.
The ID. Buzz folks mover solely hit Australian showrooms final yr however the patent submitting, first reported by Motor Development within the US, exhibits plans to provide a pickup model of its largest electrical automobile (EV) have progressed sufficient for the German model to guard the concept.
Whereas Volkswagen has not confirmed it’ll produce another derivatives of the ID. Buzz (past the seven-seat folks mover and Cargo supply van), the patent picture depicts a sensible design proposition, with a sizeable tub behind the C-pillars and the highest fringe of the tray lining up seamlessly with the beltline.
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After all the top-hinged rear hatch of the ID. Buzz has been ditched and its twin sliding doorways have been changed by conventionally hinged rear doorways, whereas what seems to be like a step to entry the tray and attain the padded roof has been built-in forward of the rear wheels.
Nonetheless, the automobile within the stylistic render doesn’t fairly match the manufacturing model’s door shut strains, suggesting extra work must be carried out if an ID. Buzz pickup is to hit showrooms.
The ID. Buzz is the biggest mannequin to journey on Volkswagen’s dedicated-electric Modular Electrical Drive (MEB) platform, which underpins every part from the ID.3 hatch to the ID.4 and ID.5 mid-size SUVs, plus EVs from different Volkswagen Group manufacturers together with the Audi This fall e-tron and Skoda Enyaq electrical SUVs.
That’s in distinction to the Volkswagen Transporter, which shares its underpinnings with the Ford Tourneo folks mover and Transit Customized van.
The ID. Buzz is obtainable in each short-wheelbase and long-wheelbase varieties, with a possible pickup model extra prone to reap the benefits of the longer 3239mm wheelbase of the three-row mannequin.
The all-wheel drive ID. Buzz GTX seven-seat efficiency flagship has a 1600kg braked towing capability, employs coil-spring impartial rear suspension, and produces 250kW of energy and 590Nm of torque from its dual-motor electrical powertrain.
Its bigger 86kWh battery (single-motor rear-wheel drive variations have a 79kWh battery) supplies as much as 450km of WLTP vary and a claimed 0-100km/h acceleration time of 6.4 seconds.
An ID. Buzz pickup would make an uncommon entry into the Australia’s electrical ute market – maybe outdone solely by the Deepal E07 ‘multi-truck’.
Thus far the rear-drive LDV eT60 dual-cab is the one totally electrical ute to have been launched in Australia, with the bigger Tesla Cybertruck and Ford F-150 Lightning not formally supplied right here but, however a bevy of recent battery-powered mid-size utes are coming quickly.
Toyota has examined an electrical prototype of its HiLux dual-cab ute in Australia – though a manufacturing mannequin is but to be confirmed – whereas Ford has introduced a Ranger-sized electrical pickup within the US, based mostly on its new Common EV Platform.
Domestically, there’s been extra motion on the hybrid ute entrance, with a number of plug-in hybrid (PHEV) dual-cabs in native showrooms, together with the GWM Cannon Alpha, BYD Shark 6 and Ford Ranger PHEV, with many extra to come back.
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