Volkswagen ID. Buzz
Charging curve · consumption · motorway range
The Volkswagen ID. Buzz has 86 kWh of usable battery and peaks at 200 kW on a DC charger. In this app's model it uses about 240 Wh/km at a steady 100 km/h and 357 Wh/km at 130, so 49% more energy per kilometre buys you 30 km/h more speed. Weigh that against a 26-minute 10-80% charging stop and you have the whole question of how fast to drive.
- Usable battery
- 86 kWh
- Peak DC power
- 200 kW
- 10-80% charge
- 26 min
- Average kW 10-80%
- 138 kW
- Mass, loaded
- 2808 kg
- Top speed
- 160 km/h
DC charging curve
Charging power against state of charge, on a charger fast enough not to be the limit. Peak power is 200 kW, but it has halved by about 67% state of charge. That is why a short stop low down the curve usually beats a long one near the top.
How long a stop takes
| Charge from | Time | Energy added | Average power |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10% to 80% | 26 min | 60.2 kWh | 138 kW |
| 20% to 80% | 24 min | 51.6 kWh | 131 kW |
| 10% to 60% | 15 min | 43.0 kWh | 177 kW |
| 20% to 70% | 17 min | 43.0 kWh | 152 kW |
| 80% to 100% | 27 min | 17.2 kWh | 39 kW |
The curve, point by point
| State of charge | Power |
|---|---|
| 0% | 84 kW |
| 5% | 190 kW |
| 10% | 200 kW |
| 40% | 200 kW |
| 50% | 152 kW |
| 60% | 116 kW |
| 70% | 90 kW |
| 80% | 68 kW |
| 90% | 48 kW |
| 100% | 16 kW |
Consumption and range by cruise speed
Steady motorway cruising on flat road in mild weather, from the fitted model Wh/km = 70 + 0.017 · v². The “usable range” column is the honest one for trip planning: it is 100% down to 10%, because nobody arrives on empty.
| Cruise speed | Consumption | Range (full pack) | Usable range (100 to 10%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90 km/h | 208 Wh/km | 414 km | 373 km |
| 100 km/h | 240 Wh/km | 358 km | 322 km |
| 110 km/h | 276 Wh/km | 312 km | 281 km |
| 120 km/h | 315 Wh/km | 273 km | 246 km |
| 130 km/h | 357 Wh/km | 241 km | 217 km |
| 140 km/h | 403 Wh/km | 213 km | 192 km |
| 150 km/h | 453 Wh/km | 190 km | 171 km |
| 160 km/h | 505 Wh/km | 170 km | 153 km |
What the model does not include
- Elevation. The trip planner does account for climbs and descents; the range figures on this page are flat-road, so an alpine route will come out worse than the table.
- Temperature. These are mild-weather numbers. Cold raises consumption and cuts the charging curve. The planner models both. The numbers on this page do not.
- Wind, rain, roof boxes, payload and tyre choice, all of which move real consumption more than most people expect.
- Charger-side limits. The charging times above assume the site can deliver whatever the car asks for. A 150 kW cabinet shared with the car next to you will not.
Where these numbers come from
VW MEB, 2025-on pack and rear motor: a taller peak than the 120/135 kW generation and a much later taper, so these want a single long stop where the older MEB cars wanted two short ones. Curve fitted to the 10-80% time and average power published by EV Database, cross-checked against the manufacturer's own charging figures. Fitted to the LWB Pro, which shares the ID.7 Pro S's 86 kWh pack, 200 kW peak and 26-minute 10-80% exactly — and then has to push a van through the air. Its quadratic term is the highest of any European car here, so this is the entry where cruise speed costs the most and the sweep has the most to say.
What speed should you actually drive?
It depends on your route, on where the fast chargers happen to be and how the legal limits fall. Plan the real trip and the simulator will sweep every cruise speed against this car's curves and tell you which one arrives first.
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