Volkswagen has had to temporarily halt production of the ID.Buzz electric van at its Hanover plant in Germany because of performance problems with the battery being supplied to power it
Volkswagen has had to temporarily halt production of the ID.Buzz electric van because of battery performance problems. Reports indicate that voltage dropouts in the battery led to a reduction in the vehicle’s range and could potentially negatively impact battery service life. VW confirmed that they had found deficiencies during quality checks by the supplier but did not expand.
Production of the vehicle began earlier this month with VW Commercial Vehicles manufacturing about 500 ID.Buzz vehicles but customers are yet to receive any orders.
Only the ID. Buzz is confirmed to be affected, according to a spokesperson for VW Commercial Vehicles.
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