Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles / MOIA, with Mobileye · robotaxi
Volkswagen ID. Buzz AD
A self-driving version of the electric ID. Buzz van with a roof module of cameras, radars and lidars and a Mobileye computer, sold as a turnkey fleet package by MOIA. Series production is planned for 2027.
- Price
- —service only, not sold
- Autonomy
- Level 4No driver needed in its area
- Driverless
- Not yetSafety driver on board
- Fleet
- 10Reported; details below
- Speed
- —Not published
- Range
- —Not published
Why it matters
Volkswagen calls it Europe's first industrially produced robotaxi-shuttle; pre-series production started in Hanover in March 2026.
Real-world use
Argo AI-equipped prototypes tested in Munich from 2021; after Argo closed, VW switched to Mobileye. Passenger pilot rides with safety operators began in Hamburg on 15 July 2026, and on-road validation with Uber began in Los Angeles in April 2026.
Timeline
- First shown
- 2021
- Released
- Not yet
How it drives
Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.
- Driverless status
- Safety driver on board
- Where it runs
- Hamburg (Winterhude, Barmbek, Wandsbek), Los Angeles, Austin (testing); earlier Munich
- Fleet
- up to 10 in Hamburg (MOIA, July 2026); LA validation fleet scaling to more than 100 (MOIA, April 2026); about 500 pre-series units planned in 2026
- SAE level
- Level 4: drives itself with no one at the controls inside its approved area
Public attention
How much public attention Volkswagen ID. Buzz AD gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
- 3 reported deployments
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Supervised. Works by itself while a person watches and steps in.
- Chip
- Mobileye Drive (self-driving system) (Mobileye)Drives with the Mobileye Drive self-driving system, which runs on Mobileye EyeQ chips (count and generation per vehicle not confirmed by Mobileye).
From the maker
Volkswagen ID. Buzz AD is the only vehicle from Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles / MOIA, with Mobileye in the atlas.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not publishedservice only, not sold
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Where it works
3 reported deployments.
- Pilot
MOIA with Hamburger Hochbahn (ALIKE project) · Hamburg · since 2026-07-15 · 10 units
MOIA began free passenger test rides in autonomous ID. Buzz AD vans for pre-registered residents in Winterhude, Barmbek and Wandsbek, with a safety operator on board. up to 10 vehicles (MOIA, July 2026) MOIA
- Pilot
MOIA America with Uber · Los Angeles · since 2026-04
MOIA America is validating autonomous ID. Buzz vans with onboard operators in Los Angeles ahead of rides on Uber planned for late 2026. test fleet planned to grow to more than 100 (MOIA, April 2026) MOIA
- Pilot
MOIA America · Austin
MOIA America says it is actively testing autonomous vehicles in Austin as well as Los Angeles. MOIA
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | Volkswagen ID. Buzz ADVolkswagen Commercial Vehicles / MOIA, with Mobileye |  Apollo Moon (5th-gen robotaxi, ARCFOX version)Baidu Apollo with BAIC ARCFOXSame job: ride-hail · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  AutoX RoboTaxi (Shenzhen driverless fleet)AutoXSame job: ride-hail · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  Motional IONIQ 5 robotaxiMotional (Hyundai Motor Group)Same job: ride-hail · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |
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| First shown | 2021 | 2021-06-17 | 2020-12 | 2021 |
| Status | Pilot use | Pilot use | Pilot use | Pilot use |
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| Payload | — | — | — | — |
| Battery | — | — | — | — |
| Price | — | $75,000 | — | — |
Sources
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