Overview
- VW halted all ID. Buzz exports to the United States in mid-May, officially citing a NHTSA recall over overly wide third-row seats.
- President Trump’s April tariff increase raised import duties on European-built vehicles and components from 2.5% to 27.5%, eroding the model’s US profitability.
- The ID. Buzz is manufactured exclusively at VW’s Hanover plant, leaving the van fully exposed to the steep US duties with no domestic assembly option.
- Shipments of the electric van to other regions have climbed by nearly 70% since VW suspended US exports.
- Volkswagen is pressing for export credits or import quotas in pending EU-US negotiations ahead of the August 1 deadline to lift tariffs and resume US sales.