Which electric cargo van won International Van of the Year for 2023?

Which electric cargo van won International Van of the Year for 2023? The Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo.

The award recognized Volkswagen’s battery-electric cargo version of the ID. Buzz, the modern commercial counterpart to the company’s famous rear-engined Type 2 vans. The ID. Buzz Cargo is built on Volkswagen’s modular MEB electric-vehicle platform and uses a dedicated load compartment rather than the passenger seating arrangement of the people-carrying model.

The International Van of the Year jury is made up of specialist journalists from European commercial-vehicle publications. Its 2023 award was announced in 2022, a common source of confusion: the award year identifies the model-year award, not necessarily the calendar year in which the winner was revealed.

The ID. Buzz Cargo also belongs to a broader shift in urban delivery vehicles toward zero-emission drivetrains. It competed in a period when electric vans such as the Ford E-Transit, Mercedes-Benz eVito, and Renault Kangoo E-Tech were also prominent, but those vehicles were not the 2023 International Van of the Year winner.