Deployment
ID. Buzz AD at Los Angeles, California, USA
The Volkswagen ID. Buzz AD is a fully electric autonomous vehicle designed for ridepooling and ride-hailing services. Equipped with Mobileye's self-driving system (cameras, radars, lidars, and high-performance computers), it offers 360-degree environment recognition. It is Volkswagen's first autonomous production vehicle, being deployed in Hamburg, Berlin, Munich, Oslo, and Los Angeles.
ID. Buzz AD by MOIA · Operated by MOIA · Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified
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- Markdown mirror: /deployments/id-buzz-ad-los-angeles-california-usa.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/robots/89489db1-2020-4a4a-a966-b69d632a9a36
- Data documentation: /data
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MOIA America began on-road validation testing of autonomous ID. Buzz vehicles in Los Angeles in April 2026, scaling to 100+ vehicles with human operators. Driverless ride-hailing on the Uber platform planned for late 2026.
Key facts
- Fleet size
- 100+ vehicles (with human operators during validation phase)
- Platform
- Uber ride-hailing
Safety record
No incidents on record for ID. Buzz AD at Los Angeles, California, USA.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified
- Last updated
- 2026-07-09
- Model
- ID. Buzz AD
- Company
- MOIA
- Operator
- MOIA
- Status
- pilot
- First seen
- 2026-04-08
- ID
89489db1-2020-4a4a-a966-b69d632a9a36
Sources (1)
- MOIA America to deploy autonomous ID. Buzz vehicles on the Uber platform in Los Angeles by the end of 2026 · https://www.volkswagen-group.com/en/articles/moia-america-to-deploy-autonomous-id-buzz-vehicles-on-the-uber-platform-in-los-angeles-by-the-end-of-2026-20306 · 2026-04-08
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-09
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-09
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: pilot
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: av
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for ID. Buzz AD at Los Angeles, California, USA.Common questions
- What is the ID. Buzz AD deployment at Los Angeles, California, USA?
- ID. Buzz AD, built by MOIA, is recorded as a deployment at Los Angeles, California, USA on the DEPLOY registry. MOIA operates the deployment directly.
- Who operates ID. Buzz AD at Los Angeles, California, USA?
- MOIA, the manufacturer of ID. Buzz AD, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
- When did the ID. Buzz AD deployment at Los Angeles, California, USA go live?
- The deployment is recorded as starting April 8, 2026 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
- Have there been incidents at the ID. Buzz AD deployment at Los Angeles, California, USA?
- No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.
- Is ID. Buzz AD at Los Angeles, California, USA safe?
- ID. Buzz AD at Los Angeles, California, USA has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
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