Robot model
ID. Buzz AD
The Volkswagen ID.
- Manufacturer
- MOIA
- Form factor
- av
- Maturity
- pilot
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 1
Overview
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.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- pilot(Small-scale deployment in controlled or trial conditions.)
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Sources on file
- 1 source, view all
Data & sources
Web sources
1
1 source backing this record.View all →
Deployments (1)
MOIA America began on-road validation testing of autonomous ID.
Safety record
No incidents on record for ID. Buzz AD.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (1)
- Federal government and Hamburg put autonomous ridepooling project on the road · https://www.volkswagen-group.com/en/articles/federal-government-and-hamburg-put-autonomous-ridepooling-project-on-the-road-17788
Common questions
- What is ID. Buzz AD?
- 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.
- Is ID. Buzz AD actually deployed in the real world?
- Yes. ID. Buzz AD is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.
- Who makes ID. Buzz AD?
- ID. Buzz AD is made by MOIA, based in Hamburg, Germany, founded in 2017.
- Where is ID. Buzz AD deployed?
- 1 verified deployment of ID. Buzz AD is on the DEPLOY registry, including at Los Angeles, California, USA.
- What are alternatives to ID. Buzz AD?
- On the DEPLOY registry, comparable av robots to ID. Buzz AD include Waymo Driver 6th-gen, Apollo RT6, Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt), Nuro Autonomous Prius.
- How does ID. Buzz AD compare to Waymo Driver 6th-gen?
- ID. Buzz AD and Waymo Driver 6th-gen (Waymo · 15 deployments) are both av robots on the DEPLOY registry. ID. Buzz AD has 1 verified deployment on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.
- What is ID. Buzz AD's maturity stage?
- ID. Buzz AD is at the pilot stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Pilot stage means at least one named-customer trial deployment is verified.
- Is ID. Buzz AD safe?
- ID. Buzz AD 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.
Methodology: Unreviewed · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-09
Verification posture
Unreviewed
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.Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/id-buzz-ad.md
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- REST API: /v1/models/2374a401-1e02-4eb3-9e30-f25701a67105
- Revision history: /models/id-buzz-ad/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP