How Much Does It Cost to Charge a Volkswagen ID. Buzz? $16.33

Charging a 2025 Volkswagen ID. Buzz costs about $16.33 for a full charge and $7.04 per 100 miles at 17¢/kWh — about $845 a year at 12,000 miles.

Updated September 2026 · Source: EIA Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A (July 2026 data) · EPA fueleconomy.gov · next EIA update ~Oct 23

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Why this number

Charging a 2025 Volkswagen ID. Buzz costs about $16.33 for a full charge (~96 kWh) at the US average rate of 17¢/kWh — roughly $7.04 per 100 miles, or $845 a year at 12,000 miles. The ID. Buzz uses 41.4 kWh/100 mi on the EPA combined cycle. The ID. Buzz’s real cost scales with your own rate, from about 12¢ to over 50¢ across the US.

The Volkswagen ID. Buzz (EPA data for the 2025 model year, the newest the EPA lists; dollar figures use 2026 electricity rates) uses 41.4 kWh per 100 miles on the EPA combined cycle — the wall-outlet figure, so charging losses are already counted (look up your exact trim at fueleconomy.gov ). At the US average residential rate of 17¢/kWh that puts the ID. Buzz at about $7.04 per 100 miles — 7.04¢ a mile. That is on the heavy side — 57th of 67, where 67 is the least efficient — which is typical for a van of this weight. It still costs far less per mile than gasoline, but it is not where EV running costs are at their best.

What an ID. Buzz costs to charge at every rate

The same ID. Buzz costs $5.11 per 100 miles at Idaho’s 12.35¢ and $21.83 at Hawaii’s 52.72¢ — a 4.3× spread that is entirely the rate:

Wall-side for the ID. Buzz: EPA’s 41.4 kWh/100 mi is measured at the outlet, charger losses included; quick-fill your state above for your own figure.

That per-mile figure is the one to hold against gasoline: at 17¢/kWh the ID. Buzz’s 7.04¢ a mile compares with about 13.6¢ for a 30-mpg gas car at $4.07 a gallon (EIA weekly, Aug 31, 2026). The EV vs gas cost guide works the ID. Buzz’s math in full — both formulas, and the electricity rate at which the advantage disappears.

Range: what a “full charge” of the ID. Buzz really means

EPA combined range is about 232 miles. Multiplying that by the car’s efficiency gives roughly 96 kWh to refill a full range from empty, which is the honest way to think about a ‘full charge’ — battery capacity figures include a buffer you never actually use. That is a modest range by 2026 standards, which matters less for cost than for how often you plan around charging on long trips.

The ID. Buzz on a public fast charger

On a public fast charger at about 48¢/kWh the ID. Buzz costs $19.87 per 100 miles against $7.04 at home — 2.8× — or roughly $2,385 a year instead of $845 if it never sees a home outlet. Why a session costs more than the posted price for a ID. Buzz (10–80% charging curve, idle fees, per-minute billing) is explained once on the cost-to-charge hub ; the EV time-of-use calculator nets an overnight rate against the ID. Buzz’s $845 flat-rate figure.

The ID. Buzz in cold weather

A hard winter lifts the ID. Buzz from 41.4 to roughly 53.8 kWh/100 mi (the middle of the 20–40% rise real-world data shows), so $9.15 per 100 miles instead of $7.04 and an effective range nearer 178 miles than 232. The mechanics behind the ID. Buzz’s winter penalty — cabin heat, battery chemistry, preconditioning from the wall — are on the hub ; the ID. Buzz’s $845 annual figure above already averages the seasons.

Where the ID. Buzz sits against other EVs

Its nearest neighbors on efficiency are the Kia EV9 (40.0 kWh/100 mi) and the Dodge Charger Daytona (42.4 kWh/100 mi). The ID. Buzz at 41.4 kWh/100 mi sits against a set that runs from the Tesla Model Y at 26.9 kWh/100 mi, and the least efficient is the GMC Hummer EV at 67.8 — a spread that changes annual charging cost by $834 a year at 17¢/kWh and 12,000 miles.

Trims: does the ID. Buzz version you pick change the bill?

The EPA rates 2 configurations of the 2025 ID. Buzz, from 40.8 to 42.0 kWh/100 mi. That is a narrow band — about $24 a year between the best and worst at 12,000 miles — so pick the trim you want and don’t agonise over the running cost.

How it compares inside the Volkswagen range

The ID. Buzz at 41.4 kWh/100 mi sits among 2 Volkswagen EVs tracked here, running from 31.4 (ID.4) to 41.4 (ID. Buzz). Also on this site: Volkswagen ID.4 .

The tax question for the ID. Buzz, answered plainly

Nothing about the ID. Buzz changes that: the rules are the same for every EV, and the full 2026 position — §30D, §25E, the ended §30C charger credit, state programs — is in the energy tax credit guide and on the cost-to-charge hub .

Related

Closest comparisons to the ID. Buzz on running cost and body style: Kia EV9 (40.0 kWh/100 mi), Dodge Charger Daytona (42.4 kWh/100 mi).

Put the ID. Buzz’s $845 a year against a gas car in the EV vs gas calculator , check your state’s rate , or price a road-trip stop for a ID. Buzz in the Supercharger vs home calculator . All 67 EVs . The ID. Buzz is only one line on the household bill — the 40-appliance running-cost ranking shows where $845 a year of charging lands next to everyday loads like a coffee maker or a refrigerator .

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How we calculated this

Worked for the ID. Buzz: 41.4 kWh/100 mi ÷ 100 × 17¢ = $7.04 per 100 miles; 232 mi × 41.4 ÷ 100 = 96 kWh, × $0.17 = $16.33 per full charge; $7.04 × 12,000 ÷ 100 = $845 a year. The ID. Buzz’s gasoline comparison is 12,000 ÷ 30 mpg × $4.07 = $1,628. EPA combined ratings, measured at the wall.

Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) electricity rates · DSIRE incentive records · public IRS/OBBBA guidance. Figures are modeled estimates, not quotes or tax advice. See our methodology.

Where to go next

• Cost to charge a Dodge Charger Daytona — 42.4 kWh/100 mi against the ID. Buzz’s 41.4 — $7.21 vs $7.04 per 100 miles at 17¢.
• Cost to charge a Mercedes-Benz EQS — 42.5 kWh/100 mi against the ID. Buzz’s 41.4 — $7.23 vs $7.04 per 100 miles at 17¢.
• Cost to charge a Kia EV9 — 40.0 kWh/100 mi against the ID. Buzz’s 41.4 — $6.80 vs $7.04 per 100 miles at 17¢.
• Cost to charge an EV: all 67 models ranked — Where the ID. Buzz’s $845 a year sits among 67 EVs, plus the fast-charging, cold-weather and tax explainers.
• EV vs gas cost calculator — The ID. Buzz’s 41.4 kWh/100 mi against your gas car’s mpg and your local pump price.