Volkswagen ID. Buzz or Mercedes-Benz EQV: the batteries compared
What the advert doesn’t say: capacity by version, the manufacturer’s warranty, and what a failure would cost.
The essentials
- Biggest battery: Mercedes-Benz EQV, up to 90 kWh, against 86 kWh (Volkswagen ID. Buzz).
- Battery warranty: the same terms, 8 years or 100,000 miles.
- Cheapest to charge: Volkswagen ID. Buzz, from £7.92 per 100 miles at home, against £11.14 (Mercedes-Benz EQV).
- Module-by-module repair: feasible on Volkswagen ID. Buzz, not on Mercedes-Benz EQV.
Side by side
| Criterion | Volkswagen ID. Buzz | Mercedes-Benz EQV |
|---|---|---|
| On sale | since 2022 | since 2020 |
| Battery capacity | 58 · 59 · 77 · 79 · 86 kWh | 60 · 90 kWh |
| Chemistry | NMC, LFP | NMC |
| Battery warranty | 8 years or 100,000 miles guaranteed capacity: 70% | 8 years or 100,000 miles |
| Repairable module by module | Yes | No |
| Replacing one module | €800 – €2,300 | — |
| New pack, order of magnitude | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| WLTP consumption | 2.7 – 3.3 miles/kWh | 2.1 – 2.4 miles/kWh |
| Home charging, per 100 miles | £7.92 – £11.97 | £11.14 – £15.67 |
| Battery lease | Never | Never |
| Going further |
Capacity: every version sold under that name. Warranty: terms recorded for the UK, by year of first registration. Prices: orders of magnitude recorded in France, in euros, never quotes. Charging: from the most frugal version on the cheapest tariff to the thirstiest in real-world use.
Before you choose
A table compares models; you buy a car. Capacity depends on the version, the warranty on the date of first registration, and the state of health on the life the battery has had. The checker answers for one specific car: remaining warranty, expected state of health, cost of a failure.