Mercedes-Benz G-Class Electric vs VW ID.Buzz Cargo

The Mercedes-Benz G-Class Electric costs £110,649 more than the VW ID.Buzz Cargo. For that premium it adds 81 miles more WLTP range and 2 more seats (5 versus 3). On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Mercedes-Benz G-Class Electric comes out ahead overall.

The VW ID.Buzz Cargo is £110,649 cheaper to buy. The VW ID.Buzz Cargo is cheaper to charge, roughly £200 a year versus £280 for the Mercedes-Benz G-Class Electric, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the VW ID.Buzz Cargo comes out roughly £111,049 cheaper overall. These figures cover list price and home charging only - insurance, servicing, tyres and depreciation will move the real total.

EVcarsguide estimates a real-world motorway range of about 235 miles for the Mercedes-Benz G-Class Electric and 168 miles for the VW ID.Buzz Cargo - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Mercedes-Benz G-Class Electric goes roughly 67 miles further between charging stops.

The Mercedes-Benz G-Class Electric is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 54 mm narrower than the VW ID.Buzz Cargo. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 469 mm of total clearance for the Mercedes-Benz G-Class Electric and about 415 mm of total clearance for the VW ID.Buzz Cargo. The VW ID.Buzz Cargo also turns in a 1.0 m tighter circle, which helps with U-turns and multi-storey ramps.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 84% battery health for the Mercedes-Benz G-Class Electric and 84% for the VW ID.Buzz Cargo. That is close enough that capacity loss should not decide between them. Both use NMC-type cells, so for daily use keep the charge limit near 80% to slow degradation.