{"id":1793,"date":"2021-11-06T17:35:19","date_gmt":"2021-11-06T09:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=1793"},"modified":"2021-11-06T17:35:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-06T09:35:19","slug":"electric-vw-microbus-reboot-debuts-with-psychedelic-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=1793","title":{"rendered":"Electric VW Microbus reboot debuts with psychedelic style"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> close <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/931\/524\/vw-buzz-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Return of the VW Microbus\" data-v-13907676> Video <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-13907676>Return of the VW Microbus<\/h4>\n<p data-v-13907676>Head designer Klaus Bischoff explains why VW&#8217;s futuristic self-driving electric van has a retro look<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Groovy.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/640\/320\/vw-buzz-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"\"> <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Volkswagen has revealed the production version of its upcoming electric Microbus reboot, obscured only by a psychedelic-patterned wrap.<\/p>\n<p>Currently referred to as the ID.Buzz, the minivan&#8217;s design was inspired by VW&#8217;s classic Type 2, which became an icon of the hippie era.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/640\/320\/vw.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"1960 VW Deluxe '23-Window' Microbus\"> <\/p>\n<p>\n      1960 VW Deluxe &#8217;23-Window&#8217; Microbus<br \/>\n      (Reuters)<\/p>\n<p>The production version hews closely to the original ID.Buzz concept that debuted in 2017 and remains on track for a debut in Europe next year, followed by U.S. sales in 2023.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/640\/320\/vw-id-buzz.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Autodesk VRED Professional 2017 SP1\"> <\/p>\n<p>\n      Autodesk VRED Professional 2017 SP1\n      <\/p>\n<p>The minivan will be offered with either rear-wheel-drive or all-wheel-drive and a maximum driving range that exceeds 300 miles between charges.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/640\/320\/vw-buzz-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"\"> <\/p>\n<p>VW plans to have Level 3 autonomy available for retail models, while a fully autonomous version using technology being developed by Argo will be deployed in ride-hailing services.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/media2.foxnews.com\/BrightCove\/694940094001\/2018\/11\/28\/720\/405\/694940094001_5972815541001_5972802250001-vs.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"VW's special delivery is retro electric van\"> Video<\/p>\n<p>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/p>\n<p>Passenger and panel-style cargo models are planned<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>close Video Return of the VW Microbus Head designer Klaus Bischoff explains why VW&#8217;s futuristic self-driving electric van has a retro look Groovy. Volkswagen has revealed the production version of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}