{"id":1874,"date":"2021-12-13T16:29:35","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T08:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=1874"},"modified":"2021-12-13T16:29:35","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T08:29:35","slug":"retro-electric-vw-camper-van-in-the-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=1874","title":{"rendered":"Retro electric VW camper van in the works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> close <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/931\/524\/westfalia.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\">Who&#8217;s ready for a long, strange electric trip?<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/640\/320\/westfalia.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"The VW Type 2 Westfalia is an iconic camper van.\"> <\/p>\n<p>\n      The VW Type 2 Westfalia is an iconic camper van.<br \/>\n      (Hauke-Christian Dittrich\/picture alliance via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Volkswagen has confirmed plans to build a new model called the ID.California, suggesting a battery-powered camper van is in the works.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/640\/320\/buzz.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"The ID.Buzz concept shows its retro style.\"> <\/p>\n<p>\n      The ID.Buzz concept shows its retro style.<br \/>\n      (Volkswagen)<\/p>\n<p>The retro-style ID.Buzz electric minivan, which is modeled after the original Type 2 microbus, is set to go on sale in 2023 and will fill a segment currently occupied by the VW Transporter van.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/640\/320\/transporter.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"The VW Transporter California is a camper-style van.\"> <\/p>\n<p>\n      The VW Transporter California is a camper-style van.<br \/>\n      (Volkswagen)<\/p>\n<p>The Transporter, which isn&#8217;t sold in the U.S., is currently available in a California model with a pop-up roof, awning, bed and kitchen, much like the Microbus Westfalia.<\/p>\n<p>During a meeting of VW&#8217;s supervisory board, its head of commercial vehicles said &#8220;the ID. California based on the ID.Buzz will combine the ongoing trend towards mobile leisure arrangements with sustainable CO2-neutral mobility,&#8221; according to The Drive.<\/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=\"The production ID.Buzz has been teased with this psychedelic-pattered version.\"> <\/p>\n<p>\n      The production ID.Buzz has been teased with this psychedelic-pattered version.<br \/>\n      (Volkswagen)<\/p>\n<p>The ID.Buzz will be offered in a variety of configurations, from passenger vans to cargo vans and even as an autonomous taxi being developed with Argo AI.<\/p>\n<p>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/p>\n<p>The ID.California will be built at VW&#8217;s Hanover, Germany, factory, but U.S. availability has not been confirmed.<\/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 Who&#8217;s ready for a long, strange electric trip?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1875,"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\/1874"}],"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=1874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}