{"id":1994,"date":"2022-01-11T23:12:04","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T15:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=1994"},"modified":"2022-01-11T23:12:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T15:12:04","slug":"groovy-volkswagen-id-buzz-microbus-reboot-to-debut-march-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=1994","title":{"rendered":"Groovy: Volkswagen ID.Buzz Microbus reboot to debut March 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> close <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/media2.foxnews.com\/BrightCove\/694940094001\/2017\/01\/09\/931\/524\/694940094001_5275471975001_vw-id-buzz.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\">Start tie-dyeing those T-shirts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess has confirmed on Twitter that the production version of the Microbus-inspired ID.Buzz electric van will be debuted on March 9.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The legend returns on 03\/09\/22!&#8221;<\/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=\"The production VW ID.Buzz has been teased wearing a psychedelic disguise.\"> <\/p>\n<p>\n      The production VW ID.Buzz has been teased wearing a psychedelic disguise.<br \/>\n      (VW)<\/p>\n<p>Volkswagen hasn&#8217;t released details on the reveal event, but recently displayed a prototype of the vehicle done up in a psychedelic wrap to disguise its finer features.<\/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 prototype show car leaned heavily into the retro look.\"> <\/p>\n<p>\n      The ID.Buzz prototype show car leaned heavily into the retro look.<br \/>\n      (Volkswagen)<\/p>\n<p>Full details on the ID.Buzz have not been revealed, but it will be offered in retail and commercial versions with either rear-wheel-drive like the original Microbus or all-wheel-drive and a driving range of up to 300 miles per charge.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/640\/320\/buzz-av.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"A self-driving ID.Buzz ride-hailing vehicle will use technology from Argo AI.\"> <\/p>\n<p>\n      A self-driving ID.Buzz ride-hailing vehicle will use technology from Argo AI.<br \/>\n      (Volkswagen)<\/p>\n<p>It will also feature a semi-autonomous driving system and be used for a fully-autonomous ride hailing service with technology from Argo AI, a self-driving vehicle company that it co-owns with Ford.<\/p>\n<p>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/p>\n<p>The first ID.Buzz vehicles will go on sale in Europe this year, but U.S. customers will have to wait until 2023 to get their groove back.<\/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 Start tie-dyeing those T-shirts. Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1995,"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\/1994"}],"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=1994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}