VW Bringing Electric Minibus to Production

[S'toon]

After unveiling a new all-electric and autonomous microbus concept called I.D. BUZZ earlier this year, VW is now announcing that it will bring the vehicle to production in 2022.

A slide that leaked from a VW presentation about its upcoming electric vehicles already confirmed that the vehicle was planned for production, but now the company goes public with its plans.

Volkswagen CEO Dr Herbert Diess said in Pebble Beach today:

“After the presentations at the global motor shows in Detroit and Geneva, we received a large number of letters and emails from customers who said, ‘please build this car. The Microbus has long been part of the California lifestyle. Now we’re bringing it back by reinventing it as an electric vehicle.”

The CEO says that the vehicle will be available at US dealership in 2022 and a version for cargo will also follow.

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VW announces that it is bringing its all-electric microbus to production in 2022

Screw Tesla! I wanna become a hippy and get a microbus!

 

[tescroft]

2022 - in 5 (!) years. Did someone oversleep a trend? What are they doing till then?

 

[WarpedOne]

Designing the thing from scratch.
Yes, it takes ~5 years to develop a new model.

 

[tescroft]

So they just started now?? Busy writing cheating software before?

 

[SwTslaGrl]

If VW analyze Tesla M3 and makes a bullet list on things they have to include, it could take five years. The LED decor lights in the logo and square steering wheel has to go though, imho.

 

[lux_cars]

Who would be the target market for this? I personally would rather buy a minivan than this lol

 

[Ed Hart]

Full article at:
VW announces that it is bringing its all-electric microbus to production in 2022

Screw Tesla! I wanna become a hippy and get a microbus!

By the time it hits the streets, you will have outgrown such immature thoughts!

 

[S'toon]

Who would be the target market for this? I personally would rather buy a minivan than this lol

Oh oh! Me, me! <waves his hand frantically>

By the time it hits the streets, you will have outgrown such immature thoughts!

No no, you got it wrong. It's not immaturity. I'm old. My first words were "God d***it" because my dad had a VW Beetle and it wouldn't start in winter.

 

[RobStark]

Who would be the target market for this? I personally would rather buy a minivan than this lol

It is a minivan.

Just about anyone with any sense of style and need for a minivan.

 

[AnxietyRanger]

This is a very nice looking piece of vapoware.

Don't get me wrong, I like it and think it can (will, even) happen, but it just puts such a new spin on "far out"...

 

[WarpedOne]

It is not that far out, just 5 years ... similar to when first Model S started dropping into customer hands in 2012...

 

[AnxietyRanger]

It is not that far out, just 5 years ... similar to when first Model S started dropping into customer hands in 2012...

My "far out" was not appreciated, sigh.

 

[doug]

It is not that far out, just 5 years ...

Except they've been teasing an EV Microbus for at least 6 years now.

VW "Bulli" Microbus


Hopefully they finally follow through. There was a gas based Microbus concept they teased back in 2001 as well, after the success of the New Beetle.

Volkswagen has plenty of nostalgia to cash in on.