Volkswagen's Hippie-Era Microbus Morphs Into All-Electric Van
- Concept car at CES marks new bid to push beyond diesel scandal
- Floor-embedded battery provides range of as much as 233 miles
Volkswagen BUDD-e concept automobile.
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Volkswagen AG is using this week’s Consumer Electronics Show to hark back to happier times as the scandal-burdened German carmaker presents an emissions-free concept model reminiscent of its iconic, hippie-era Microbus.
The VW BUDD-e heralds new high-performance battery technology the company is creating for future electric cars, the Wolfsburg-based automaker said in a statement on Wednesday in advance of the show’s opening in Las Vegas. VW didn’t specify whether it expects to produce a vehicle based on the all-wheel-drive concept.