{"id":14512,"date":"2011-03-04T04:31:50","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T04:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/uncategorized\/iconic-vw-bus-from-the-hippie-days-goes-electric-and-hightech.php"},"modified":"2013-01-24T09:59:55","modified_gmt":"2013-01-24T09:59:55","slug":"iconic-vw-bus-from-the-hippie-days-goes-electric-and-hightech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenlaunches.com\/transport\/iconic-vw-bus-from-the-hippie-days-goes-electric-and-hightech.php","title":{"rendered":"Iconic VW bus from the hippie days goes electric and high-tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/entry_images\/0311\/03\/Volkswagen-Bulli.php\" onclick=\"window.open(&#039;https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/entry_images\/0311\/03\/Volkswagen-Bulli.php&#039;,&#039;popup&#039;,&#039;width=793,height=485,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#039;); return false\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Volkswagen-Bulli-thumb-450x275.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"275\" alt=\"Volkswagen-Bulli.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\" \/><\/a><\/span><br \/>\nRemember those dual-tone minibus\u2019 that reigned in the hippie era by Volkswagen? The good old set of wheels will now get a fresh new look, and a cleaner heart, powered by electricity! The VW Company plans to resurrect the iconic bus with the old German name, the Bulli. Using an electric motor that generates 85 kW of power and travels as far as 186.4 miles on a single charge, the bus also has a place to hook in your iPad on its console for GPS navigation and hands-free communication. It does pick up a lot from its ancestor though, like the bench-seats, the two-toned exterior and yes, it\u2019s just as slow, with a top speed of 87mph.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nWe\u2019ve just been hit by a rush of nostalgia that Volkswagen has generously provided for with the newly transformed Bulli.<br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/entry_images\/0311\/03\/Volkswagen-Bulli2.php\" onclick=\"window.open(&#039;https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/entry_images\/0311\/03\/Volkswagen-Bulli2.php&#039;,&#039;popup&#039;,&#039;width=675,height=404,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#039;); return false\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Volkswagen-Bulli2-thumb-450x269.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"269\" alt=\"Volkswagen-Bulli2.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\" \/><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/entry_images\/0311\/03\/Volkswagen-Bulli3.php\" onclick=\"window.open(&#039;https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/entry_images\/0311\/03\/Volkswagen-Bulli3.php&#039;,&#039;popup&#039;,&#039;width=675,height=405,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#039;); return false\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Volkswagen-Bulli3-thumb-450x270.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"270\" alt=\"Volkswagen-Bulli3.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\" \/><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/entry_images\/0311\/03\/Volkswagen-Bulli4.php\" onclick=\"window.open(&#039;https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/entry_images\/0311\/03\/Volkswagen-Bulli4.php&#039;,&#039;popup&#039;,&#039;width=675,height=405,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#039;); return false\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Volkswagen-Bulli4-thumb-450x270.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"270\" alt=\"Volkswagen-Bulli4.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\" \/><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcodesign.com\/1663335\/vw-resurrects-its-hippie-microbus-with-an-electric-powerplant\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer\">Fastcodesign<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember those dual-tone minibus\u2019 that reigned in the hippie era by Volkswagen? The good old set of wheels will now get a fresh new look, and a cleaner heart, powered by electricity! The VW Company plans to resurrect the iconic &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/greenlaunches.com\/transport\/iconic-vw-bus-from-the-hippie-days-goes-electric-and-hightech.php\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Continue reading3 <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1956,1007,520],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Iconic VW bus from the hippie days goes electric and high-tech -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/greenlaunches.com\/transport\/iconic-vw-bus-from-the-hippie-days-goes-electric-and-hightech.php\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Iconic VW bus from the hippie days goes electric and high-tech -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Remember those dual-tone minibus\u2019 that reigned in the hippie era by Volkswagen? 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