The Volkswagen Type 2, known officially as the Transporter, Kombi or Microbus, or, informally, as the Bus (US), Camper (UK) or Bulli (Germany), is a forward control light commercial vehicle introduced in 1950 by the German automaker Volkswagen as its second car model. Following – and initially deriving from – Volkswagen's first model, the Type 1 (Beetle), it was given the factory designation Type 2.
The Transparent Factory is a car factory and exhibition space in Dresden, Germany owned by German carmaker Volkswagen and designed by architect Gunter Henn. It originally opened in 2002, producing the Volkswagen Phaeton until 2016. As of 2017 it produces the electric version of the Golf.
The Chicago Auto Show is held annually in February at Chicago's McCormick Place convention center. It is the largest auto show in North America.
The Los Angeles Auto Show is an annual auto show held at the Los Angeles Convention Center in early December. The LA Auto Show is an OICA sanctioned international exhibition and also endorsed by the Greater Los Angeles New Car Dealers Association. It is open to the public for ten days each year, filling 760,000 square feet (71,000 m2) of exhibit space.
The Volkswagen Microbus/Bulli concept vehicles are a series of concept cars that are styled to recall the original Volkswagen Microbus built by Volkswagen AG. The first of these was the Volkswagen Microbus Concept Car, first presented at the 2001 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS).
Alexander Hitzinger is a German engineer, and since November 2020 CEO of ARTEMIS GmbH, a technology company that combines the spirit of a start-up with the resources of Volkswagen AG, the world largest automotive company. Until then he was SVP Autonomous Driving VW Group and Member of the Executive Board VWN, responsible for R&D. He previously worked as Head of Product Design for Apple's Titan electric vehicle project and Technical Director of the Porsche LMP1 project, Head of Advanced Technologies for the Red Bull and Toro Rosso Formula One teams as well as Head of Formula One development at Cosworth.
The Volkswagen Chattanooga Assembly Plant is an automobile assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee employing approximately 2,000. The plant was formally announced in July 2008 and began production of the Passat B7 in April 2011 prior to being formally inaugurated in May 2011. The plant began production in April 2011 with a version of the 2012 Volkswagen Passat NMS, tailored to the US market, and has a projected annual production of 150,000 cars. Production of the Volkswagen Atlas commenced in 2017. In 2019, VW announced that the I.D. Crozz and Buzz all-electric vehicles would be produced at the plant in a new electric vehicle division beginning in 2022.
The Volkswagen BUDD-e is an electric concept car made by German car manufacturer Volkswagen. The BUDD-e has been often compared to the Volkswagen Microbus.
The Volkswagen ID.3 is a compact (C-segment) electric car produced by Volkswagen since 2019. Based on the MEB platform, it is the first production car to utilize the platform, and the first model of the ID. series. It was unveiled on 9 September 2019 at the Frankfurt Motor Show, after being first shown as the I.D. concept car at the 2016 Paris Motor Show. Deliveries to retail customers began in Germany in September 2020.
The Volkswagen I.D. Crozz is an electric concept car based on Volkswagen's electric MEB platform, and part of the I.D. series. It was first shown as a prototype at the 2017 Shanghai Auto Show. A revised version, named the "I.D. Crozz II", was shown at the 2017 Frankfurt Auto Show. A hint of the I.D. Crozz production version was also promised for the 2019 Frankfurt Motor Show, alongside the debut of the ID.3 and the next generation E-up.
The Volkswagen Group MEB platform is a modular car platform for electric cars developed by the Volkswagen Group and its subsidiaries. It is used in models of Audi, SEAT, Škoda and Volkswagen. The architecture is aimed to "consolidate electronic controls and reduce the number of microprocessors, advance the application of new driver-assistance technology and somewhat alter the way cars are built" by the VW Group.
The Volkswagen ID. series is a family of all-electric battery-powered concept cars from Volkswagen (VW), built on the MEB platform that is developed by the Volkswagen Group for a range of electric cars manufactured by its subsidiaries. Several of these concept cars are planned to be adapted into production models.
The Volkswagen I.D. Vizzion is a concept electric vehicle, part of Volkswagen's I.D. project. The firm is planning to sell a production version of the vehicle by 2022. It should be expected that some of the claims of the Vizzion Concept, such as the autonomous level 5 driving, will likely not make it the final 2022 production version of the vehicle. The Vizzion Concept is more likely to represent what driving in the year 2030 could be like.
The Volkswagen I.D. R also known as Volkswagen I.D. R Pikes Peak, is a prototype fully electric vehicle designed as part of Volkswagen's I.D. Project, and included within Volkswagen's R series of cars designed specifically for competing in motorsport events. It is the first electric racing car designed by Volkswagen.
The Volkswagen ID. Space Vizzion is a concept electric vehicle wagon developed by Volkswagen. The ID. Space Vizzion is based on the MEB platform, and part of the ID. Series. The firm is planning to sell a production version of the vehicle by late 2021 and 2022 for U.S. market.
The Volkswagen ID.4 is an electric crossover produced by the German automobile manufacturer Volkswagen. It is based on the VW electric MEB platform, and it is the second model in the ID. series. The production version of the ID.4 debuted in September 2020 as the first fully electric crossover SUV under the Volkswagen brand. The ID.4 is positioned by Volkswagen as a high-volume, mass-market electric vehicle — a car for "the millions, not the millionaires," as the company claimed in its advertising. It was delivered to the European customers from late 2020, and the first quarter of 2021 for the North American market. The coupé-shaped variant of the ID.4 will be sold in Europe as the ID.5.
The Volkswagen e-Beetle is a modified automobile first shown in October 2019 at IAA in Frankfurt. A donor Volkswagen Type 1303 Super Beetle convertible was updated by replacing the original petrol drivetrain with the electric motor, transmission, and battery used in the e-Up. Parts were taken from the regular Volkswagen production line, and installed by specialist partner eClassics in Renningen after consulting with Volkswagen Group Components.
The Volkswagen ID.6 is a three-row electric crossover produced by the German automobile manufacturer Volkswagen in China from 2021. It is based on the MEB platform, and part of the ID. series electric vehicle line-up. In China, the FAW-Volkswagen joint venture will produce and market the ID.6 Crozz, whereas SAIC-Volkswagen will build and market the ID.6 X with a slightly altered styling. As of April 2021, it is the largest vehicle of the Volkswagen ID. series, and the largest built on the MEB platform.
The Cupra Born is a compact (C-segment) electric car sold by the Spanish manufacturer SEAT through its performance-oriented Cupra sub-brand. First unveiled as the SEAT el-Born concept in 2019, the production car was revealed in 2021 as the Cupra Born. The Born is based on the Volkswagen Group MEB platform and has been manufactured at the same plant in Zwickau, Germany, as the MEB based Volkswagen ID.3. The car is named after a neighbourhood in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
