{"id":110660,"date":"2020-07-30T15:04:35","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T22:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/modular-ebussy-is-the-adorable-german-e-van-and-camper-of-our-dreams"},"modified":"2020-07-30T15:04:35","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T22:04:35","slug":"modular-ebussy-is-the-adorable-german-e-van-and-camper-of-our-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/modular-ebussy-is-the-adorable-german-e-van-and-camper-of-our-dreams","title":{"rendered":"Modular eBussy is the adorable German e-van and camper of our dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"

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No offense to Volkswagen\u2019s ID. Buzz<\/a>, a successful design in its own right, but when we close our eyes and imagine an all-electric Volkswagen Type 2 for the 21st century, it\u2019s the new eBussy that we see. That was true before we knew it existed, and it\u2019s definitely true now that we\u2019ve seen the actual design. Beyond timelessly simple styling, the new German-designed electric mini-bus also promises some of the most impressive modularity out there, switching between family van, cargo van, pickup truck, camper van, off-road adventure van and other configurations. And so far, it looks to be surprisingly affordable.<\/p>\n

Volkswagen has given its own electric van concepts more of a futuristic identity, but M\u00fcnster-based ElectricBrands keeps things more traditional. Its eBussy design looks very much like a T1\/T2 Transporter, reinterpreted for modern times. It has the flat face, bright, round headlamps, softened-box body and partially covered rear wheels. Every time we stare it in the eyes, we see \u201cT2 of the digital age\u201d staring back at us.<\/p>\n

Like those early VW Type 2\u2019s, the eBussy isn\u2019t a vehicle so much as the platform for an entire family of vehicles, ranging from flatbed and tipper trucks to delivery, family and camper vans. That modularity isn\u2019t just a handy available feature, it\u2019s THE<\/i> feature that the eBussy design was based around, the idea being that owners can easily swap out individual modules to make one vehicle into any and every vehicle for all their passenger and cargo-hauling needs. ElectricBrands promises Lego-like simplicity in plugging and playing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No offense to Volkswagen\u2019s ID. Buzz, a successful design in its own right, but when we close our eyes and imagine an all-electric Volkswagen Type 2 for the 21st century, it\u2019s the new eBussy that we see. That was true before we knew it existed, and it\u2019s definitely true now that we\u2019ve seen the actual [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurism","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110660\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}