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I think this will do okay because it’s “cute”. It will likely be the price that’s the killer.

Post pics of your rides, but try and get them all in one frame!

It is official, the House and Senate of Washington state has passed a ban on the sale and registration of new ICE auto's. Governer is expected to sign it later today. Washington State Legislature Passes 2030 Target for Phasing Out Sales of New Gasoline Vehicles | | goskagit.com In a Nut shell, the following: Clean Cars 2030 will: Put Washington on the road to powering its vehicles with locally-produced electricity that is cleaner and cheaper than gasoline. Spur a comprehensive planning process for Washington to get ready for 100% vehicle electrification. Clarify for local governments, automakers, charging companies, utilities, investors, landlords, and workplaces the direction of the state's EV market. Incentivize private-sector investment in new EVs and charging stations. Increase opportunities for Washingtonians to save money on gasoline. Reduce the cost and uncertainty of dependence on foreign sources of oil. Reduce carbon emissions and air pollution and the threat they pose to air, water, and health. Seems according to a yale study, 55% of registered voters approve of ending the sale of new ice auto's and moving to green auto's. ? Let the Debate begin!

Imagine a new 70's era of custom Bev Vans. AKA Corvette Summer and the van with the LOVE BED! This all over again. Pinterest

Not looking forward to the weather this weekend. Got around 200 miles roundtrip planned for this afternoon and 500+ roundtrip tomorrow. And it's supposed to snow all along the route. Just tired...looking forward to Spring..

Maybe buying a limited model & just holding on to it does pay off :

Transit buses & motor coaches may well have vastly different results monetarily. But if you remember; we've discussed school buses specifically before. As your earlier link stated- they are the largest bus fleet in the U.S., but as opposed to an annual mileage of a transit bus being 87K/yr, a school bus only averages 8K/yr - 1/11th the mileage. Therefore, the fuel used is 1/11th (and nearly no maintenance- that's 1 oil change), and a BE bus desperately needs high mileage to overcome the 2.5 times higher purchase costs. Eventually, fuel costs over 87K miles/yr/many years can overcome a huge price disparity... but that's not the case with school buses. Add into it the common practice the vast majority of school districts do, which is to cap the year span of a buses' service life, and thusly; shorten the return on investment, and it's never remotely going to come close to running a IC bus. Unless... one day, battery packs fall to 10% of their current cost, or they keep a BE school bus in service for double or more their current time spans. Maybe these things will happen, but they don't currently. You have to admit; it's a rarity where one solution fits all scenarios.

Looks interesting..certainly has taken a long time...hasn't VW teased a modern retro styled bus for a couple decades now, even before announcing it being an EV? I seem to remember one or more concepts quite a while ago...(the EV concept version of this was 5 years ago!). Anyway, it should have the market to itself..no one else is doing a retro styled BEV van. (imagine GM building a new Dustbuster BEV van or Ford a new Aerostar BEV...could be fun!)

Hey; stop damning another EV on price alone!

Yeah, that's just an MCE for the Ice version.

The blatant lack of context around here is earning me a long needed break because there really are better things to do with my time than going back and forth with folks who have already made up their minds before even posting.