Of course, there will be an electric bug. If it is priced right, they will sell a ton of them.

 

When the New Beetle came out I looked at it and predicted it would be a huge flop. Wrong again!

 

They'd be foolish not to introduce (yet again) a new version of the iconic Beetle as an electric powered car.

 

The nice thing is they could have the right proportions (or a lot closer to them then the “new” Beetle) since no front engine bay would be necessary.

 

ID.BUG with infotainment software bugs!

 

An electric Käfer is one car where a frunk would be absolutely required!

Edit: (Note — not my uncle's car!)

The real question is, Would an electric Beetle be able to beat the specs from my uncle's old '64 Beetle?

• Engine: 1.2-liter, boxer flat 4-cylinder
• Power: 40 horsepower! 56 lb-feet of torque!
• Transmission: 4-speed manual
• Performance: 0-60 mph in a month of Sundays!
• Curb weight: 1,728 pounds
• Fuel economy: 31.5 mpg!
• Controls: Steering wheel! Windshield wipers! Metal door handles and manual window cranks!
• Infotainment system: AM radio! The Beatles on AM should be enough infotainment for anyone, right?
• Nav system: A 1964 Rand McNally Road Atlas
• Glovebox: Yes! With a door!
• Traction control: Tire treads!
• Windshield: Yes!
• Head-up display: Yes! Just keep your head up and eyes open!
• Climate controls: Not really! Unless you count the valve you opened when you wanted to let in hot air from the engine bay. (Definitely not illuminated. )

All for the low, low 1964 price of ~$1,550 (~$15,300 in 2023 dollars).

Puts in perspective all the complaints about the ID.4 from the hordes of entitled whippersnappers in the 21st century, imo.

 

...my uncle's old '64 Beetle?

Uh, OK... but that picture is of a '68 or '69 (I think). A '64 would have had covered headlights and "plumber's delight" bumpers.

I had a '63 and a '66. Drove the snot out of the '66. Added feature of the heating system? Turn it on in the rain and watch all your windows instantly fog up.

One of the great dashboard features was the green light that would illuminate... when you had no oil pressure. I acquired the '63 because the previous owner didn't know that. It was a one-weekend engine swap.

 

I had one that was titled as a 1960 but I think it was actually a 1959. Lots of funny business was going on in those days. My biggest automobile regret is selling that car. If I had simply kept it and maintained it instead of selling it for a couple of hundred bucks, it would not only be a classic now, it would have saved me probably a hundred thousand dollars spent on other cars.

 

Give me a cabriolet model with a ~ 200 mile range and an appropriately low price (sub ~35k starting) to have as a fun / weekend car and I’m sold.

 

Here's some video footage of this electric Beetle concept in Paris.

 

Here's some video footage of this electric Beetle concept in Paris.

Ready to debut sometime in 2035 if all goes smoothly....

 

No EV Beetle... MSN

 

No EV Beetle... MSN

And thus we enter the Slough of Despond. I wanted an EV Beetle!