VW plans to offer autonomous microbus ready for roads in 2025

ID.BUZZ autonomous microbus — The all-electric ID. BUZZ will be the first Volkswagen Group vehicle to drive autonomously, the automaker says. (VW via Bloomberg)

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CHRISTOPH RAUWALD and KEITH NAUGHTON

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Bloomberg

May 12, 2021 10:42 AM

Volkswagen Group plans to offer a highly automated version of the hippie-era microbus it’s reviving as an electric van as the carmaker commercializes self-driving technology along with startup Argo AI.

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