The camper van has long represented the ultimate in travel freedom, and none more so than the VW camper. With a history that stretches back to 1947, through early Westfalia conversions to the ‘Splittie’ and on to the modern-day California, which is now produced in-house.
While the ID. Buzz has been VW’s all-electric van solution since 2022, the latest California models offer only diesel, petrol and plug-in hybrid solutions. They do come with many of the tech advances of the electric cars though, from adaptive cruise controls and parking assist to the digital cockpit and connected services.