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Mat Gallagher

I took the VW California on a 2,000-mile adventure and found this modern camper van to be quite the globetrotter – but I’m more excited about the electric potential

VW California Ocean.

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.

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