Back in 2023, Volkswagen showed off the U.S. version of the electric van meant to pay homage to the classic Type-2 Volkswagen Bus of the 1960s. With it came marketing materials that conjured up ideas of surfing on the beach and living a free-spirit lifestyle. In reality, man of these vans will serve commuter duty in a not-so-pretty (or warm) city. Sure, driving up and down Route 1 listening to John Lennon at full blast may sound cool, but listening to NPR quietly on I-75 is probably closer to what real life is like for them. Well, that's my life, at least.
