How do you perfectly blend nostalgia and futurism? Well, one way to do that is to take a 60-year-old icon of a car and add modern Tesla power. On a recent trip to the New York edition of the 2023 ...

The conversion uses the electric motor and single-speed transmission from the Volkswagen e-Up!, an electric version of VW’s Up! city car which isn’t sold in the United States. The motor produces 81 ...

On Wednesday, Volkswagen announced that it had produced a complete electric drive conversion kit that transforms a classic gas-powered Beetle into an electrical vehicle — great news for eco-conscious ...

I knew that even though Volkswagen ended Beetle (including Beetle-dressed Golfs) production in July, they wouldn't ever really be able to not build some sort of Beetle, and I think this announcement ...

If you live in one of the many places where regulators threaten or plan to outright ban combustion-powered cars, but don’t feel like giving up your heirloom Volkswagen, you’re not yet up a creek ...

Zelectric has been converting VW Beetles and Porsche 911s and 912s for 13 years in sunny San Diego. I got to drive their Irish Green 1968 912 for a bit and loved it. Prices start at $78,000 for a ...

Earlier this year, the Volkswagen Beetle nameplate bit the dust again, possibly for good this time. The German carmaker decided to stop producing the successor of the original car, putting an end to ...

Volkswagen plans to launch a new electric vehicle inspired by the classic Microbus, but in the meantime the automaker has partnered with eClassics on an electric conversion of the original. The two ...