Iconic Volkswagen Beetle to become India's first vintage car to go electric

The canary yellow Beetle, a 1948 model, is the first vintage car in India to be converted into an electric vehicle (EV)

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Volkswagen Beetle | Electric Vehicles | IIT Delhi

Ritwik Sharma  |  New Delhi 

On Monday afternoon, a venerable old “Bug” glided around the administrative block of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi. For a handful of vintage car aficionados who had gathered, this was a Bug — as the iconic Volkswagen Beetle is fondly called — that crept up a surprise unlike any.

The canary yellow Beetle, a 1948 model, is the first vintage car in India to be converted into an electric vehicle (EV). The two-door sedan, with its curvy roof and just enough space for four adults, sported no visible difference in its new avatar, except for the ...

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First Published: Thu, November 19 2020. 06:10 IST