 Hey, it's Chris from The Verge, and I'm standing in front of the Volkswagen Buddy, which was unquestionably one of the most anticipated launches here at CES, certainly in the automotive space and possibly across the entire show. A few reasons for that. One, it sort of evokes the Microbus, which is an iconic brand for Volkswagen. It's up there with the Beetle and the Thing. So this is sort of the modern reinterpretation of the Microbus. It's an electric vehicle, well over 300 miles of claimed range. There are a bunch of cool things about this car, none of which are real, none of which are in a production car today, but might be eventually. One is that you can just talk to this car. You don't have to press a button to engage the voice recognition. So that's a lot like, hey Siri, or okay Google, or Alexa. They're using Hey Buddy. There are also a bunch of screens in it, and these are cool because they can connect to a bunch of smart home things. They brought LG on stage. They brought the maker of a smart doorbell so you can see who's at your door from your car. The doors, all of the doors on this thing automatically open and close with a gesture. You just swipe at it. Or if you don't want to swipe, you don't feel like moving your hands, you can talk to it. You can say, hey buddy, open the door. The problem is it's not real. But considering the responses getting here tonight and the language that Volkswagen is using, I am led to believe that some form of this car will be production eventually. If nothing else, the platform certainly will be. They're building a modular electric architecture that they can use on a number of different vehicles. So that part will definitely make it to the factory floor. It's just a question of whether it'll look like a microbus. That's it from Volkswagen here at CES 2016. Of course, we have plenty more CES coverage coming later this week, so stay tuned for that. And subscribe to us on YouTube. We're a towards.
 Hey, it's Chris from The Verge, and I'm standing in front of the Volkswagen Buddy, which was
 unquestionably one of the most anticipated launches here at CES, certainly in the automotive
 space and possibly across the entire show.
 A few reasons for that.
 One, it sort of evokes the Microbus, which is an iconic brand for Volkswagen.
 It's up there with the Beetle and the Thing.
 So this is sort of the modern reinterpretation of the Microbus.
 It's an electric vehicle, well over 300 miles of claimed range.
 There are a bunch of cool things about this car, none of which are real, none of which
 are in a production car today, but might be eventually.
 One is that you can just talk to this car.
 You don't have to press a button to engage the voice recognition.
 So that's a lot like, hey Siri, or okay Google, or Alexa.
 They're using Hey Buddy.
 There are also a bunch of screens in it, and these are cool because they can connect to
 a bunch of smart home things.
 They brought LG on stage.
 They brought the maker of a smart doorbell so you can see who's at your door from your
 car.
 The doors, all of the doors on this thing automatically open and close with a gesture.
 You just swipe at it.
 Or if you don't want to swipe, you don't feel like moving your hands, you can talk to it.
 You can say, hey buddy, open the door.
 The problem is it's not real.
 But considering the responses getting here tonight and the language that Volkswagen is
 using, I am led to believe that some form of this car will be production eventually.
 If nothing else, the platform certainly will be.
 They're building a modular electric architecture that they can use on a number of different
 vehicles.
 So that part will definitely make it to the factory floor.
 It's just a question of whether it'll look like a microbus.
 That's it from Volkswagen here at CES 2016.
 Of course, we have plenty more CES coverage coming later this week, so stay tuned for
 that.
 And subscribe to us on YouTube.
 We're a towards.