 The collector and vintage market is exploding these days, but the cars are often underpowered, they break down, and they're dirty. If you love VWs, old VW bugs and things, and this particular vehicle, which is the micro bus, very cool, but you don't want to be broken down by the side of the road, the electric has an answer for you. How about making them all electric? The cars you're actually using are of a certain vintage, what are they? They're all Volkswagens, and they're all collectibles. They're the sweet spot in Volkswagen Beetles between 1958 and 66. We source well-maintained, well-cared-for cars, then we take the gas bits out and put in the electric stuff. We have double horsepower, all electric, you can just plug it in at night, in the morning it's ready. What's the range potentially on it? It just depends how much you can afford with a bus, because we have room for a lot of batteries in here. But the way we have it set up right now, it's a solid 60-mile range in this bus. In the Beetle it's about 80 to 100 miles. This is truly a great design. You've got your surfboard back here, it's got a sunroof, this whole thing opens up, basically every window pops out, including the front windows, right? So in a sense, it is the quintessential California machine. You start this company because you're a green fiend, right? You're mad about all things green? It really was to make the car more dependable. I grew up with these cars, I've had them for the last 30 years, and every couple of months something breaks, something physically falls off. Going electric, it makes them super dependable. And that's a lot of fun. You can shift if you want to, if you want to have more fun, or you can just leave it in third gear and cruise around like an automatic. So you probably didn't realize, we've been in second gear the whole time from when I took off. I can stop now in second gear and start off, so it's pretty much just like an automatic. This car can be coming at you 50 miles an hour in a residential neighborhood. It literally does not come up on your audible radar. I have never driven an all-electric Beetle. Come on baby, come on, yeah! It's fast! Here's the thing that so many people don't realize about electric motors is you get 100% of torque on demand. So they're really, I mean it may not be fast to 100, but to 30 or 35 miles an hour from off the line, they're really quick. You've actually made 1960s VW Bugs fast and interesting. Yes, I know nobody believes me, but they go 100 miles an hour, no problem. Hi, very close, this one's a 59. It's all electric. No, seriously, it's all electric. I'm going to beat you off the line. Let's race. Bye! Woo! Yeah, they were up to almost 50 miles an hour. We totally blasted the Lexus. How many cars do you guys expect to sell a year? We can handle about 10 right now. How much? How much for the different? Now we are in, this is a micro bus. Would be around 130. 130, $130,000. For an old Volkswagen bus, and sometime probably sold for 25 bucks to somebody. But I mean, it's gorgeous, it's collectible, it's interesting. Now the VW Beetle start at what? The sedan starts at 68, and if you put a big hole in the roof, it's 78 for their rag top. And if you take the roof off, it's about 88. We came, we played, thank you David, because it turns out the cars are a blast. They are sort of the shape of the future in the form of the past, super charming, really fun, and totally clean.
 The collector and vintage market is exploding these days, but the cars are often underpowered,
 they break down, and they're dirty.
 If you love VWs, old VW bugs and things, and this particular vehicle, which is the micro
 bus, very cool, but you don't want to be broken down by the side of the road, the electric
 has an answer for you.
 How about making them all electric?
 The cars you're actually using are of a certain vintage, what are they?
 They're all Volkswagens, and they're all collectibles.
 They're the sweet spot in Volkswagen Beetles between 1958 and 66.
 We source well-maintained, well-cared-for cars, then we take the gas bits out and put
 in the electric stuff.
 We have double horsepower, all electric, you can just plug it in at night, in the morning
 it's ready.
 What's the range potentially on it?
 It just depends how much you can afford with a bus, because we have room for a lot of batteries
 in here.
 But the way we have it set up right now, it's a solid 60-mile range in this bus.
 In the Beetle it's about 80 to 100 miles.
 This is truly a great design.
 You've got your surfboard back here, it's got a sunroof, this whole thing opens up,
 basically every window pops out, including the front windows, right?
 So in a sense, it is the quintessential California machine.
 You start this company because you're a green fiend, right?
 You're mad about all things green?
 It really was to make the car more dependable.
 I grew up with these cars, I've had them for the last 30 years, and every couple of months
 something breaks, something physically falls off.
 Going electric, it makes them super dependable.
 And that's a lot of fun.
 You can shift if you want to, if you want to have more fun, or you can just leave it
 in third gear and cruise around like an automatic.
 So you probably didn't realize, we've been in second gear the whole time from when I
 took off.
 I can stop now in second gear and start off, so it's pretty much just like an automatic.
 This car can be coming at you 50 miles an hour in a residential neighborhood.
 It literally does not come up on your audible radar.
 I have never driven an all-electric Beetle.
 Come on baby, come on, yeah!
 It's fast!
 Here's the thing that so many people don't realize about electric motors is you get 100%
 of torque on demand.
 So they're really, I mean it may not be fast to 100, but to 30 or 35 miles an hour from
 off the line, they're really quick.
 You've actually made 1960s VW Bugs fast and interesting.
 Yes, I know nobody believes me, but they go 100 miles an hour, no problem.
 Hi, very close, this one's a 59.
 It's all electric.
 No, seriously, it's all electric.
 I'm going to beat you off the line.
 Let's race.
 Bye!
 Woo!
 Yeah, they were up to almost 50 miles an hour.
 We totally blasted the Lexus.
 How many cars do you guys expect to sell a year?
 We can handle about 10 right now.
 How much?
 How much for the different?
 Now we are in, this is a micro bus.
 Would be around 130.
 130, $130,000.
 For an old Volkswagen bus, and sometime probably sold for 25 bucks to somebody.
 But I mean, it's gorgeous, it's collectible, it's interesting.
 Now the VW Beetle start at what?
 The sedan starts at 68, and if you put a big hole in the roof, it's 78 for their rag top.
 And if you take the roof off, it's about 88.
 We came, we played, thank you David, because it turns out the cars are a blast.
 They are sort of the shape of the future in the form of the past, super charming, really
 fun, and totally clean.