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An Actually Usable VW Bus: The Kindred EV Bus — Carmudgeon Ep 241 w/ Jason Cammisa & Derek Tam-Scott

6/15/202658 min

This week, we drive an icon that’s been electrified - the Kindred EV Bus, based off of the Volkswagen Microbus. While most of us typically mourn the conversion of many classic cars to EV, this particular conversion may change your mind…

Visit http://JasonSentMe.com to get a Hagerty Guaranteed Value (TM) collector-car insurance quote! === While most EV conversions strip away the character and soul of a gas car with a great engine, the Volkswagen Microbus is one of those vehicles that was never really defined by its engine. Well, actually - if it was - it was defined by its acceleration, or rather the lack thereof. Many VW Buses had no more than 50 horsepower to work with, making them virtually undriveable above 50 MPH. The Kindred EV Bus, however, rewrites the rulebook - accelerating from 0-60 in just 7.6 seconds. While that may not seem particularly notable when many modern EVs are twice as fast, this changes the game for this 23-window Microbus - making it genuinely usable in everyday driving. And when the rest of the vehicle was already defined by its iconic styling and form within function, is it now even better than original? All this and more on this week’s episode of The Carmudgeon Show. Special thanks to Kindred Motorworks for lending us this bus for testing! Check them out at https://kindredmotorworks.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Clips

Tesla Driver Stunned
Smart Electrification Rule
Bus vs. Countach Attention
7.6 Seconds, Feels Faster
Taming Bus Steering

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Jason Cammisa· Host0:00

    Hello, and welcome To this episode of The Carmudgeon, I'm reading this, Carmudgeon Show.

  2. Derek Tam-Scott· Host0:08

    Okay. And I am Derek Tam-hyphen-Scott.

  3. Jason Cammisa· Host0:12

    I am Jason non-hyphen Camisa, and the Carmudgeon Show is driven by Hagerty, insurance for enthusiasts by enthusiasts. Um, and many enthusiasts own a VW Bus.

  4. Derek Tam-Scott· Host0:23

    You have to be enthusiastic to own a VW Bus.

  5. Jason Cammisa· Host0:26

    You're not gonna be enthusiastic about how fast it is. Isn't.

  6. Derek Tam-Scott· Host0:30

    Isn't.

  7. Jason Cammisa· Host0:31

    How fast it's not.

  8. Derek Tam-Scott· Host0:31

    How fast it isn't. Okay.

  9. Jason Cammisa· Host0:33

    Unless- So what we have here is a not slow, and in fact maybe even speedy, Volkswagen Bus, produced by Kindred Motorworks, on loan to us for a, an assessment.

  10. Derek Tam-Scott· Host0:46

    So if you want to learn what it's like, what it does and doesn't do well, uh, then that's all in this episode.

  11. Jason Cammisa· Host0:53

    And if you feel this is sacrilege, well, stay tuned.

  12. Derek Tam-Scott· Host0:58

    Okay, I'm going to clap.

  13. Jason Cammisa· Host1:00

    [claps] Was that pathetic? [laughs] I mean, even Mike laughed at that. [laughs] [claps] Hang your head in shame, hyphen. That was... Would you, would you like [claps] [laughs] Oh, my God. [claps] Derek, [laughs] it's... I mean, I don't know if the microphone even picked that one up.

  14. Derek Tam-Scott· Host1:23

    Ooh.

  15. Jason Cammisa· Host1:24

    Look at, look at that face.

  16. Derek Tam-Scott· Host1:25

    I'm going home.

  17. Jason Cammisa· Host1:25

    Say goodbye.

  18. Derek Tam-Scott· Host1:26

    I'm going home.

  19. Jason Cammisa· Host1:26

    I'll do it just for sound.

  20. Unknown speaker1:28

    [claps] [outro music]

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