Volkswagen confirmed plans for a model of its ID.Buzz electrical van outfitted for tenting as early as 2021, however the car, which can use the automaker’s California camper designation, will not arrive till late this decade.

The delay is not as a consequence of any technical points however somewhat a scarcity of demand for electrical campers, Carsten Intra, the CEO of Volkswagen Business Automobiles, instructed Autocar in an interview revealed on Thursday.

“I can let you know we at all times begin from the market, and searching on the market figures and searching carefully at our prospects, it turned out that the necessity for all these automobiles—BEV-driven campers—isn’t there but from our perspective,” he mentioned.

Intra went on to say that VW expects demand for electrical campers to develop to a ample stage by the second half of the last decade.

Volkswagen California idea

Within the meantime, VW will provide a brand new California camper van primarily based on the present Multivan offered abroad. It was previewed as an idea (proven above) final yr and is due out in manufacturing type later this yr. It’s going to provide consumers the choice of a plug-in hybrid powertrain, which Intra mentioned will permit homeowners to drive round a campsite with electrical energy alone ought to they want.

The California designation was initially used for a camper model of VW’s Transporter line of business vans. The California model supplied just about the whole lot you want for an prolonged keep at a campsite, together with a pop-up roof, a mini kitchen with a fridge, and a pair of beds every sufficiently big for 2. VW has since launched California variations of its smaller Caddy van and greater Crafter van. Quickly there can even be a Multivan model, and ultimately an ID.Buzz model.

The common model of the ID.Buzz will lastly attain U.S. showrooms within the second half of the yr. It’s going to arrive as a 2025 mannequin and could have a beginning worth of round $65,000.