microbus
Americannoun
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microbuses
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On a recent summer day, Leong stepped into a Volkswagen microbus that he had retrofitted with Tesla batteries, a side project that expanded his interests from software to hardware engineering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The report from Al Mayadeen, a Lebanese channel that covers Syria extensively, said microbus stops in Damascus were overcrowded as people rushed to take the only affordable method of transportation.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2023
Diana and Tima boarded a microbus with a young college student they met 24 hours earlier.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2022
Herbert and I talked about all of that and the overall transition to EVs, including VW’s new EV microbus, which is very cool.
From The Verge ● Jan. 18, 2022
Keogh said that a three-row version of the ID.Buzz will launch in the United States, where the original microbus became an icon of the counterculture, in late 2023 or early 2024.
From Reuters ● Jan. 7, 2022
Fume-free taxis and cars manufactured in China are a common sight in Kathmandu, with traffic officials estimating that up to 60 percent of microbuses entering the city from key routes are now electric.
From Barron's ● May 3, 2026
The white microbuses darting around the roads at all hours are one of the first things you notice when you arrive in Cairo, packed with travellers hopping on and hopping off.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2025
“The joke is that it left the festival in three times as many VW microbuses as it arrived in,” his grandson, Michael Bronner, said.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2022
Authorities said a string of microbuses, trucks and cars were lined up at a checkpoint on a road from southern Egypt into central Cairo waiting for officers to approve their curfew exemptions.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 25, 2020
Cars and trucks sometimes pass us, but no minibuses or microbuses.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
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