microbus
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Almost every page features a photo, an illustration or an infographic, including a shot of Mr. Brand’s hand-painted 1962 VW microbus, drawings from century-old repair manuals and a full-page guide to “twelve types of corrosion.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
Diana and Tima boarded a microbus with a young college student they met 24 hours earlier.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2022
Keogh said the company will begin building the ID.4 electric crossover this year and plans to sell its new ID.Buzz electric microbus in the United States in 2024.
From Reuters ● Mar. 21, 2022
VW has said the autonomous microbus will serve as a platform for its full-scale commercial ride-hailing and delivery operation that it plans on launching in Germany in 2025.
From The Verge ● Mar. 9, 2022
VW's original microbus — the colorful, bread-loaf-shaped van that was a regular sight in the 1960s at music festivals including Woodstock — has a dedicated fan following.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 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
All over Syria, people use microbuses, minibuses, and shared taxis to get around, and buses for far-off cities.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
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