It wasn't electric, and the engine was mounted up front. In 2011, VW built another bus concept, called BULLI. This one was also conventionally powered. At CES in 2016, VW debuted BUDD-e.

My mom bought a '76 VW bus on eBay for $2,500 a decade ago. Similar cars now sell for 10 times that. The van's "cult following" has led some to buy vintage buses for as much as $150,000. VW says ...

75 years ago this month the VW bus began production. On March 8, 1950, Volkswagen, maker of the Beetle automobile, began producing its second vehicle, the microbus, known officially as the ...

From the Archive: 1990s Grateful Dead fans (Deadheads), like their counterparts of the '60s, knew a VW Bus was the way to go everywhere.

The legendary VW Bus, an automotive and pop-culture icon, has recently celebrated its 75th birthday.

But the Woodstock VW, which came to be known as the "Light Bus," fell off the grid itself. After its use as the workhorse of a commune, it was traded in at a mechanic's shop, and then lost to history.

eBay/j3vwrestore You can probably find a cleaner VW Bus for less money, but the ownership history, mechanical overhaul, and inimitable character of this particular VW Bus makes $30K sound about right.

Volkswagen partnered with EV West to create the "e-Bus," an electric Type 2 Bus with the engine from an e-Golf.

Much like the split-window Volkswagen Bug, the split-window VW Bus tends to retain more value than its non-split counterpart.

If you’re hoping to get your paws on American Pickers’ unique “Coyote Killer” Volkswagen bus, it’ll take a Wolfe pact.