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

The delay is not because of any technical points however somewhat an absence of demand for electrical campers, Carsten Intra, the CEO of Volkswagen Business Autos, advised Autocar in an interview revealed on Thursday.

“I can let you know we all the time begin from the market, and searching on the market figures and searching intently at our clients, it turned out that the necessity for most of these automobiles—BEV-driven campers—will not be there but from our perspective,” he mentioned.

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

Volkswagen California idea

Within the meantime, VW will provide a brand new California camper van based mostly on the present Multivan bought abroad. It was previewed as an idea (proven above) final yr and is due out in manufacturing kind later this yr. It can provide patrons the choice of a plug-in hybrid powertrain, which Intra mentioned will enable house owners to drive round a campsite with electrical energy alone ought to they need.

The California designation was initially used for a camper model of VW’s Transporter line of economic vans. The California model supplied options 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 larger Crafter van. Quickly there can even be a Multivan model, and finally 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 can arrive as a 2025 mannequin and could have a beginning worth of round $65,000.