Verify out this interesting camper and kitchen area kit for the VW ID.Buzz

We went to VW’s North American 3-row ID.Excitement reveal this week in Southern California, and whilst we did not see anything at all about VW’s upcoming California camper van, we did see a neat camper/kitchen area conversion that is now available for the European two-row ID.Excitement, and we’re hoping to see something identical for the 3-row edition.

Considering the fact that the a few-row lengthy-wheelbase Excitement is model new and was only unveiled this 7 days, aftermarket components haven’t been announced or built nevertheless. But at the function, VW did have a person two-row EU-spec ID.Buzz tricked out with numerous add-ons to transform it into a rather cool camping equipment, and we got to acquire a minimal glimpse into some of the upcoming opportunities for this motor vehicle.

The tenting kit we noticed is from a corporation termed Ququq, dependent in Germany. It can make kits like this for various vehicles, but of particular curiosity to us in this article at Electrek is the “BusBox-4” kit for the ID.Excitement.

The kit prices €3190 (close to $3,400, although that incorporates 19% tax in Germany). With it, you get a folding mattress, a stove, and some storage house/containers for cooking devices, some of which are bundled in the kit.

To use the mattress, the second-row seats need to be folded down. The mattress folds out in 3 elements above the top rated of the folded-down seats. This doesn’t go away a ton of vertical area, so no leaping up and down on the mattress allowed.

It all fits quite properly into the again of the Buzz, or so it looked when we noticed it at the occasion. We did not get a likelihood to test the comfort and ease of the mattress or the functionality of the kitchen, but it appeared like it would do properly in a pinch.

You do get rid of a large amount of rear cargo space mainly because the stove and folded bed just take up a large amount of height, but you nevertheless have sufficient room for baggage and such on leading of the folded mattress.

Just one dilemma with the aftermarket mother nature of this increase-on is that the stove runs on gasoline in its place of energy. The latter would get the job done a lot improved considering the fact that it could make use of the developed-in ability from the ID. Buzz’s battery, without the need of needing to purchase gasoline canisters (or use fossil fuels for cooking). A first-social gathering alternative could most likely tap into the battery for a additional classy resolution.

But the EU-spec Buzz does not have an outlet, possibly, just USB ports, so there is almost nothing to plug into for an aftermarket section. The US Excitement does have one particular 110v outlet below the passenger seat, which could most likely enable a product like this to plug in and use battery electricity.

VW also equipped the motor vehicle with some other components, like a significant roof rack and facet awning to build a patio space beside the van, both equally from Thule, and an assortment of other VW components. While a whole lot of these are 3rd-bash items, VW equipped the bus this way to present what is by now doable with aftermarket solutions without having needing to go to the stage of accomplishing a full conversion.

While this is a relatively early case in point of what could be carried out with the ID.Buzz, it’s fairly interesting to see that there are by now some valuable camper answers out there. And we’re significantly energized to see what could be completed with the excess 10 inches of room in the long-wheelbase version, which VW just debuted yesterday.