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Are the electric car haters right? Is the ID.Buzz a terrible base van for a camper conversion? Is it just too small? Is the Payload impossible?
Join us this week when Steve visits Jon at Knights Custom Conversions to see if he believes he can convert our ID.Buzz whilst keeping it underweight.
We also pop along to see Doug and Alex at the Compact Camper Company to see how they convert such tiny campers, and we finish off by visiting Richter in Milton Keynes to see what they do and if they have anything to make our ID.Buzz special.

Visit Knights Custom Conversions website https://knightscustomconversions.co.uk/
Or give them a call if you’re interested is the fantastic work they do 01406 370298

Visit Doug & Alex at The Compact Camper Company on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sheilatheagila/?hl=en
You can call Doug on 07880 860468
Or check out their YouTube channel https://youtube.com/@compactcamperco?si=BJi7rQ-H2PUh01zx

Checkout Richter and all the fantastic stuff their doing at like that awesome Slide Pod http://www.richterautomotive.co.uk/ or call them on 01908 361520

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23 Comments

  1. This is really interesting, there was a lovely black and gold one in bus fest this year, the only thing putting me off converting your van is the rear doors and twin sliders, doesn’t this add weight?

  2. The big problem for most currently is the extra cost of EVs, which from reading some fund analysts reports is expected to start falling in the next couple of years and see EVs cheaper than ICE vehicles sometime between 2025 and 2030.

    Until then even with an income above the average, I will wait.

  3. Well I won’t be giving up my Euro 5 campervan until I can get my hands on a hydrogen fuel cell van to convert. MAN already have ones on trial with big fleet operators. Much better range, 5 minute re-fuel, much better payload, zero emissions and I won’t need to be charging it thinking was this electricity produced by a coal or gas polluting power station or by a green source? Plus the longer I keep my van I don’t need to worry about the environmental damage caused by digging up all the cobalt and other minerals to make such large batteries for battery driven EV’s. Look how many bus operators now use fleets of them running 15hrs a day. Food for thought.

  4. Really interesting vid John. I've had an an ID Buzz Cargo for 7 months and love it to bits,
    but…. wow, that range has dropped from nearly 300 miles (I drive like my grandma) to around 220 miles in the November climate! Really disappointed.
    What's it going to do when the cold weather hits. Pile in a load of furniture, and camping gear, and maybe a poptop, and 2 adults….
    this ain't going to work is it?

  5. EVs have not been around for a few years, they appeared in the mid 1800s.
    The primary problem I see is the modern EV is very inefficient. Fat tyres, big heavy things.
    Add in a fixed battery and it's not going to last as long as the 1800s ones did, they had efficiency and replaceable batteries.

  6. I can't think of one single advantage over our custom transit….. just done a 6000 + mile trip into lapland, no way could you do that in a buzz as there would not be the needed charging point out in the wilds. We did 400 miles in a day a couple of times… and less that 5 minutes to fuel up, and a 650 mile range.

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