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Volkswagen plan to ship electric models from their Chattanooga TN plant in 2023. Earlier electric will be imports from Germany. They will show a[n electric] dune buggy concept in 2019.

The buggy will make its global debut during the 2019 Geneva auto show, according to Autocar. While Volkswagen will present it as a concept car, insiders told the magazine that turning it into a production model is under “active consideration.” If built, it would showcase the MEB platform’s unusually high level of flexibility. Volkswagen has also used the architecture as the basis for a Golf-sized hatchback, a Microbus-inspired van, an SUV, and a sleek-looking sedan. All of these vehicles have been previewed by concept cars over the past two years.

It sounds like we haven’t seen everything the MEB platform is capable of underpinning yet. Decision-makers reportedly envision the buggy as one of three heritage-inspired additions to Volkswagen’s ID-badged lineup of electric cars. It will join the production version of the retro ID Buzz concept from 2017, which has already been confirmed for production, and Autocar reports the third model will arrive as a four-door interpretation of the emblematic Beetle, which is scheduled to retire[?] for the third time in 2019.