On Monday afternoon, a venerable old Bug glided around the administrative block of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi. For a handful of vintage car aficionados who had gathered, this was a Bug as the iconic Volkswagen Beetle is fondly called that crept up a surprise unlike any.
The canary yellow Beetle, a 1948 model, is the first vintage car in India to be converted into an electric vehicle (EV). The two-door sedan, with its curvy roof and just enough space for four adults, sported no visible difference in its new avatar, except for the absence of any revving sound as its petrol engine got replaced by an electric motor, and the addition of a panel of switches next to the gear lever inside.
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