Good morning and welcome to The Downshift, or TDS for short.
Here at TDS, we get you up to speed with the morning’s automotive industry headlines, fit with links that you can follow for more information. A well-deserved round of applause to everyone for making it to Friday. Here’s your bulletin for April 3:
Volkswagen Group America CEO and President Kjell Gruner reiterated to CarBuzz that its quirky and nostalgic ID Buzz van is indeed making a comeback here in the U.S. as a 2027 model-year vehicle, likely late this summer or early in the fall. When VW announced that there would be no 2026 ID Buzz, there was concern that the long-anticipated model would leave the market for good, but fortunately, that won’t be the case.
Tesla had another down quarter, producing around 50,000 more cars than it actually sold from January through March, per Reuters. Deliveries just underperformed analysts’ projections, landing at 358,023 cars compared to 368,903, thou …
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Author: Adam Ismail
