Volkswagen’s Future Arrives in Electrifying Petersen Exhibit
Open now through November 2022, Building an Electric Future exhibit shows off Volkswagen’s electric ambitions for the 2020s.
There are plenty of places to check out in Los Angeles, like the TCL Chinese Theatre, the Hollywood sign, and Cassell’s Hamburgers. If you love cars like we do, though, there’s one other place to see: the Petersen Automotive Museum. There’s no other museum like it around, with plenty of amazing exhibits chronicling the automobile and its history.
Speaking of history, Volkswagen is set to make some history of its own in the 2020s, when it plans to become the first automaker not named Tesla to have an entirely electric lineup. Thus, the German automaker teamed up with Petersen to present its electric future through the museum’s newest exhibit, Building an Electric Future.
From now through November 2022 — that’s right! It’s gonna be in town for a while — Building an Electric Future “gives a behind the scenes look at making the new age of electric and autonomous mobility happen,” according to Volkswagen Design chief Klaus Bischoff. The centerpiece of the five-room exhibit is the four ID. vehicles aimed for production by 2026, all based upon VW’s new MEB modular electric platform.
The exhibit shows the progression made by Volkswagen towards its electric future, beginning with the inspirations from its petroleum past. From the classics like the Microbus and Manx Meyer dune buggy, to truly wild machines like the Ducati-powered XL1 Sport (itself based on the diesel-electric XL1), one can see how far the Wolfsburg crew has come in past few decades.
“Building an Electric Future aims to inspire and inform our guests about the future of mobility,” said Petersen Executive Director Terry L. Karges. “We want to explore the impact an electrified future will have on a local and global scale, and we’re thrilled to collaborate with Volkswagen as it takes on today’s challenges to design the cars of tomorrow.”
Tickets to visit this and all of the exhibits at the Petersen Automotive Museum range from $11 to $16; you can also throw in a tour of the 250-car Vault at time of purchase. Volkswagen’s first ID. models, the ID.3 and ID. Crozz, will hit showrooms in 2020, the latter the first ID. model for the U.S. market.
Photos: Kahn Media/Petersen Automotive Museum
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