The Driven Podcast: Converted! How a 1964 VW Beetle became a fast, red electric bug
![Red electric beetle Nick Lake](https://b2232832.smushcdn.com/2232832/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/61431_108x-rs-11-1120x747-800x534.jpg?lossy=1&strip=0&webp=1)
At the recent Australian Electric Vehicle Association exhibition in Brisbane you could barely miss it – in between the glamorous Jaguar I-Pace and a Tesla Model S – was a bright red VW beetle: a 1964 version and fully electric.