Why this MORRIS MINOR is the best car for London
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- In this episode Matt from London Electric Cars will explain why an converted electric classic car is the best vehicle, certainly the most affordable, for London and most big cities alike.
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I got my first drivers license on my uncle's original Morris Minor. Rugged and built like a tank. He bought it in England when he worked there and imported it to India. At that time you could get high octane petrol only in Delhi and he was filling it with that expensive fuel. When he moved to Bombay he filled normal petrol and she ran without a complaint. He had parked it in a basement garage for years, only starting it once a month to keep the battery charged. The garage got flooded and all the cars needed a major upgrade to their engine etc. except this beauty. When the flood water receded and the car dried out he started it and it was on as before! Too bad they don't build cars like this any more!!
Well, I started driving in 1969. My 2007 VW has rustproofing so is still pretty rust free after 12 years. Conversely, 1960s cars were not 'green' by modern standards, nor were they economical on petrol (unimportant as fuel was cheap pre-1973's enormous price hike). Buying even a 5yo car back then meant body rot was already eating your bodywork, and Morris Minor front suspension struts would corrode until one of them shot out sideways ... I've seen that! The MPG was in the low 30s but the new (say) Polo Blue Motion is _far_ more powerful than a Minor, yet can achieve _over twice_ that many miles per gallon! And in much greater comfort and safety. We all overlook just how basic these cars were... that said, I loved my Moggie and a restored electric one would be a hoot to own!
so, is this now an E Minor
Pa, dam, thss! :-)
Keep the tyres pumped up or it will be E flat Minor(!)
You hum it and I will play it
Hahaha clever!
"Solitude in E Minor"
I've just been watching a You Tube vid, where a guy has another angle on 'Minor ' convertions. He's fitted a V8 engine, and all that's necessary to cope with the power, amazing.
What a great idea. I love the idea if electric but hate modern cars.
It's an interesting concept, in cities like London, it definitely makes sense financially as a daily commuter vehicle
Sam Glorioso Yes, makes so much sense on all fronts :)
As a classic car lover this looks a beautiful split screen Morris minor as the owner of a 69 Morris and a 74 mg just the thought of this conversation is wrong on lots of levels and is not environmentally friendly as the pollution created making the motor and batterys made more pollution then if the Morris was left as it was intended how is this green this is just my opinion
yamaha ttr600 I totally agree with you I’m also a fellow MG owner with a 62 MGA
Beautiful machine. Minors should be brought back.
I didnt want to like this because im all about classic cars being original... But I really like it, the ability to change gears is awesome too!
So our good old morris minor is going to survive for a long time in new avatar , good job my dear. thank you . Hail E- Minor
It’s great to see these old cars getting a new lease on life.
lance allison
American Car Cos change body styles/instead of Real Improvements (like drive trains OR Interiors)wtf// NO Class/Just Improvements In Body Styles &.Obsolescence./
There Ought To Be A Law.
From 1952-56, an 803 cc a A-Series inline-four engine was used. 1098 did not appear until 1962. I would have opted for a late model, but nice idea.
Wasn’t there a 948cc version too?
I was wondering who was going to be the first to notice. The original MM had a 918 cc side valve. 2nd gear for most hills and no heater for the uk model meant driving with a blanket over you in winter. 52-56 as you say was the 803 A series. That grew to the 948 cc up until 62 when the 1098cc A series was used.
The engine bay is huge so it’s a great car for a conversion. Done a great job. Had lots of fun putting an oversized 1275 from a MG midget along with running gear into my old 51 side valve. The midget gearbox was a stronger unit and I wonder with the extra torque from the electric motor, it might be a good upgrade. Same goes for the back diff and axle although I guess you’re not going to be holding your foot to the floor much in London. Also disc brake conversion at the front would be another improvement and easy to do along with a Spax shock absorber upgrade to supplement the slightly weak oil filled dampers. I had a couple of the damper bolts sheer off on one I had. Great job on the conversion!!!
Do that to Triumph Herald. The best car for London. Turns on a sixpence we used to say. Try 5p now; but it doesn't have the same ring
It's been done - saw one in 1973...
Nice job, I once restored a minor, and love them. Started converting my Alfa Romeo (916) GTV, which I want better than original performance.
I was wondering who was going to be the first to notice the error on the 1098 engine in a 53 moggie. The original MM had a 918 cc side valve. 2nd gear for most hills and no heater for the uk model meant driving with a blanket over you in winter. 52-56 as you say was the 803 A series. That grew to the 948 cc up until 62 when the 1098cc A series was used.
The engine bay is huge so it’s a great car for a conversion. Done a great job. Had lots of fun putting an oversized 1275 from a MG midget along with running gear into my old 51 side valve. The midget gearbox was a stronger unit and I wonder with the extra torque from the electric motor, it might be a good upgrade. Same goes for the back diff and axle although I guess you’re not going to be holding your foot to the floor much in London. Also disc brake conversion at the front would be another improvement and easy to do along with a Spax shock absorber upgrade to supplement the slightly weak oil filled dampers. I had a couple of the damper bolts sheer off on one I had. Great job on the conversion!!!
I'm a devout petrol head but it's quite clear that cities will be banning petrol/diesel cars soon, so I approve of these electric conversions to keep these older cars relevant.
I won't be converting my '99 M5, '77 XJ-S or '70 Stag though.
Compared to modern cars, there's so much space in them because there's not all the ..ehm...eh... (Safety equipment! lol) Love it tho and congrats!!
The crumple zone is the people inside.
Also, no seatbelts in that old Minor.
TommyTwobats
Are safety features such as airbags and seat belts of that much importance in a city like London where you rarely get passed second gear! I’d have this any day over a hideous plastic leaf or Prius!
Maybe people would slowdown if they didn't have so much safety equipment
This was my first car..such great memories...
I love Moggies and Minis, both designed by Alec Issigonis... great project cars, you can do anything with them. Electric engine or supercharged V8, they just like to be loved xD
A morris thats electric, did you know that G A Brittain who had the irish branch of Morris Services ran electric vans back in the 40's. George used them for his laundry business as well as having the Morris factory in Portobello and a battery business where batteries could be repaired back then.
keep up the great work, its nice to see the older cars having a new lease of life.
I suspect the traditionalists would be upset if Big Ben were to experience an electrical conversion.....
There's a Volvo 240 converted to Electric driving around here in the Netherlands and I know there's some other people around who've converted them. I think lighter cars are generally cheaper and easier to convert though.
ExperiMendel I need to visit the Netherlands soon! Old Volvos are so much appriciated over there :)
Great video. For anyone thinking about doing their own conversion, Vintage Voltage started on Quest channel last week and it was packed full of information.
I'd like to see this guy convert a Morris van to electric!
It’s either unique or not. It can’t be more or most unique.
Uniqueness is a quality that can be applied to facets of this vehicle. It's not unique for being an electric car, it's probably also not the only electric Morris Minor. But perhaps it has a unique configuration in terms of the size of the battery pack, or the type of motor, or the fact that he uses the original gearbox. Or perhaps it's a combination of all those things.
An admirable and much-needed spot of pedantry, Mr Hutton - thank you.
@@aftonline So it's an innovative and interesting vehicle, possibly with some unique features.
@@triplem9805 ~~ I don't think it is pedantic to suggest that the word "unique" be used per its actual/original definition (the only one of its type or kind), instead of the current casual usage meaning "unusual" or "rare".
You see, without the word "unique" in its correct definition, we do not have, in English, any other word that carries the same import. Even the two words "very rare", for example, do not reach "unique". "Unique" cannot be qualified, i.e. something cannot be "very unique" or "more unique".
Best wishes to all; I enjoyed the video, thanks.
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@@drspaseebo410 I think I must have failed to convey my appreciation of Graham Hutton's comment, and the sprit of whimsy in which I responded to it. I understand perfectly what 'unique' means, and that it is an absolute and not a relative term - in contrast to the lazy way it is being used with greater and greater frequency.
Saw the machine parked this evening ......... great work .
I'd love to see more Morris Minors on the road. Lovely car, great conversion.
Start mass production of this "E-Minor" electric car and send it to India. A very big market is waiting for this "E-Minor" here in India. Nostalgic fans are waiting for this car going to be "Made in India".
A 53 series 2 Minor had an 803cc engine, not the 1098cc.
Dick Lang. That's what I remembered also.
Swapped out lots of Sprite motors and dead old Morries for 1200s from later Midgets.
You are correct. I used to own one. The A series was "lifted" out of the Austin A30. It did grow to 1098cc eventually, in the last incarnation of the Minor circa nineteen sixties.
Matt, could you please let hub nut channel, drive review your cars. Thank you
I'm not sure Matt will see this. But you can write him on info@londonelectriccars.com. Thanks for watching!
aye up! another nutter ^^,
Love morris minors.My dad had one when we were young about 40 y ago.
Very good conversion, beautiful old Morris Minor.When the emission charge comes in 2021, I would have to pay twice, as I start work 11.30pm, and I would pay again on the way home in the morning, so that's £25 a day! I was thinking of cycling again, though working all night takes its toll on you, or getting an electric scooter.
Cars built before 1 January 1980 are exempt from the ULEZ. Funnily enough congestion zone cameras are unable to read non reflective number plates such as the old school black and silver plate seen on pre 1975 vehicles. Not sure if it's a coincidence.
Part of the Charm of my moggy is that unique exhaust vibration as you go back down through the gears, I would miss that greatly.
Somewhere on RUclips is a series 2 MM with a 4 litre Rover v8 under the bonnet. The very antithesis of an "E Minor".
@celtic barbarian Look up Nick Mann's Morris Minor, he used to hillclimb it and it had a Rover V8 with a turbo and Nitrous Oxide, it produced 600bhp. It was road legal as well.
The video which linked me to this one was of a supercharged LS Pro street Minor Traveller! 😂
But it wont have the Morris Minor gear change fart.
The real downside is the lack of that distinctive exhaust note!
Giving it a cheeky rev before you go down hill so you can hear it rasping and banging on the overrun... ;)
Exactly!
Actually, the downside is all the windnoise you'll hear now that the exhaust note isn't covering it all up!
you could put in an outside audio system and play whatever sound you'd like, one day a Ferrari, next day a London bus, third day a RR locomotive.
@@henryostman5740
😂 I love that idea.
Loved it and love the whine it produces when you pull away loved it I hope your business goes well it reminds me of my old Austin 7
Wow so happy seeing this beauty; some sure start making it again like the new Volkswagen
This is the best electric car I have ever seen !. Something very British, Iconic and practical in central London. I imagine any old classic that has a traditional drive train, ie engine then gearbox then back axle could be converted. Mazda MX5 your next project, or maybe a MGB ?!. Then there is the Jags, BMW’s, gosh we can keep the best on the road once the petrol has run out....
I love the jelly mould especially in black. No spontaneous shopping expeditions though with a 45 mile range though. But it's a start..
So I guess my dad’s Traveller is a perfect candidate for this type of conversion (helps that there’s no engine, but still has the gearbox). Though maybe I’d opt for a battery with a little more range, but eh, 45 miles isn’t bad at all.
Perfect candidate indeed :)
I would happily do this to a Beetle. But I revere original Morris Minors.
The rear lights are not original - they date from 1963 to 1970. Front side lights look a bit odd also. Nice car/ idea though, but range a bit short.
No 1098s in 53 either. Not till 63
@@tortron True. All due respect to the people, but I get the impression that they don't know much about classic cars, and are just in the business of selling electrical gear and, more importantly, batteries. I got badly stung a while back by buying e-bikes - ok for a year or so, but afterwards you find that the cost of battery replacement is so high as to be not cost effective. On one occasion I was charged nearly 40 quid just to tell me the battery was dead and needed replacing with an even higher cost "newer" type version. And that was a "respected" dealer. The truth seems to be that the ICE is still the most cost effective way of getting around.
Its designed for intra-city use. Is London 45 miles from east to west (north to south)? Where is the range issue?
@@gwarlow OK, point taken, but even short trips are cumulative, and having to keep plugging, unplugging and charging can become a bind. I know from experience that it can become an issue - I often couldn't be bothered to mess about after a hard day and the range gradually decreased - especially with battery use over time and cold weather. Still, not everyone is like me, and technology will hopefully improve in the not too distant future - so good luck to all!
@MIKE J hmm...can be if you can't fully afford proper motooting...
I don't get it.. The minor is already ULEZ, Mot and TAX exempt.. You can run its original engine on petrol, RP1, E85, LPG, Hydrogen (if you can get it).. This makes no sense.. By adding in those batteries and motor you have actually added to the cars "carbon footprint" - most people don't realise what it takes to mine, refine and manufacture batteries..
As for the 4~5 mile journey 🤷🏻♂️ - I've never gone anywhere in London by car that's that close by.. My old journey to work NWL to Wimbledon was 15 miles, 30 miles round trip..
As for congestion charge exemption, by 2025 EVs will have to pay.. Where I live, parking for EVs has gone up to the level of small engined petrol cars (and rightly so)..
I don't know.. This just seems wrong.. If you did this with a more modern vehicle, then yeah sure whatever.. Something like a Ford Probe (excluding the rare V6 model) would suit an electric conversion quite well.. But don't butcher classics! It's just sad..
MrClassiccarenthusia
Exactly right, the horrendous environmental impact for the materials and the shipping those materials in cargo ship that burn as much as 18 million litres per hour!
The car is already 50 years old, the fact that it doesn't require manufacturing means all those resources continue to be used.
The classic part I have some sympathy with, but the body gets to live on, the running gear can power another classic, and London continues to have a classic British shape cruising the grey, wet lanes.
@@jeeves6490 Yes, but my point is that the car was perfectly usable as it was.. If you want less environmental impact, you could just go for an alternative fuel.. I was driving my 1974 Rover P6 V8 through London every day for three years, until I took it off the road in 2017 to "restore" the engine.. Hehehe
But I digress; several of my mechanics customers have vintage vehicles that they drive regularly on LPG, the advantages being less emissions, longer engine life, no need to replace the battery packs after X number of years and a usable range.. You can't for instance, hop over to York like I did in my car..
Plus you have battery ageing to take into consideration.. The boss of a company one unit down from where I work bought himself a Tesla Model S two nearly three years ago, and he's been driving it every single day since new - he's now complaining that it's lost nearly a third of its total range, and when it gets really cold, that goes down even further.. When it snowed last year, he went on holiday to some tropical retreat in Asia, leaving his S in the factory car park for three weeks (okay for some!) And when he came back, the car was damn near dead, which I find quite hilarious myself.. All that energy just evaporated into thin air 🤷🏻♂️ - that is something I wouldn't want to put up with!
@@MrClassiccarenthusia How much does lpg cost to drive through London?
Had lpg powered vehicles, overrated and less efficient.
Electrons are an alternative fuel.
Sometimes we just disagree, enjoy your day.
I have a classic (1966 Volvo) and my goal is to keep it as original as possible. Doing a classic to EV conversion is becoming big business in California, though.
This is very cool - I’d love to see the 240 converted. Love the Minor
I had one in 75 used it for work when it looked like it wouldn't pass the Mot the girlfriend and I decided to drive it to Spain the long way ..went through 7 countries without a hiccup watching the road go by in the hole on the passenger side floor when I got to Mallorca I swapped it for a scooter the guy who had it drove it for another 6 months before he had an accident and left it at the side of the road frightened the police would pick him up ...driving past it every day was like seeing an old friend... minimal maintenance took a licking and kept on ticking when one morning I saw the police tow it away I feel like getting drunk seeing an old friend go...
I am 80 years of age, my wife does the driving so I shared with an Irish friend :) Maybe a Traveler will be converted. Many congrats for this.
Good idea Travellers have more space for Batteries for a longer range.
A large roof on a traveller could Have self charging Solar Using a very light weight
but expensive material called GRAPHEIN .
( a very thin flexible product with the characteristic of polythene.
Omg I was thinking about this week it so odd that I think about someing like this I really want a rover 75 now I really want one and plus do this thank you
Yes, please!
I had a 1965 1098cc Moggy in trafalgar blue. Very easy for the average person to service at home, but doing the grease points every 1000 miles was not a pleasant job.
Great to see the old Minor soldiering on into the 21st century in electric form ! Nice work !
I have a 1972 opel manta can you do it to electric?
For sure. Any car can be converted. If you're in UK, then reach out to londonelectriccars.com. If elsewhere in the world, then I am sure you can find someone that can help locally.
@@SilentDMotorShow I'm up by Chester In the North West but wen I've done all the body work on it I will bring it to you to have the engine work done if that's OK.
Great vid and inspiring bloke - one more plus: the excellent turning circle of the minor!!
I might do this for a business too. Give me so thing to do in retirement. Make use of my trade skills.
How could you still call it stepping on the "gas" when it runs on electric motor?
I will be converting my 1984 Scirocco into an EV
Awesome car to convert 👌🏻
Love it! Hope you make sure the conversion is reversible 👍
😂
Inspirational. I'm seriously considering buying one...
I had a friend who had several Morris Minors here in the US and none of them had reverse, he had several cars and several trucks!
Is the steering heavier due to the weight of the batteries or is the weight equivalent to that of the old A-Series engine?
Didn’t feel at all heavy :)
My grandfather used to own one.
James Mandal everyone’s grandfather used to own them 😂
@@indiekiddrugpatrol3117 after this one he bought a Fiet, a mazda and a Toyota crown.
James Mandal mine got a Morris marina, three ford cortinas and a rover 400
I want one! Great upload, thanks
Yes people this is a car to travel not like modern luxury to go bankrupt with new cars.
The one time I miss modern technology with my 1966 Volvo is with parallel parking. No back up camera's; no little buzzers telling you the distance to the next vehicle and no power steering! I need a much bigger parking space than modern vehicles.
NOT a 1098 originally!!!! But anyway great idea don’t produce more cars convert the ones we already have !!!! If you sold it as a kit and the range was increased a hell of a lot more it would sell really well produce kits for all the classics with big numbers like morris,vw,landrover this could do really well !
Awesome can we have it in our country
Wonderful. (I would have prefered to see more technical details than their faces though).
Most important no oil leaks
Why would there be? I had a 1951 Morris Minor in the mid 1970s and it did not have any oil leaks. It was a lovely car to drive, but slow at 55 mph flat out. I never did figure out the mileage. I just put 1 gallon in and it would last about 3 weeks. It was 803cc.
In the few Morrises I've been a passenger in, one thing they had in common was lousy a heater. Guess converting one to electric does not make it worse. From my memory a Morris minor got 84 miles / UK gallon driven carefully.
no just acid leaks
Great video and very interesting. I would like one!
Better value for your money because of the low depreciaton. O! did i mentioned it was my fathers/ouwer dealy driver? It was a two door in Dove Grey.
Loved this vid. Great to see a great car with a new lease of life
I still have my 1963 Morrie and if I had the money, would very much consider changing out to electric.
Long ago here in the former colonies, I owned an Austin Somerset, never got the heater to work, do you have the same problem? do you have a heater?
Surely it could be done for less than
£ 25k if sourcing the parts your self and fitting them yourself.
Super. Classically beautiful concept.
Correction no pollution at the car but instead at the power plant. Still pretty cool tho
Polluting power plants have been disappearing at crazy rates. Wind is huge in the UK for example and most places will be renewable in just a few years. Wind and solar together with batteries is just way too cheap to use anything else at this point and they are getting better and cheaper at exponential rates now. An EV is 5-8 times more efficient as well despite the big battery weight so you can drive 100 miles in an EV and still only use as much energy as a gas car driving 15 miles.
I love this, what an amazing conversion, love the idea of converting classic cars to electric, best of both worlds, good work!
I think this will happen more and more. You can have what ever shell you want.
Would love to see the herald drive .
How much does this conversation cost? I'd be worried about the batteries being stolen because they are easily accessible
What about a Lincoln Town car from the 1970's?
Haha, that be very cool!!
With all the talk of costs you’d think you’d say the cost of buying the car. Nothing on their website
£6,000 for the car and £12,000 to convert. With batteries being the highest cost factor. Whilst a lot cheaper than a Tesla, it still is costly. Hopefully price on batteries keeps going down, while performance goes up. Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@SilentDMotorShow Thanks for the pricing. Think the cheapest Tesla is £30,000 so it beats that. I really like that you're renewing the old, giving old cars a new lease on life. I will seriously consider. Ideally I'd like greater km's per charge.
I live In the States and just in the last week learned about the Morris Minor. Wish I had one as I love the older cars. So tired of the new complicated, plastic, beasts that are being made today. Fine machines for sure but for basic transportation they are overkill. Love the idea of electric and is a perfect fit. More range means more weight in batteries so your e-mileage goes down. I want one.
They exported the Morris Minor to the USA from the late 40s, and even changed the position of the headlights (mounted higher, faired into the fenders) to fit in with USA traffic regulations, which were used on all models from the early 50s onwards. So the USA had a direct impact on the car's design development . There must be many examples hiding around in the States somewhere....
I introduced the Morris Minor to my son-in-law who fell in love with the car immediately. He is a car guy and looked them up for sale. All he said was they are expensive here in the US.
@@krabenaldt7605 Yep, I can imagine that they are rather expensive (rather like the old Land Rover Defenders). But best make sure it's not a "rust belt" example, of course. They also made convertibles and a woody version known as the "Traveller", but I think these would be even more expensive than the sedans. They certainly are in the UK anyway.
Brilliant! A Volvo Amazon would be better than the 240 because it weighs 1000kg only :)
David Bello Good point! I’d love to see that, gonna happen, just a question of who does it first! 😁
I would hardly call £12k to £20k cheap, think I'll stick to my diesel car. Would be better if you could just buy a kit and fit it yourself though I suspect it wouldn't be much less. Perhaps in the future mass produced kits will become more readily available, time will tell.
Yeah, battery pack is still the most expensive part. Hopefully prices will keep down, while quality and capacity improves.
My leaf holds 12.5 to 13 Kwhrs on its battery 2013 base model and has chademo and 6.6kw charger. Avg distance 38 miles.
excellent
Loved the E minor comment ,,,,,,,give yirsel a coconut ,,,love humour like that
Can drive a classic with an electric engine. Wow!
William Morris would approve
Michael Taylor yeah it’s exactly everything he stood for
Brother of Ambassador or Beatle?
How much for the conversion?
I love the idea of converting my Morris to electric...but I have a few issues with this conversion. One being the price. A lot of cash for a conversion, even if you do sell the old engine to get some money back. The other is they way you have done the conversion. Whilst I get that simply removing the 1098 engine but leaving the gearbox and drivetrain and simply bolting on a motor to the gearbox with an adaptor plate is relatively straightforward, it’s not a lightweight conversion. Once you add in all the batteries I imagine it’s still the same weight as before the conversion. But in the video the chap says that you put the car into second and treat it like an automatic. If that is the case why keep the gearbox in, or the drive shaft? Minors are rwd after all so that’s a lot of weight wasted. And a lighter car is a faster, more efficient car especially when it comes to electric. So why not get rid of the gearbox too and mount the engine close to the rear diff as possible?
Or for that matter why convert entirely to electric? The price is still extraordinarily high despite almost a decade of promises that the cost will drop. Why is nobody devolving hybrid conversion kits which could make more sense in a car like the Morris minor or VW beetle. Use hub motors on the front wheels in combination with the standard 1098 motor and a smaller amount of batteries to extend the mpg, or use the 1098 as a combination of drive and electric power generator....
It is just so prohibitively expensive still for electric conversions despite there being a huge demand for them. And whilst it is great that Tesla cars are becoming more common I just wish that Tesla didn’t have the Apple approach to their cars, where everything has to be done by them with their specialist tool and no third party can touch them. If Tesla built their cars like Ford built the model T using industry standard fixings rather than their specialised secret nuts, and made their batteries and control systems open and accessible I would have though they would totally void the oil industry control on motor vehicles. Imagine you could just buy a Tesla hybrid kit or ev conversion kit that was universal and open, rather than the only way of getting their electric car tech being by buying their MacBook Pros.....
Excellent, Morris minor 1000 would have been my choice))
@Steve TerrySame car just a latter model
Good concept it won't be mass marketable until the battery technology improves
You did not watch the video at all I take? This video was a bout taking old cars and converting them to electric. Nothing mass market about it. Also no need for battery improvement since the product works right now as advertised.
How about the Water insulation of electronic components used when during heavy rain and there is water when you are driving ..?
Love it!
I would do that but I need to drive to from kent to whales and back every now and then. :(
Beats dropping a piano on it like the "Top Gear" guys used to do.
that was the morris marina
Brilliant idea
Does it have heat and air conditioning?
Heating yes, air condition no. Thanks for watching.
Heat heck yeah i can do without air... Dang i would love to have one. I work 5.3 miles from work that car would be awesome!
Smart little classic made kind of modern. What about heating in the winter and maximum speed and are the headlights etc led to conserve power???
It does have a heater, but I can't remember what kind. No idea how fast it goes, faster than with the original engine for sure. And lights were not converted to LED, although that is a great idea indeed!
13 kWh to go 45 miles = 289 Wh/mile! This is too much for such a small car city driving. Should be around 100Wh/mile or even less! Does it have a shunt DC traction motor? That explains why: No regen and low efficiency at part load (because bushes drag a lot and no permanent magnets). A small car like this can maintain 32 mph with 500w-900W at the wheels. With an efficient drivetrain and regen, that would give him a city driving range of 300 miles on the same 13kWh battery pack. I built EVs in the 90' and forklift DC motors were for people wanting to impress. The rest of us that wanted range got a DC Lynch motor (Coreless, PM, 27kW) UK company still make these motors. On my 3.2 kWh lead acid battery pack, I could go 80 miles!!