Electric Morgan will bring you further than a Leaf
Posted on 16-02-2016 at 17:32 by Dizono – 23 Comments”
In Geneva, reveals Morgan on her electric tricycle, but we already know a lot about specs, and who do not lie.
Morgan started out as a manufacturer of tricycles and since a few years you can get back at the Brits waiting for such a kek almost-car. With its two-cylinder, downsize engine-room up to date, though the stroke volume with a two liter what on the generous side. The somewhat lazy motorfietsblok kicks it up to 86 hp, but that’s on a car weight of just slightly more than a half a ton enough for the necessary fun.
A light car makes it to electrify, so was Tesla, and Detroit Electric already see with their on the Lotus Elise-inspired sportscars. Thus it is not surprising that Morgan with an electric version of the 3 Wheeler. During Goodwood Festival of Speed left Morgan last year already a first concept for a 3 Wheeler with plug, the EV3.
Has the normal 3 Wheeler V-Twin between the front wheels, the electric motor of the electric version will be located in the back are. That is not without reason, because Morgan makes everything to the weight distribution of the conventional 3 Wheeler to maintain. The engine at the rear seats saves weight because there is no propeller shaft is needed, the batteries will the car weight, after all, enough already, jack. Different than you might expect, try Morgan the weight of the electric 3 Wheeler is lower than that of his brother on petrol. Which weighs in at 525 pounds, while the EV3-concept only 470 pounds in the scale.
All ten orders, also from the Netherlands
Or Morgan under which half the tonnes may remain, but the question is, they want the tricycle enough juice to provide up to 240 kilometres before the plug. The Potenza developed electric engine with 76 hp and 130 Nm of torque, slightly less powerful than the V-Twin, but it cannot avoid each other not much. Thanks to the instantly available torque is the electric 3 Wheeler probably even something rapper out of position. However, the top speed is slightly lower, which will be limited to around 160 kilometers per hour.
The fair in Geneva comes just too early for Morgan to already have a ready for production model to present, so will officially still a concept called. However, reports Autocar that Morgan already ten orders has been written for the electric tricycle, coming from the United Kingdom and also our own little country! In the summer, the first copies of the factory from rolls, with a production rate of one car per week.