'Morgan Three-Wheeler EV Replaces Thrum With A Whoosh'
http://www.autoblog.com/2015/10/19/fully-charged-morgan-ev3-video/ Electric Morgan EV3 has some fun on the English countryside Oct 19th 2015 Domenick Yoney [video https://youtu.be/nNVnMfP9CoA Three Wheels Are Terrific | Fully Charged fullychargedshow Oct 14, 2015 A ride in the ridiculously delightful Morgan ev 3, a production electric car that's like driving a comfortable motorbike. ] The Morgan Motors Company is getting serious about producing an electric version of its endlessly iconic 3 Wheeler. Sure, it's a little strange to think of this particular model without a V-twin lashed to the front end, singing its bubbly baritone Ode to Joy, but the Malvern manufacturer seems quite convinced there is room for two very different flavors of its reborn baby. Though it's still under development, actor and electric-vehicle proponent Robert Llewellyn had the opportunity to drive the current prototype, with John Roberts of Potenza Sports Cars filling the passenger seat. On their little jaunt through the English countryside, his companionship was key. Roberts' outfit, which generally sells kits and complete Lotus Seven and Eleven replicas under the Westfield Sportscars brand, and has the electric Westfield iRacer in its portfolio of past projects, are also very much involved in developing the electron-munching drivetrain for Morgan. His knowledge of the car is, then, rather complete and he fills Mr. Llewellyn (and us) on a few interesting details along the way. For instance, the EV 3 was originally intended to have twin motors, and while it presently only has one unit powering the rear wheel, a second is still being considered. From Roberts' history, we suspect the electric lumps in question may be axial flux designs, possibly from YASA Motors, which are relatively easy to conjoin. Roberts also informs us that this prototype weighs in at 500 kg (1,102 pounds) – the 3 Wheeler has a dry weight of 525 kg (1,157 lbs) – so handling should be quite comparable to its noisy sibling. Range-wise, we're told that it's good for (a probably optimistic) 150 miles equipped with a 9-kWh battery that can be charged up in four hours, though he mentions that, using a more energy-dense cell, they could also use an 18-kWh pack that would take up the same amount of space. All tech specs aside, it certainly looks like a blast to drive, and is probably just as much fun as the original. [© autoblog.com] http://www.carscoops.com/2015/10/morgan-three-wheeler-ev-replaces-thrum.html Morgan Three-Wheeler EV Replaces Thrum With A Whoosh October 16, 2015 | by Andrei Nedelea [images http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NBUmkRtzqpw/Vh_84_0mDZI/AAAAAAAAU0o/ZhBuBwfYM3A/s1600/threewheeler.jpg video https://youtu.be/nNVnMfP9CoA Three Wheels Are Terrific | Fully Charged fullychargedshow Oct 14, 2015 A ride in the ridiculously delightful Morgan ev 3, a production electric car that's like driving a comfortable motorbike. ] If you think the driving experience of a Morgan Three-Wheeler needs to be accompanied by the sound of a burbling petrol engine, then you won't fancy this all-electric one. You will be missing out on what has to be a unique driving experience, though, and the electric motor this EV3 version has actually makes a pleasant whirring noise as it goes along. Robert Llewellyn of the FullyChargedShow likes it a lot, even if it’s definitely not the fastest two-seater EV around. It hits sixty in under ten seconds and has top speed of over 80 mph or 129 km/h. According to the company representative that goes along for the ride in the video below, the original prototype they had featured a twin-motor configuration – the car driven here only has one. The battery is not huge, at 9 kWh, but in this configuration it still promises autonomy of 150 miles or 240 km on a single charge. Apparently, they already have one with double the capacity which is packaged to be the same size as the current pack. [© carscoops.com] For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-English-countryside-fun-in-an-Electric-Morgan-EV3-v-tp4678257.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
