Twisted launches electric Land Rover Defender conversion kit

Twisted, the Yorkshire-dependent Land Rover professional, has introduced an all-electric conversion package for the vintage Land Rover Defender. The program is suitable with the past-era Defender ninety, 110 and 130 – and it is out there to order in the Uk now, with price ranges beginning at £69,950.

Buyers have their option of two electric powertrains, each of which use a solitary significant electric motor mounted underneath the bonnet. The motor sends generate by the Defender’s primary transfer scenario and locking differentials – and it is powered by a 60kWh battery pack mounted underneath the off-roader’s ground, which Twisted claims will give a selection of “more than 200 miles.”

The entry-stage motor provides 214bhp and 380Nm of torque, which supplies a 0–62mph time of 10 seconds flat. Twisted’s selection-topping powertrain bumps the motor’s output to 320bhp and 460Nm of torque, even though decreasing its 0–62mph time to eight.two seconds. A lot more importantly, though, each powertrains keep the primary Defender’s 3,500kg towing capacity.

Twisted’s most potent electric powertrain extra than doubles the Defender Td5’s electric power output – and it is only 80bhp shy of the barnstorming Defender Is effective V8. So, to handle all that extra grunt, the business delivers a host of chassis upgrades together with uprated Bilstein suspension, bigger diameter disc brakes, enhanced calipers and wider alloy wheels with fatter tyres.

The chassis revisions are equipped as common to the selection-topping 320bhp electric conversion package, but they are an optional extra for the 214bhp entry-stage model. Having said that, each methods will be equipped with an EV management program, letting proprietors to change between a selection of generate modes, together with Activity, Eco and Off-street.

Applying a 22kW charging station, the Twisted EV’s battery pack will take around 3 hrs to completely recharge. The program is also suitable with much less powerful 11kW domestic charging factors, although charge situations will be doubled when using this program.

Twisted Defender EV: specs and alternatives

Twisted’s American subsidiary has launched a spec-list for the Defender EV line-up, but it is still to be verified whether or not Uk products will receive the exact same tools. The US line-up is split into two variants – an entry-stage NAS-E model and a flagship NAS-E Plus.

The foundation-model NAS-E is priced from an eye-watering $185,000 (around £145,000) – but we’re guessing that determine includes the value of the automobile. It features the much less powerful 214bhp electric motor, alongside with leather and Alcantara upholstery, exceptional alloy wheels, 3 abreast seating up entrance and air conditioning. Buyers also get a roll cage, a collapsible cloth roof and – just in scenario of a freak shower – water-resistant flooring.

Twisted’s selection-topping NAS-E Plus model begins at $210,000 (about £165,000). It adds the company’s extra powerful 320bhp electric motor, stronger drivetrain factors and a host of beauty upgrades, together with side ways, entrance fog lamps, location lamps for the roll bar and an “NAS-E” branded decal.

Equally products also come as common with a touchscreen infotainment program, a vastly enhanced eight-channel stereo and a reversing digital camera. To prevent potential robbers, each variations are also equipped with an immobiliser program and a GPS tracker, which can be paired with a smartphone application to watch the car’s area in real time.

The EV deal can be optioned with a further selection of beauty upgrades, together with the firm’s custom made bumpers, mesh radiator grille, bonnet vents and sump guard. Buyers can also choose for Recaro sports seats, a wooden Moto Lita steering wheel, enhanced seem deadening and a new leather-trimmed crash panel for the dashboard.

Twisted claims its electric drivetrain deal is suitable with all Land Rover Defenders – and that its fitment will take around two weeks to finish at the firm’s facility in Bristol. Current Twisted Defender proprietors can also opt for to up grade their automobile, which ought to make the course of action quicker, as it will currently attribute the brand’s chassis and beauty tweaks.

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