ECD Automotive Design makes a speciality of rebuilding and restoring basic Land Rovers. The agency arrange store a decade in the past and has created highly effective, extra luxurious variations of Land Rover’s iconic lineup ever since. Nonetheless, the agency is not dedicated solely to the boxy SUVs. E.C.D. has just lately ventured into engaged on the Jaguar E-Kind, a distinguished automobile of the British automotive scene.

ECD’s builds are totally personalised and often take round a yr from commissioning to supply. Since they’re one-of-one designs, every proprietor can select his or her desired options. Consumers have the selection between a number of inside combustion engine layouts and an EV powertrain. In that regard, the E-Kind isn’t any totally different.

The Florida-based automotive agency’s first EV E-Kind is named Challenge Narragansett, certain for a buyer based mostly in Rhode Island. Challenge Narragansett has an array of facilities, together with ventilated seats, a JL audio system, entrance and rear sprint cams, distant begin, and computerized headlights. The restored inventory 16-inch wheels are wrapped in Pirellis. For the propulsion, ECD’s electrical tackle the E-Kind makes use of its all-new second-generation EV powertrain.

ECD has been producing electrical variations of basic Land Rover fashions for a number of years, nevertheless it used refurbished Tesla motors and batteries to take action. Whereas it labored to create quick and more cost effective to take care of Land Rovers, ECD needed to have its autos outfitted with the newest EV know-how to allow higher effectivity and charging occasions.

The second technology EV powertrain options two battery setups: 42 kilowatt-hours for the E-Kind, attaining 150 miles of vary, and 84 kWh for the Land Rovers with 200 miles. Each battery setups yield 10 to 80 p.c prices in underneath an hour. The powertrain makes 295 horsepower and has adjustable creep mode, cruise management, and a middle touchscreen with EV information and CarPlay. ECD’s electrical E-Varieties can be found with a beginning worth of $289,995.

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