Now you can get a Land Rover restomod with a Tesla electric powertrain
ECD automotive partnered with the UK’s Electric Classic Cars on the conversion. …
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At first glance this looks like just another Land Rover Defender, but this one has been restomodded by ECD Automotive.
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Normally you’d find a GM V8 under the hood of one of ECD’s restomods, but not this time.ECD Automotive
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Why yes, that is a Tesla drive unit.ECD Automotive
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The Defender’s large ladder chassis makes mounting battery boxes pretty easy. With 100kWh on board, range should be about 220 miles, ECD says.ECD Automotive
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Every ECD vehicle is a ground-up restoration, and there’s an eight-month design process for each customer.ECD Automotive
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This won’t come cheap—expect to pay supercar money for one—but surely it’s a cooler SUV than one of those 6×6 Gwagens that people seem to adore?
There’s just something about Land Rovers that makes people want to fill them full of batteries and an electric motor. A few weeks ago, we learned about the Twisted NAS-E, a restored and modified Land Rover Defender that now runs on electrons instead of gasoline or diesel. But if you’ve got a hankering for an electric Land Rover but you think the NAS-E is too common, you might be interested in ECD Automotive Design’s newest restomod, the Electric Defender, which combines the right-angles of a Land Rover with the battery and electric
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