Giving a second life to a classic model by turning it electric has as many supporters as detractors: the former see an opportunity to keep them active in a restricted future, while the latter fear a loss of character. everrati is in the first group: knowing his job, sooner or later, their spotlight would end up on a couple of models like the Range Rover and the Land Rover Defender.
Everrati is a company, based in the United Kingdom, specializing in the conversion of vehicles to electric. His works are a mixture of restorations and updates: not only mechanical or fine-tuning, but also technology and safety on board. They have developed their own electrical scheme and adapt it to each model so that the motors and batteries can be perfectly integrated into the original chassis. The aim is to maintain the character of the original models and also give the owner the opportunity to add any extras or finishes.
Everrati’s work
The company began working with models such as the Porsche 911 or the Ford GT40 built in collaboration with Superformance LLC. Earlier this year, Everrati showed off the transformation he had carried out with a Land Rover Series II (predecessor to Defender and Range Rover): the location of the propellant was occupied by three battery packs, with a total capacity of 60 kWh, to maintain the weight distribution. The new electric motor developed 165 hp and more than 400 Nm of torque.
Now it’s time for the electric conversions of the Range Rover and Land Rover Defender. In fact, in the United Kingdom, it is developing a whole industry for this type of operations.
A second (and expensive) life
To speak of the latter is to speak of an SUV that arrived in the motor world at the end of the 1940s and acquired the name Defender in the early 1980s. Is a pure 4×4: Its design and its skills are focused on off-road driving, even more so in this first generation that conceived a vehicle for the field.
The Range Rover created, in the seventies, the idea that an SUV was just as comfortable in the city as it was outside of it and, above all, off the asphalt. It was the first model in a lineage that is now in its fifth generation: the first models had only two doors and a minimalist interior, far removed from the luxury of the modern version.
In the hands of Everrati, both the Land Rover Defender and the Range Rover receive exterior and interior cosmetic touch-ups, but all in keeping with their original aesthetics. They have not disclosed the technical characteristics, but their price: the second life of both will not be exactly cheap. The complete transformation of the Range Rover will be priced at 230,000 pounds (261,000 euros) No donor vehicle. The Land Rover Defender stays in 185,000 pounds (210,000 euros) plus the donor vehicle.
