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Electric Vehicle Spotlight (EVS): ECD Automotive Design is building badass one-of-a-kind electric Land Rovers using Tesla motors

Electrek

Earlier this month, Electrek got an invite from ECD Automotive Design to come visit its facility in Orlando and discover how its team builds completely custom 1:1 electric Land Rovers. The company has recently begun building electric versions of its one-of-a-kind vehicles by integrating Tesla motors and battery packs.

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ECD Automotive Design adds electric Jaguar E-Types to its repertoire using Tesla motors

Electrek

One-of-a-kind custom vehicle manufacturer ECD Automotive Design is at it again, announcing it will now offer the classic Jaguar E-Type in addition to unique Land Rover Defenders and Range Rovers. With the option to choose a Tesla motor and battery, these electric Jaguar E-Types are now available to order.

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We visited ECD Automotive’s new facility where it’s building electric Jaguar E-Types with Tesla motors

Electrek

It’s here that the company is setting up a second assembly line to build all-electric versions of the Jaguar E-Type to join all the classic Land Rovers it has been converting for years.

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Jaguar Land Rover's Future Electric-Car, Efficiency Concepts Previewed

Green Car Reports

With European prestige-car makers scrambling to respond to the unexpected and disruptive arrival of electric-car company Tesla Motors, a host of luxury car brands have been showing off their electric concepts.

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Hybrids take 7% of California market in 1H 2013; PHEVs 0.7%; EVs 1.1%

Green Car Congress

Tesla Motors took 0.6% share of the total new light-duty vehicle in California in the first half—more than Buick (0.5%); FIAT (0.5%); Land Rover (0.5%); Lincoln (0.3%); and Mitsubishi (0.3%).). Honda came in a distant second, with 11.8% market share, closely followed by Ford, which picked up 0.6 market share.

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EV conversion business profile: British Off Road, QLD

EV Central

You’d have thought a Land Rover and Range Rover specialist with almost 50 years’ experience would be a bit set in its ways, but British Off Road on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast isn’t just a one-stop shop for the traditionalist. Then there’s the tough guy standout: a Land Rover Defender Perentie.

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Tesla Inside: The Ultimate Vintage Land Rover Retrofit

Cars That Think

From the outside, this Land Rover Defender looks like any other example of the postwar British classic that conquered the African outback—and the automotive world’s heart. They see a potential sideline in electric versions of the “ crate motors ” that they’ve sold for decades to hobbyists, hot-rodders, restorers, and racing teams.