Electric cars can be a bit boring. AVA's Signature series aims to inject history and even art into each electric vehicle conversion it makes, starting with an AC Cobra boasting an iconic paintjob by Dudley Edwards.
The electric Cobra is a significant upgrade. The original car was a Mark 3 289, with a 4.7-liter V8 producing 271bhp and a 0 to 60mph sprint time of 5.6 seconds – incredibly quick for 1966. The new AVA version will initially sport only a 20kWh battery to save weight and have a 60mph sprint time of well under 3 seconds.
AVA also has a series of Signature Land Rover Defenders in the pipeline, starting with the “Croxford Defender”. The story behind this and further cars in this series is that each one is inspired by the story of an injured military veteran. The Croxford Defender is inspired by Stuart Croxford, who lost a leg in Afghanistan, but has gone on to set up his own business and even complete an Iron Man competition.The Croxford Defender taking its lead from his story is an absolute beast.
This Defender will be part of a series of five cars, with each one personalized around the story of a different military veteran. AVA expects each car to sell for around £450,000 . Veterans are employed in the creation of the vehicles, and some of the proceeds from sales will be donated to a wounded veterans’ charity.A second Defender conversion by AVA is inspired by endurance swimmer and UN Patron of the Oceans Lewis Pugh.
The aim with this set of five cars is to achieve the lowest carbon footprint of any vehicle ever built. So the donor vehicle will be an existing 2014 or 15 Defender, and the batteries will be repurposed from Teslas crashed in Norway . The four hub-based motors will have a party trick up their sleeve, too, as their ability to be driven independently enables a “tank turn”, where the wheels go in opposite directions on each side so the car can rotate 180 degrees on the spot.
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