For a company as big and well-established as Toyota, it took a weirdly long time for the firm to bring out a range of battery electric cars, says matty_prior
Practically, they could put a modest electric motor where the bevel box for the final drive is, which currently sits and transfers the prop shaft’s rotation from the gearbox through 90deg into a shaft for a pinion to which the drive belt is attached.
In ethos, a Super 3 EV would fit, too. European regulations label companies like Morgan and the cars and trikes it makes at ‘micro-manufacturer’ level, which means the products are ‘out of scope’ of some wider regulations around emissions, and the demand for absence of. At least, until legislators rewrite them.
It’s not like it needs hundreds of horsepower: the current car shifts nicely with just 118 horses. Or, depending on the owner, like it needs a range of many hundreds of miles. Or to be super-lightweight for ultimate track performance.
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