Electric Meyers Manx

What does the hive think of an ev Manx?

https://jalopnik.com/meyers-manx-is-back-as-a-cool-as-heck-ev-1849389142

In reply to 84FSP :

This would actually be cool for me. No clue what it coats (likely more then I'd spend) but the ability to move more quietly through the desert has it's merits.

What?? Not Street legal?!?!!  Looks pretty cool to me from the one picture I saw. If you can EV a Beatle and a Porsche why not a Manx.

Very cool!

MyMiatas said:

What?? Not Street legal?!?!! 

The article shows it with a license plate. 

I would love to have one. 

EvanB said:

MyMiatas said:

What?? Not Street legal?!?!! 

The article shows it with a license plate. 

Yes, I didn't see anywhere in the story that said it wasn't street legal.

I have to imagine they do something like title it as a bike.

I'm really curious to see the technical breakthroughs this thing must have in it. They're claiming TWICE the efficiency of a brand new Nissan LEAF.  I think that would make this the most efficient production car ever built by far. 

Cool little runabout.  Would be cool to have a version that would be good for the mountain cabin as well as the beach house.  

Tom Suddard said:

I'm really curious to see the technical breakthroughs this thing must have in it. They're claiming TWICE the efficiency of a brand new Nissan LEAF.  I think that would make this the most efficient production car ever built by far. 

Probably half the weight of the Leaf, so that will help.

I wonder how they skirt around safety requirements (e.g. air bags).  Built on an old pan / registration? (Assuming it's street legal)

aircooled said:

I wonder how they skirt around safety requirements (e.g. air bags).  Built on an old pan / registration?

I am guessing it is part of the reason they are "off road use only"

I wonder if they should offer these as governed to under 30 mph (like Roxor Jeeps) and then target the golf cart communities and states that allow plates for such.

Then, wink wink, nudge nudge, the goveners are customer defeated. 

aircooled said:

I wonder how they skirt around safety requirements (e.g. air bags).  Built on an old pan / registration? (Assuming it's street legal)

I think it was mentioned in an Autopian article that they plan on doing a low production per year, which makes certain safety equipment and testing no longer a requirement.

Also they could be built under the recently enacted "replica of an old vehicle" exception.

Very cool.  Seems like the use case for this could be a lot like a Miata for most people- easy runaround vehicle and short commuter.  Love it.

I think they did a great job to keep all the curves of an original Manx,  

in fact if they sold a kit of this body style to put on a shortened VW chassis it would be a hit.

As far as EV range. , I have no idea , I think those numbers are a guess on the back of a napkin.

I hope if gets built ....

I'd like to think Bruce Meyers' spirit is smiling.

Appleseed said:

I'd like to think Bruce Meyers' spirit is smiling.

Bruce tried to do a Version 2 of the Manx years ago that did not go anywhere , 

Since these guys bought the company when Bruce was still alive , I  hope that Bruce got to see some designs that Freeman Thomas  did ,  

My old boss built an EV Fiberglass tub. Adapted a golfcart motor and filled the back "seat" up with golfcart batteries. He says he actually needs to row gears because it's pretty slow but it'll do 35, the speedlimit between his house and the post office.

84FSP said:

What does the hive think of an ev Manx?

https://jalopnik.com/meyers-manx-is-back-as-a-cool-as-heck-ev-1849389142

I think it's an awesome idea, but it all depends largely on execution.

I think it's a cool idea, but the only way to make it street legal is limit it to 30 mph like the new electric Mokes. That's takes a lot of the fun out if it. If the electric Moke could at least do 50, I'd own one. Since they can't, I'm having a gas one restored ;)

stuart in mn said:

EvanB said:

MyMiatas said:

What?? Not Street legal?!?!! 

The article shows it with a license plate. 

Yes, I didn't see anywhere in the story that said it wasn't street legal.

I took this as a hint for what it was. "The company plans to build 50 units initially, due for delivery in 2024. When they hit the road — sorry, the beach"  ;0P 

Guess that price time!

Is it going to be under 30k or over 30k?

I will go with over 30k.

Noddaz said:

Guess that price time!

Is it going to be under 30k or over 30k?

I will go with over 30k.

I think it will matter where they buy the motors and batteries ,  and the new EV tax credits .

So I went ahead and put down a deposit for one of these.  The 40kWh battery is supposed to have 300 miles of range and a dc 60kW "fast charge" option...which would be pretty useless unless they were street legal.  They are supposed to be able to do so under a regulation that lets manufacturers avoid costly crash testing if they build fewer than 325 vehicles per year.

The question for me is, is that just for the first year to get the 50 beta vehicles out as street legal units or is that for all subsequent years?  Because there's no way they can make it profitable at 325 per year unless these are $100k each, which seems pretty ridiculous.  I think anything over $35k (and hopefully a tax rebate) and I'll have to pass.