Prodrive makes cool stuff. The Oxfordshire, England-based engineering agency gave us the beautiful P25 Subaru 22B restomod, a number of Le Mans-spec race automobiles, a handful of Dakar trophy vehicles, and naturally, Colin McRae’s legendary Subaru rally automobiles. Now Prodrive is teaming up with Astheimer Design for an cute utility van.
The joint undertaking is known as Elm Mobility, and the primary product out of that partnership is the pint-sized Evolv electrical van. Designed to be used as a “last-mile” supply automobile, the Evolv van is a mere 128.0 inches lengthy, 57.0 inches large, and weighs simply 1,874 kilos.
Elm Mobility
The van’s foremost cargo space can maintain freight as much as 5.2 toes tall and weighing greater than 660 kilos. A secondary cargo space (accessible by way of rear “barn doorways”) gives one other 3.9 toes and 440 kilos value of functionality. It even has a turning radius of 25.6 toes—simply shy of a London taxi cab’s 25.0-foot turning radius.
The motive force sits in a single-seat cabin with an enormous wraparound windshield for optimum visibility (it even has two windshield wipers). However don’t be concerned, Elm says the Evolv meets N1 (small van) security crash requirements in Europe. It additionally guarantees to be one of the vital succesful and environment friendly automobiles within the L7e class.
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Elm Mobility
The proposed battery is a 20.0-kilowatt-hour pack with about 100 miles of vary—simply sufficient for short-distance deliveries. Plugging right into a degree 2 charger would refill the van from 20-80 % in lower than two hours. The listed high pace is simply 50 miles per hour, however Elm says that different battery configurations are “into consideration.”
The Elm Evolv van is only a idea for now, however manufacturing is deliberate for 2028. The corporate is presently working with an investor within the US to carry a small fleet of electrical vans Stateside, however the majority of them will stay in Europe. Elm desires to construct 10,000 models yearly by 2030, with pricing estimated to be someplace within the $30,000 mark (£25,000).
