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Scottish EV start-up Munro Vehicles off-road market with introduction of Ladder chassis, beam axles • Two-speed transfer case, all lockable
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ritain has a new car maker – and it’s building hardcore off-roaders. Munro Vehicles is based in East Kilbride, near Glasgow, and it has just unveiled the MK_1, an all-terrain vehicle designed for use by sectors such as mining, construction, utilities, agriculture and defence.
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Despite its apparent similarities to the Ineos Grenadier, which went on sale at almost exactly the same time, the MK_1 is a very different beast. Like the Grenadier, it has the familiar ladder chassis and beam axles of a traditional off-roader. But the Munro is made in Britain – and it’s electric.
With so much opposition continuing to be felt towards EVs from within the off-road world, some will see this as a reason not to consider it. But Munro directors Russell Peterson and Ross Anderson, who founded the company in 2019, see it as a reason why the MK_1 will be a truck for life.
The idea for the vehicle came to Peterson and Anderson during a trip to the Scottish Highlands. ‘We had already taken measures to reduce our own environmental footprint and had a lot of experience driving our own EV, and got quite used to the instant torque delivery,’ says Peterson. ‘But the off-roader we were driving
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