{"id":51581,"date":"2020-07-23T11:35:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T11:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2668735"},"modified":"2020-07-23T11:35:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T11:35:00","slug":"want-a-boxy-suv-that-runs-on-batteries-check-out-the-twisted-nas-e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/23\/want-a-boxy-suv-that-runs-on-batteries-check-out-the-twisted-nas-e\/","title":{"rendered":"Want a boxy SUV that runs on batteries? Check out the Twisted NAS-E"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4001-logo.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Twisted claims 200 miles of range, but beware, it&#8217;s not going to be cheap.<\/h2>\n<section class=\"post-meta\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/NASe-Background-1440x960.jpg\" width=\"769\" height=\"512\" \/><\/section>\n<section class=\"post-meta\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/003-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"The Twisted NAS-E isn&#039;t cheap, though&mdash;it starts at $185,000.\" \/>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Interior-Miami-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"The interior is nicer than any factory Land Rover Defender.\" \/>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Twisted-NAS-E-Stacked-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"The first 30 NAS-Es will be the California Series, seen here, with 10 yellow Malibus, 10 green Yosemites, and 10 blue Tahoes.\" \/>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/TwistedEVUnderside-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"The electric motor drives all four wheels via a gear-reduction direct-drive transmission, with a two-speed step-down transfer case.\" \/>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/TwistedEVChargeLead-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Charge at up to 22kW via AC, and Twisted says there is optional DC fast charging.\" \/><\/section>\n<section class=\"post-meta\">\n<p>American automotive anglophilia appears to focus mainly on the Land Rover Defender these days. Used examples of these utilitarian imports&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.carfax.com\/Used-Land-Rover-Defender_w409\">command asking prices<\/a>&nbsp;that rival the similarly agricultural G-wagen but without the veneer of hip-hop video stardom, far outstripping what you&#8217;d pay for an old and battered farm vehicle in its country of origin.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/cars\/2019\/09\/the-2020-land-rover-defender-is-a-21st-century-take-on-a-4x4-icon\/\">A new Defender is on the way<\/a>, one that&#8217;s much more modern and should even come with some electrification in time, but if you want to drive something boxy off-road without burning any gas, that&#8217;s mostly meant waiting for a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/cars\/2019\/09\/bollinger-reveals-four-door-b1-electric-suv-and-b2-electric-pickup\/\">Bollinger<\/a>. But now there&#8217;s an alternative, albeit one that&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/cars\/2019\/10\/bollinger-motors-reveals-the-price-of-its-hand-built-evs-125000\/\">even more expensive<\/a>: the Twisted NAS-E.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"pullbox sidebar story-sidebar right\">\n<div class=\"story-sidebar-part\">\n<div class=\"story-sidebar-part-content\">\n<h3>FURTHER READING<\/h3>\n<p><a class=\"recommendation-further-reading\" href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/cars\/2019\/10\/bollinger-motors-reveals-the-price-of-its-hand-built-evs-125000\/\">Bollinger Motors reveals the price of its hand-built EVs&mdash;$125,000<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s the product of Twisted Automotive, a Yorkshire-based company that exists to restomod Defenders and nothing but Defenders. Like Singer and Porsches, Twisted finds old Landies&nbsp;and spiffs them up, adding a modern powertrain and luxurious leather-wrapped interior.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2020\/07\/02\/twisted-automotive-land-rover-defender-enters-us\/\">That&#8217;s mostly meant using a GM LT1 or LT4 V8<\/a>, but now there&#8217;s also an electric option.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The NAS-E starts off as a sort-wheelbase soft-top Defender 90, but instead of a small-block V8, it&#8217;s powered by a Remy Borg-Warner electric motor with 160kW (214hp) and 380Nm (280lb-ft). That motor, in turn, is powered by a 60kWh battery pack, which Twisted says will provide 200 miles (321km) of range. I&#8217;m not entirely sure where Twisted is getting its batteries from&mdash;we&#8217;ve asked the company and will update this post if we find out.<\/p>\n<p>That powertrain is coupled to a four-wheel-drive gear-reduction direct transmission, with a two-speed transfer case. The suspension uses fancy off-road dampers, and there are big brakes on all four wheels, with six-piston calipers for the front and four-piston calipers at the rear.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, you get a much nicer interior than Land Rover ever installed, plus an infotainment system, air conditioning, and a roll cage. However, it&#8217;s not going to be cheap&mdash;the NAS-E starts at $185,000. Or, for $210,000, you could spring for the NAS-E Plus, which gets a more powerful 238kW (320hp), 420Nm (309lb-ft) electric motor and some extra body adornments.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/cars\/2019\/09\/the-2020-land-rover-defender-is-a-21st-century-take-on-a-4x4-icon\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/cars\/2019\/09\/the-2020-land-rover-defender-is-a-21st-century-take-on-a-4&#215;4-icon\/<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>JONATHAN M. GITLIN <\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>JONATHAN M. GITLIN <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4001-logo.png\" alt=\"\">Twisted claims 200 miles of range, but beware, it&rsquo;s not going to be cheap. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; American automotive anglophilia appears to focus mainly on the Land Rover Defender these days. Used examples of these utilitarian imports&nbsp;command asking prices&nbsp;that rival the similarly agricultural G-wagen but without the veneer of hip-hop video stardom, far outstripping what you&rsquo;d pay &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/07\/23\/want-a-boxy-suv-that-runs-on-batteries-check-out-the-twisted-nas-e\/\">Continue reading <span>Want a boxy SUV that runs on batteries? 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