{"id":99078,"date":"2024-03-01T06:01:46","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T06:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-news\/features\/mwm-spartan-20-driving-%C2%A350k-electric-roader"},"modified":"2024-03-01T06:01:46","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T06:01:46","slug":"mwm-spartan-2-0-driving-the-50k-electric-off-roader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/01\/mwm-spartan-2-0-driving-the-50k-electric-off-roader\/","title":{"rendered":"MWM Spartan 2.0: driving the \u00a350k electric off-roader"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MW<\/a><\/p>\n

\n MWM is aiming to get the jump on the electric 4×4 market<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Czech-made commercial vehicle promises a greener option for the agriculture, conservation and forestry sectors<\/p>\n

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As we enter the EV era, the word \u2018vapourware\u2019 is coming up a lot. You will be familiar with the story: a small firm appears out of nowhere, it shows renderings of a car to the media, its founder\/CEO does an interview or two and then suddenly it\u2019s a few years later and you realise that you never heard anything more about it.<\/p>\n

Well, MW Motors<\/a> is the polar opposite: it has been busily developing a competent product before seeking publicity, and just a week after first hearing about it, I\u2019m here looking at it. Marketing types might consider this approach anything from foolish to negligent, but to me it\u2019s highly admirable: get it done and only then promote it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

MWM was founded in 2017 near Pilsen, the Czech Republic\u2019s fourth-largest city, and the more digging you do, the more interesting \u2013 and slightly weird \u2013 it all seems. \u2018MW\u2019 doesn\u2019t actually stand for something with too few syllables and too many diacritics; it\u2019s the initials of an Irish logistics magnate who has had Czech business interests since 1994. It seems Maurice Ward is something of an environmentalist, because his multifaceted group goes big on sustainability and the brave idea of making own-design EVs supposedly came from the man himself.<\/p>\n

MWM realised that designing a chassis and body would never be financially viable and so it needed to find a capable and plentiful yet basic and affordable donor car \u2013 a Spartan, you could say. As they did.<\/p>\n

Enter the UAZ 469 (or Hunter), a light utility 4×4 designed for the Soviet military way back in 1971. MWM ripped out the pitiful fossil furnace and its gearbox, then fitted its own electric powertrain to the four-wheel drive system and coded the software to control everything.<\/p>\n

\"MWM<\/p>\n

Why did MWM decide to create a 4×4 as its first EV? \u201cWe understood there was a big niche market, and if you talk about niche, you talk about thousands of cars, which is too low for the big manufacturers to focus on but for somebody like us is high,\u201d general manager Luk\u00e1\u0161 Metelka tells me. \u201cThere wasn\u2019t an option if you wanted an electric 4×4, yet in 2035 this will become mandatory [in the EU and the UK]. So we said: \u2018If we become disruptors, we\u2019re going to get a big advantage.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not only a regulatory thing, though: the public and businesses are now acutely aware of the need to be green, and surely those who dedicate their days to conserving the environment will be first in the queue to go electric.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were mixed reviews when our Spartan arrived, but I really like it,\u201d says Bradley Brown, a nature reserve manager for public body Natural England whose habitat management often requires him to take gear like chainsaws and brush cutters to awkward places. He and his colleagues have been using the EV for about 18 months, replacing an old long-wheelbase Land Rover.<\/p>\n

\u201cGenerally, it\u2019s been really good,\u201d he says. \u201cThe ground clearance is really good. We\u2019ve towed livestock trailers and smaller work trailers, and it does that with ease. We\u2019ve recently put all-terrain tyres on it, and that\u2019s made a big difference. And the range is really respectable: about 160 miles. Okay, if you\u2019re in bad weather and you\u2019ve got the heater and the electric seats on, that goes down, but all except one of our sites are within eight miles of our work base, so we charge it probably only once a week.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Kris<\/p>\n

It\u2019s like two-stroke versus battery-powered tools, he adds: the latter might not be quite as good, but for 90% of duties they are much easier, more pleasant and less damaging to the environment.<\/p>\n

Brown invites me on a ride of the track here at Surrey 4×4 Tours and Training, with its deep ruts, gooey mud and steep inclines. I can\u2019t help laughing as he breaks the virtual silence with the blower \u2013 honestly, it\u2019s louder than some stuff I\u2019ve seen at Farnborough. But the vital thing is the ease with which this ancient yet modern 4×4 returns to the start.<\/p>\n

The only issue, as Brown shows me, is the need for \u2018power braking\u2019 with both feet: the EV\u2019s regenerative braking is too weak to provide absolute downhill confidence.<\/p>\n

Pleasingly, feedback from people like him has been factored into the creation of the all-new Spartan 2.0.<\/p>\n

\"MWM<\/p>\n

While I wait for my turn behind potential buyers (some like Brown, some enthusiasts, arriving in their Landies and Suzukis and naturally including an Autocar subscriber, the delightful Richard Edwards), I get chatting to Metelka and MWM\u2019s UK sales manager, Rosh Mendis.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis car is for anybody who works outdoors and needs a daily device or tool,\u201d Metelka tells me. \u201cWe\u2019ve gained a lot of knowledge and expertise [from the Mk1], so we now have something that we believe is really sexy, in design terms and inside comfort, but we haven\u2019t taken away any 4×4 capabilities. When you test it, you will be surprised that really we can compete with and challenge any car you might bring.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBold claim!\u201d I reply instinctively. \u201cAnd I\u2019m sure we will deliver on it,\u201d fires back Metelka. Well, then\u2026<\/p>\n

Climbing aboard, I am indeed pleasantly surprised. The spacious interior is such an improvement on the original Spartan\u2019s. It\u2019s all hard-wearing black plastic, yes, but the two cloth seats are comfy and adjustable, as is the steering wheel. A digital dial display is matched by a modest infotainment touchscreen.<\/p>\n

\"MWM<\/p>\n

I engage 4WD Low using one of the levers down by my left, then D with another (the other two are for the front and rear differential locks) and we\u2019re very quietly away.<\/p>\n

There couldn\u2019t be a more marked contrast to the last time I was here, learning to drive off road in an enormous Toyota Land Cruiser, whose four-cylinder diesel growled while its ABS imitated an AK-47.<\/p>\n

The wheel writhes around in my hands as we descend a steep slope, deep in the ruts, but it\u2019s still easy for me to make corrective inputs, the rack being pleasantly light. I don\u2019t need to \u2018power brake\u2019, thanks to the presence of decent regen, and nor does the lack of hill descent control on this prototype (it\u2019s standard on customer cars) result in sliding.<\/p>\n

As we splash into the puddles at the bottom, I look up and wonder. Surely it won\u2019t manage that on road rubber? It\u2019s been raining cats and dogs for weeks around here. Trying to avoid wheelspin, I depress the accelerator only about halfway. As it turns out, that is enough. We simply glide up the hill. I can\u2019t believe how easy it is. All I have to do it keep the thing rolling and avoid the trees.<\/p>\n

\"MWM<\/p>\n

The MWM guys are pleased by this, of course, but not surprised.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery time I do customer demos, it\u2019s the same situation,\u201d says Mendis. \u201c\u2018Oh, I was really nervous at first, but it was so easy.\u2019 With an EV, it just makes things so much easier.\u201d<\/p>\n

Metelka concurs: \u201cMany people find 4x4s difficult to understand and to drive, but anybody can get in and drive this car.\u201d<\/p>\n

Including our photographer Max, it seems \u2013 even if the curiously long time he is at the bottom of the hill coincides with a noise that makes me scan for a low-flying helicopter\u2026<\/p>\n

\"MWM<\/p>\n

Is this a 4×4 that people could drive to and from work, though, and not just once they were there?<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re looking for a luxury SUV, this isn\u2019t the vehicle for you, answers Mendis. \u201cThis isn\u2019t what it\u2019s about. This is a functional, practical, utilitarian vehicle \u2013 but it has the modern comfort of a modern-day car.\u201d He highlights that the Spartan is \u201cless extreme\u201d than rival electric 4x4s that have shown up recently \u2013 I assume meaning the Fering Pioneer and Munro M-Series<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt provides much more than just a rough 4×4 experience,\u201d agrees Metelka. \u201cIt\u2019s really very comfortable not only in terrain like here but also on the road. The quality on road isn\u2019t compromised. It\u2019s comparable to any other car you will see on a highway. That\u2019s quite unique for a 4×4.\u201d<\/p>\n

The makers of the modern Defender and the proper G-Wagen would surely bristle at that final statement, but if it\u2019s another cheque (ahem) that the Spartan really can cash, this will be a highly impressive debut from MWM.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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MWM is aiming to get the jump on the electric 4×4 market<\/p>\n

Czech-made commercial vehicle promises a greener option for the agriculture, conservation and forestry sectors<\/p>\n

As we enter the EV era, the word \u2018vapourware\u2019 is coming up a lot. 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