mode it's got electronically controlled center and rear locking diffs as well very very clever traction control system it's gonna be interesting weighs in at just over NUMBER_TOKEN tonnes this car with this engine starts from around NUMBER_TOKEN NUMBER_TOKEN pounds though with options the exact one i have here NUMBER_TOKEN thousand pounds it's good at towing though this and great in tugs of water it's gonna be interesting to see what happens so let me tell you about the electric defender wait a minute what is this witchcraft there's no diesel engine here instead we've got a big battery pack this is a NUMBER_TOKEN kilowatt hour battery pack at the rear there's a NUMBER_TOKEN kilowatt hour battery pack together NUMBER_TOKEN kilowatt hours of battery pack from a tesla model s NUMBER_TOKENd it's also got the motor from that vehicle though it's centrally mounted and connected to that is a torque sensing limited slip differential and a prop shaft going forward one going backwards and then you've got a torque sensing limited slip diff on the front axle and the rear axle turns the output of the motor NUMBER_TOKEN horsepower so more power than the new defender however torque is less at NUMBER_TOKEN newton meters and that could affect things in terms of the pulling power so could the weight believe it or not this is actually lighter than the new defender despite the batteries and stuff like that weighs in at around two tons though there's not much body work having said that this this is rather heavy i'll put this down there's one gear in this no low range mode though there is an off-road mode which softens the throttle response because being electric you get instant torque which could be a good thing in terms of shocking that car like silly taking up the strain or a bad thing causing this to lose traction though this does have quite knobbly tyres a bit more aggressive the tyres are on this than on the new defender which are more road biased tyres hmm how's this all gonna play out well we're gonna find out i'm gonna drive the defender and we're gonna get the chat who built this car richard morgan who owns electric classic cars he's gonna be driving this now if you want to find out more about all the conversions he does because as the name suggests he converts classic cars to electric power you can find out more by following his instagram channel which i'd put in the description below so go check that out anyway let's get on with the tug of war so this is how it's going to play out we have attached this heavy duty rope to the tow hitch this electric defender as you'll see here is the center point with the took a wall marking triangle it's not a warning triangle at all it's specifically designed for this video then this is attached to the electrically deployable tow hitch of the new defender how swish is that when i say take the strain we're gonna balance the cars just on the throttle get this rope nice and taut then our three two one go it and we'll just do whatever we need to do to win whichever car pulls the other one backwards and to that warning triangle wins it is as simple as that let's do it hey richard i've got a quick question for
START_SELFPROMO_TOKEN now if you want to find out more about all the conversions he does because as the name suggests he converts classic cars to electric power you can find out more by following his instagram channel which i'd put in the description below so go check that out END_SELFPROMO_TOKEN