Modec
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| Private | |
| Industry | Manufacturing |
| Fate | Assets & IP sold to Navistar International |
| Founded | October 2004 |
| Defunct | March 2011 |
| Headquarters | Coventry, United Kingdom |
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Key people
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Jamie Borwick, (Chairman) Bill Gillespie, (CEO) |
| Products | Zero Emission Commercial Vehicles |
| Revenue | Undisclosed |
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Number of employees
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70 (2007) |
| Website | www.modeczev.com |
Modec was an electric vehicle manufacturer in Coventry, in the United Kingdom, specialising in Commercial vehicles in the N2 category. It unveiled its first model in April 2006 and announced its intention to commence series production in March 2007, with the first production vehicles destined for Tesco. Following a long-term decline in sales, it entered administration in March 2011, with all remaining assets and intellectual property sold to Navistar International.
Following a long-term decline in sales with a total production of around 400 vehicles, and following the failure of a rescue deal with Navistar, Modec entered administration in March 2011 with debts of over £40m. Navistar subsequently bought the intellectual property rights from administrators Zolfo Cooper.
Following the closure of the business and sale of the assets, Liberty Electric Cars hired the entire Modec engineering team and set up a new subsidiary “Liberty E-Tech”. After failing in January 2011 to agree a deal with Navistar to buy the brand, in July 2011 Liberty launched a service called “e-Care” to service and maintain Modec vehicles, which presently covers the UK, France, Germany and Dubai.
The only product of the Modec company was the Modec EV commercial vehicle. It was produced in three version; a chassis cab, box van and a dropside. All three shared a common wheelbase of 141.7 in (3.60 m) and a steel ladder frame chassis. The Modec has a kerb weight of 3.3 tonnes and a max gross capacity of 6.05 tonnes.
The vehicles use an 102 bhp (76 kW; 103 PS) motor with 221 lb·ft (300 N·m) of torque and an exchangeable lead-acid battery which is charged from an external charger than requires a 32amp 3-phase supply to charge the vehicle for 6 hours, it also has options for Lithium-Iron Phosphate or Sodium Nickel chloride batteries.
It has a 100-mile (160 km) range and a 50 mph (80 km/h) top speed.
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