The Mini Moke – the small recreational convertible that appeared in the 1960s and which was originally pitched by its creator Alec Issigonis (he of the Mini and Morris Minor fame) as a lightweight military vehicle for the British army – is going electric with the first battery-powered versions rolling out of the factory last month.

Customers in the UK will start receiving their new cars from Moke International this month, and they’ll be getting their hands on a really cool little machine.

The lightweight (it tips the scales at just 800kg) rear-wheel-drive Moke is available in left- or right-hand drive, has a range of 144km, 33kW of power, a top speed of 100km/h, has power steering, regenerative braking and a four-hour charging time.

The Electric Moke will be available in a range of colours as standard – Wave Blue, Sunlight Yellow, Sunset Orange, Scuba Blue and Granite Grey – but the company says customers will also be able to personalise their car from later this year.

It has been reported that Australia will be a market for the Moke, and that is probably as it should be, since Australia was a sizeable market for the original model. More than 25,000 of them – in a number of variants – were manufactured by Leyland Australia from the ‘60s through to the early ‘80s and there will surely be some local interest in the new electric versions.

Price for the electric Moke is £29,150 ($AU51,800) in the UK.

Source: Motor Trader e-Magazine (June 2022) 

10 June 2022