Modec
Modec was a British manufacturer of electric cars and trucks under the categories of delivery vehicles and light trucks in Coventry.
Founded by Lord Jamie Borwick in 2004, began production in March 2007. Customers were companies such as Tesco, FedEx and UPS.
As the parent company Borwick Group Limited acted with Sir John Egan as Chairman. The Borwick Group was initially wholly owned by Jamie Borwick. 2009 Modec agreed a joint venture with the U.S. truck maker Navistar International to produce Modec electric vehicles in North and South America. The name of the joint venture was Navistar - Modec EV Alliance. As part of this joint venture a minority share of Borwick Group was sold to Navistar.
2011 Modec gone bankrupt.
Models
Modec built delivery vehicles with 2 tons of payload, a speed of 80 km / h and a range of over 160 km. The vehicles possessed a power of 102 hp. The torque of the electric motor was 300 Nm.
The vehicles were offered as a body shell with trunk and platform body.
The charging time of the battery was 8 hours, or change the battery in 20 minutes was possible.
The turning circle of 10.8 meters. The company stated that the vehicle is recyclable to 98%.
Export
In France, the brand of ElecTruckCity was expelled. ElecTruck was founded by Frederic Deret, President of the logistics group Deret Group, and Michel Albrand, formerly President of MAN France.
Corporate Development
Founder and beginnings of the company
Geoffrey Robert James Borwick, 5th Baron Borwick ( born 1955 ) was from 1987 to 2001 and then Chief Executive Manganese Bronze Holdings plc, where he also held the largest block of shares to 2003 Chairman of the British holding company. The most famous subsidiary of Manganese Bronze is the London Taxis International ( LTI ), a manufacturer of several series of black London taxis. In London Taxis International, there were in collaboration with the Canadian company Azure Dynamics two test projects for the construction of electric vehicles, a London black cab and a pickup truck project eMercury. LTI decided to focus on the production of taxis. After a failed attempt to take over the company completely, Jamie Borwick resigned as chairman and eventually sold the block of shares of his family to institutional investors. Instead he founded in 2004 Modec.
The first customer was the British retail chain Tesco.
Expansion to America with Navistar
2009 Modec agreed a joint venture with the U.S. truck maker Navistar International to produce Modec electric trucks in North and South America. The name of the joint venture is Navistar - Modec EV Alliance.
Insolvency
In early March 2011, the company Modec gone into insolvency. In response, the head of the company Liberty Electric Cars Ltd.. , Barry Shrier, initially expressed wanting to help the company Modec from the terminal. Modec has had to file for bankruptcy after a takeover by the American truck manufacturer Navistar had burst. Obviously, Liberty Electric Cars has not want to take over the company as a whole or can Modec: from the bankrupt Liberty has only later acquired the twelve-man development team of the developed electric commercial vehicle manufacturer.