Driving an EV restomod that costs as much as a house—the JIA Chieftain

The Chieftain Range Rover is a fascinating thing—a refitted, reskinned, restored classic Range Rover is no new thing, nor is one with a ludicrous American V8 stuffed under the hood. But one that can be had as a gas car, plug-in hybrid, or as an EV? It can be all of those things depending on which boxes you tick. Ars Technica went for a spin in the EV to see how it stacks up.

The UK is something of an EV restomod hub. It’s been throwing electricity in things that didn’t come off the line electrified in the first place for years. Businesses like Electrogenic, Lunaz, and Everrati will,

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