Second All-Electric Morgan Concept Is Three-Wheeler Headed For Production

There are electric cars and electric motorcycles, but what we've got here fits somewhere in between.

Morgan is a century-old British automaker known for its purposely anachronistic sports cars, and a few years ago it decided to revive one of its oldest models--the 3 Wheeler.

Originally built to take advantage of a British tax loophole that allowed it to be classified as a motorcycle, the 3 Wheeler is now a novel toy for drivers who don't mind being exposed to the elements.

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For the 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed, Morgan decided to build an electric version of this most unusual vehicle.

Called the EV3, it debuted at the British car event this past weekend as a concept.

The stock 3 Wheeler's front-mounted V-Twin motorcycle engine was replaced by a 60-horsepower rear-mounted electric motor.

That power is sent to the single rear wheel, just as in the internal-combustion model.

Morgan claims the EV3 weighs 450 kilograms (990 pounds) less than a stock 3 Wheeler, and can travel 150 miles on a single charge.

While Morgan is known for building cars nearly indistinguishable from the ones it made before World War II, it has more or less embraced the modern trend of electric cars,