Bollinger Motors sues Munro Vehicles over MK_1 design

Well, that didn't take long. Scotland's Munro Vehicles announced in December that it began taking reservations for its MK_1 battery-electric off-roader — a tall, chunky rectangle aimed at industries like forestry and mining. Quite a few folks noticed the MK_1 bore a resemblance to the Bollinger Motors B1 SUV and B2 pickup. Munro Head of Design Ross Compton was under contract as an exterior designer for Bollinger Motors from 2015 to 2017, according to Compton's LinkedIn page. He then went to Atlis Motor Vehicles from 2018 to 2021, designing a more traditional pickup concept called the XT that turned into another T-square affair as production neared.

At the end of 2021, he made the leap to Munro and worked up the MK_1. With Bollinger having secured financing to bring the B1 and B2 to production, and Munro planning to launch in the U.S. and Canada later this year, Bollinger decided to act. The U.S.-based Bollinger filed suit against All Terrain All Electric Ltd. DBA Munro Vehicles and Compton in United States Southern District Court of New York on January 31, 2023.