[Mgs] New MGB

[Max Heim]

I saw this announcement on the MGOC page. What struck me was that it seems to be a case of life imitating art.

I don’t know if any of you ever heard of a book called “ZEV-1”. It was self-published by an author here in northern California, back in the 1990s. He used to sell it at British car meets, which is where I acquired a copy.

The premise of this book is that an inventor/entrepreneur starts a company to build battery electric cars using his proprietary battery technology. And he chooses the MGB as his first model. So the story is about the struggle to build an electric MGB, fighting industry forces, regulators, and unscrupulous rivals.

This announcement really makes me wonder if these people read this book 20 years ago, or stumbled upon it more recently.

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Max Heim
mvheim at sonic.net



> On Oct 15, 2020, at 11:28 AM, David Breneman <david_breneman at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Interesting!  It almost certainly will not be allowed into the US unless it's built on a vintage body tub, and is therefore a modified "classic" car.
> 
> David Breneman david_breneman at yahoo.com
> 
> 
> On Thursday, October 15, 2020, 11:06:47 AM PDT, <h.duinhoven at planet.nl> wrote:
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> 
> In the local press was an announcement, that there will be a new built MGB again.
> 
> Fully electric. Comes with a € 90,000 pricetag, where one could buy 8 normal MGB’s.
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>  
> https://www.nu.nl/auto/6083327/naast-elektrische-suv-nu-ook-de-oorspronkelijke-mgb-elektrisch-gemaakt.html <https://www.nu.nl/auto/6083327/naast-elektrische-suv-nu-ook-de-oorspronkelijke-mgb-elektrisch-gemaakt.html>
>  
> Cheers,
> 
> Hans
> 
>  
> ’71 BGT – repaired the fuel pump today with new points.
> 
> 

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