New Gordon Murray all-electric SUV plans revealed

Gordon Murray is developing a small SUV project that will showcase his company’s newly confirmed electric-vehicle architecture – and fire a shot across the bows of conventional manufacturers on weight, size and packaging.
The South African-born former F1 designer’s group has announced a fresh investment of £300m that will enable it to form a new division, Gordon Murray Electronics. This off-shoot will work with key partners to develop an electric vehicle architecture that will be available to potential licensees, in conjunction with Murray’s iStream manufacturing process.

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By developing what he calls a “city SUV”, along with an accompanying delivery van that will share most of its hardware, Murray hopes to attract companies wanting to build small fleets or fast-track their way to setting up a new electric vehicle business.
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Auto express understands that the project will only begin in earnest in the coming weeks, and it is not likely to bear fruit until the end of 2023. but Murray says he has “done a lot of concept work in the past three or four months” and many of the basic targets are already established.
The Murray small SUV will be just under four metres long – so more compact than the likes of a Renault Captur or Nissan Juke, as well as narrower. It will be available with a couple of battery sizes, the smaller of which should deliver well over 100 miles of range.