Liberty Electric Cars Ltd. is an automobile

Automobile

An automobile, autocar, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor...

 startup company focusing on producing high-end, luxury battery electric vehicle

Battery electric vehicle

A battery electric vehicle, or BEV, is a type of electric vehicle that uses chemical energy stored in rechargeable battery packs. BEVs use electric motors and motor controllers instead of, or in addition to, internal combustion engines for propulsion.A battery-only electric vehicle or...

s. The company was formed in 2007 by entrepreneur Barry Shrier

Barry Shrier

Barry Shrier is an American born, UK based technology entrepreneur, inventor, and active environmental campaigner. His latest venture is , an international clean technology business designing and producing zero-emission battery electric vehicles...

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In February 2009 the company announced a partnership with the UK Government, to locate its manufacturing facilities in the north east of England.

Liberty e-Range Rover

The firm's first vehicle is based on the Land Rover

Land Rover

Land Rover is a British car manufacturer with its headquarters in Gaydon, Warwickshire, United Kingdom which specialises in four-wheel-drive vehicles. It is owned by the Indian company Tata Motors, forming part of their Jaguar Land Rover group...

 platform, the Range Rover Vogue

Range Rover

The Range Rover is a large luxury four-wheel drive sport utility vehicle produced by British car maker Land Rover. The model, launched in 1970, is now in its third generation...

. The company is converting existing Range Rovers into electric vehicles by removing the internal combustion engine

Internal combustion engine

The internal combustion engine is an engine in which the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer in a combustion chamber. In an internal combustion engine, the expansion of the high-temperature and high -pressure gases produced by combustion apply direct force to some component of the engine...

 and replacing it with an electric powertrain, comprising an electric motor

Electric motor

An electric motor converts electrical energy into mechanical energy.Most electric motors operate through the interaction of magnetic fields and current-carrying conductors to generate force...

, Lithium Polymer batteries and capacitor

Capacitor

A capacitor is a passive two-terminal electrical component used to store energy in an electric field. The forms of practical capacitors vary widely, but all contain at least two electrical conductors separated by a dielectric ; for example, one common construction consists of metal foils separated...

s to absorb energy from regenerative braking. The E-Range has an estimated range of 200 miles on a single charge, and retails between £95,000 - £120,000.

Engineering and Aftersales Expansion

On 1 June 2011 the company announced that it would be joining forces with the Ex Modec engineering team, consolidating its engineering activities at its Innovation & Customer Support Centre based in Coventry. In addition to Liberty E-Tech, Liberty Electric Cars has created a support and maintenance facility, called Liberty E-Care to provide a high level of service to its own European EV customers and those of other companies.

This expansion has taken Liberty Electric Cars into a new sector — commercial vehicles — which offers a large potential for EVs, especially since routes tend to be repetitive and daily journeys are often under 100 miles round trip.