Scottish EV startup Munro Automobiles has simply doubled its all-electric lineup with a brand new pickup model of its MK 1 4×4 that debuted final yr. Mixed with the unique MK 1, Munro’s orders for the pickup have already crammed the automaker’s order e-book into 2025.

Munro Automobiles was based a mere 4 years in Glasgow, Scotland, by Russell Peterson and Ross Anderson. The corporate nomenclature comes from a Scottish mountain that exceeds 3,000 ft that impressed the cofounders throughout an off-road tenting journey within the Highlands. Munro is especially targeted on delivering efficiency and functionality to EV fanatics who’re particularly concerned about off-roading.

That’s the place its MK 1 EV is available in. After over three years of growth, Munro formally launched its flagship mannequin final December forward of scaled manufacturing in Scotland this yr. When that occurs, Munro will solidify its place as the primary scaled manufacturing car producer within the nation since 1981.

Whereas the British startup gears up for a gradual ramp up in manufacturing earlier than increasing its footprint in its homeland, it has already shared plans for a second mannequin – a pickup model of the Munro MK 1 which can come in several variants, together with a shiny yellow Efficiency version. Take a look.

As you’ll be able to see from the pictures above, the MK 1 pickup is kind of just like the unique 4×4 truck, however with a brand new rear mattress that may accommodate a 1,050 kg (2,315 lb) Euro Pallet payload. The Efficiency mannequin seen above will provide a 3,500 kg (7,716 lb) most braked towing capability for heavier hauls with zero emissions. Listed here are another specs:

• Energy: 375 HP (280 kw)
• AC cost charges: In a single day (7 kW) and three.5 hours (22 kW)
• DC cost charge: 15-80% 36 minutes (100 kW)
• Acceleration: 0-60 mph in 4.9 seconds (280 kW motor)
• Peak torque: 700 Nm (as much as 50 mph)

Just like the flagship 4×4 that preceded it, Munro’s pickup model was designed to ship 50 years of service (with routine upkeep and deliberate refurbishment). It additionally comes with the identical 5 yr, 100,000 mile guarantee because the MK 1 truck.

Through the unveiling, Munro Automobiles shared that it has already seen great demand for the MK 1 Pickup and mixed with its flagship mannequin, over 200 orders are secured, which means the startup’s manufacturing schedule is booked for the following two years. CEO and co-founder Russell Peterson elaborated:

We launched Munro to fill the numerous hole out there for an electric-powered, four-wheel-drive, utilitarian workhorse. Our autos are designed and engineered with out compromise from clear sheet ideas unimpeded by any present structure. The result’s a rugged development created for many years of service delivering final, go-anywhere, off-road potential.

The degrees of constructive suggestions we now have skilled from media and clients who’ve take a look at pushed the MK 1 Truck has been unprecedented and the response to the brand new MK 1 Pickup has been equally constructive. This, and the 200 plus pre-orders we now have taken throughout each the truck and Pickup fashions, provides us nice confidence that the autos Munro has created are exactly what the market desires and wishes and that we will play a key position in aiding these working in difficult environments reminiscent of mining, development, utilities, agriculture, and protection to satisfy imminent decarbonization targets.

The Munro MK 1 pickup begins at an MSRP of £49,995 Excl. VAT (~$62,000) and is predicted to start deliveries later this yr following a focused output of fifty EVs. Subsequent, the startup appears to be like to construct pre-production prototypes whereas it really works to maneuver to a bigger facility in central Scotland subsequent yr, the place it’ll create 300 new jobs and scale to 250 EVs yearly.

Ultimately, Munro expects the brand new website to provide as many as 2,500 electrical autos per yr. You’ll be able to take a look at the unique launch occasion of the MK 1 4×4 Truck beneath: