http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/Torbay-s-electric-car-handed-Far-Eastern-client/story-26822074-detail/story.html Torbay's first electric car handed over to Far Eastern client By HERomPEllis | July 02, 2015
[image http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/images/localworld/ugc-images/276409/Article/images/26822074/10414180-large.jpg SHADO INSPIRATION EV Left to Right: Ben T Lim from S.I.G. pte of Singapore receiving the keys from SHADO design director Stephen Harper, accompanied by Torbay Mayor Gordon Oliver. ] THE first electric car designed and made in Torbay has been handed over to a Far Eastern client. Steve Harper, of the Shado Design Consultancy of Paignton designed the Revolutionary Electric Car, and has now completed the first prototype of the new four-seat electric vehicle which will become part of a new range of electric vehicles which can be manufactured anywhere in the world. The cars feature inter-changable batteries and the first has been built for a business consortium based in Singapore. Shado, based at Trojan Industrial Estate, designs a range of products from cars, trucks, and hovercrafts to showrooms and offices. The company has had eight young students and graduates actively involved in the project. He said last year there were also a number of possible follow-on projects which include a replica Le Mans race car. Steve said: "The complete design and development has been carried out in the 'Design Resort' or Torbay where my SHADO Studio is based. In keeping with my own design heritage, the car plays homage to the simplistic design of the original Mini, the Smart, the 2CV and the original Fiat Panda. However it has a keen eye on safety as from my years at Volvo, low volume / Concept Car build experience from the Grinnall Scorpion & MG Icon and aerodynamic touches from my work on the Escort RS Cosworth. "From inception to the production of a running prototype has taken the team here around 18 months, and other than some machining carried out at in Coventry, the assistance of a senior clay modeller and a well respected Alias CAD designer, the full work has been created in the local area, by myself, some local suppliers, a team of ex-Coventry university graduates and an Aston University intern." The project has been completed with the assistance of many local suppliers including Aquaflyte Mouldings, Totnes; RB Engineering, Heathfield; Pro-forming Cars, Newton Abbot; The Paint Centre, Newton Abbot and BEST tool supplies, Paignton [© torquayheraldexpress.co.uk] ... http://shadoev.com/ Shado Inspiration EV http://elixwireless.com/press/shado-inspiration/ SHADO International Group announces “SHADO INSPIRATION” at “Destination Zero Carbon” Competition held at NUS UTown, Singapore – on 30th October, 2014. SHADO International Group Pte Ltd, a Singapore company founded by Mr. Stephen Harper with Singaporean and international partners, announced their newly designed vehicle, SHADO INSPIRATION, at the International “Destination Zero Carbon” Competition (“DZC”) in NUS UTown in Singapore Mr. Harper stated “SHADO has chosen to announce our electric vehicle at this year’s DZC competition because we believe education is one of the primary foundations of our future. DZC is creating a new way to teach science to students and SHADO is proud to be a sponsor of this event.” The SHADO INSPIRATION has been designed with simplistic and modern lines and specifically for use both in dense city living environments and where general road conditions are poor and extremely wet, as in many parts of Asia. This light weight and robust vehicle is also designed to be shipped in a box for local assembly anywhere in the world. Mr. Harper emphasized that “Our SHADO INSPIRATION has been designed to meet European Standards of comfort, safety & reliability. But, to accommodate these extreme conditions, we have designed our car to have a higher ground clearance to easily handle such surfaces and torrential rain falls“. As most prospective electric car buyers and fleet operators have expressed concerns about finding suitable charging bays, SHADO INSPIRATION is designed with “swappable Battery Packs”. These batteries can be charged in our centralized “Vertical Charging Stations” to reduce space and keep fleets operating 24 hours per day. “In addition, we have incorporated “Wireless Charging” capabilities, from Elix Wireless Canada (www.elixwireless.com), to avoid the need to plug the vehicle into a socket, this will make the charging process much simpler, thus addressing a constant complaint of many eV owners.” added Mr. Harper. Mr. Harper concluded “With many other unique features, such as separate power for air-conditioning, the driver has little worry about getting home when stuck in heavy traffic, We strongly believe that SHADO INSPIRATION is the best designed, multipurpose and cost-effective vehicle today for fleet operators, enthusiasts and general individual owners.” SHADO has partnered with several Singapore based companies and universities to integrate their technology. SMART (Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology) for their “autonomous drive” ... Ben Lim, co-founder, explains “Singapore has become a major innovator of electric car related technologies and is, today, the perfect base to create such a global center of excellence.” Mr. Michael Dobbs-Higginson, company Chairman, added “We have chosen Singapore as our Global base, because of its central location, efficient procurement and open Government policies to support this emerging industry.” Mr. Harper has over 30 years of experience designing and building cars and was previously the Chief Designer for Volvo. His extensive experience includes designing vehicles for FORD, MG, Rolls-Royce, Bakrie Group in Indonesia, ThaiRung Union Cars in Thailand and Chinese car manufacturers. Mr Lim has several years of experience in owning and running an electric car fleet in Indochina. Mr. Dobbs-Higginson, has a long and distinguished career in the international investment banking field, latterly as the former Chairman of Merrill Lynch, Asia Pacific region and with some 50 years of experience of living in Asia. He is currently Chairman of a two other private companies and a director of Hotel Properties, Singapore. 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