GONE IN 60kWh

We all love the idea of a classic in the garage – Sundays spent tinkering away, romantic blasts through the countryside, admiring looks and stimulating chats with inquisitive car lovers as you go. The reality is oil puddles, large holes in your bank account and zero signs of life on the one day you’ve earmarked for a drive. But there’s another way. Electrifying classics has become the marketing tool du jour lately for large manufacturers – see Mini Classic electric, Jaguar E-type Zero, and Aston’s EV DB6 Volante – and now there’s a new start-up, Charge, that’s focusing on nothing else, beginning with an electron-fuelled rebirth of the ’67 Mustang.

An industrial estate office, is not Silicon Valley, but it has that Tesla/Google/Facebook vibe when you walk in. To your right, a full kitchen, with a chef beavering away “Every day at 12:30, we have lunch. It brings us together, creates discussions – it’s about investing in the culture.” That’s Vadim Shagaleev, Charge’s CEO.