Wired UK – September 2019

PLUG-IN POWER DRIVE_ Polaris Ranger EV

Save your jokes about golf carts with attitude, for this is no ordinary electric

buggy. With 25.4cm ground clearance and 20cm of suspension travel at the

front, 23cm at the back, and a 454kg payload plus 680kg towing capacity,

the Ranger EV is a hard-working vehicle for the field and farm that just

happens to be enormous fun to drive. Two-wheel drive is the default, but hit

some rough terrain, and all-wheel automatically kicks in until you’re back on

steady ground. The 31bhp 48-volt AC induction direct drive motor can manage

a cow-catching 40kph and an 80km range. From £11,899 polarisbritain.com

SPECS

Single 48-Volt, AC-induction motor

VersaTrac Turf Mode / AWD / 2WD

Dual A-arm suspension

Four-wheel hydraulic disc brakes

Wheelbase: 182.9cm

Weight: 771kg

Carlisle tyres in stamped steel hubs

Standard 5cm hitching receiver

ALL-T

ERRA

IN

4

(^24)
0
19
ALL-E
LECTR
IC
PHO
TO
GRA
PH
Y:^ S
AM
CH
ICK

.^ WO

RD

S:^ C

HRI

S^ H

AS

LAM

09-19-GEgear.indd 67 22/07/2019 12:36