News about electrified classic cars has gone from a trickle to a flood recently as brands with strong heritage, such as Aston Martin and VW , as well as smaller engineering and restoration companies, jostle to come up with the right formula for preserving the iconic cars of the past for use in the zero-carbon future. He branched out into running a traditional classic-car sales and restoration business several years ago, but it was a request from his wife for a modern, electrified take on the MGB that planted the seed for what would become the RBW EV Roadster. The long-gestating project has now been officially launched, having been frustratingly delayed since April by the fallout from Covid I had one in the workshop, so we took out the back diff, engine and gearbox.