type private company industry automotive electric vehicles founded 2007 founder barry shrier headquarters oxford england area served united kingdom european union dubai products electric vehicles services mechanical design fleet servicing sales number of employees 40 parent green automotive company inc usa divisions liberty e tech r & d liberty e care aftersales website www.liberty ecars.com liberty electric cars ltd. was an automobile startup company focusing on producing high end luxury battery electric vehicles . 1 the company was formed in 2007 by entrepreneur barry shrier . in february 2009 the company announced a partnership with the uk government to locate its manufacturing facilities in the north east of england . 2 at the end of 2014 the company s website closed down . in may 2015 the domain name was for sale and liberty s facebook page had not been updated since march 2013 . contents 1 liberty e range rover 2 e tech 3 e care 4 see also 5 references 6 external links liberty e range rover edit the firm s first vehicle is based on the range rover vogue . existing range rovers are converted into electric vehicles by removing the internal combustion engine and replacing it with an electric powertrain comprising an electric motor lithium polymer batteries and capacitors to absorb energy from regenerative braking . the resultant e range has an estimated range of 200 miles 320 km on a single charge with new models retailing for between 95 000 and 120 000 . e tech edit following the collapse of fellow uk electric vehicle maker modec into administration in 2009 liberty was one of a number of potential purchasers reviewed by the administrators . after an agreement to sell the company s assets and ip to navistar international the north american co owner of the ip rights to manufacture modec vehicles libery formed liberty e tech and subsequently hired the entire former modec engineering team consolidating its engineering activities at a new innovation and customer support centre based in coventry . 3 e care edit following failure to agree purchase of the modec brand from navistar in january 2011 in july 2011 liberty created a support and maintenance facility called liberty e care to provide service and maintenance to both its own ev customers and those of other ev companies including the former modec range covering the uk france germany and dubai . 4 see also edit list of production battery electric vehicles references edit liberty electric cars will convert tens of thousands of luxury cars and suvs . autobloggreen . electric car company to create 250 jobs . ex modec engineering team joins liberty . liberty enters commercial vehicles sector . external links edit official liberty electric cars website v t e automotive industry in the united kingdom manufacturing in the united kingdom economy of the united kingdom companies and marques commercial vehicle producers current alexander dennis plaxton dennis eagle ibc vehicles jcb leyland trucks the 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