The Campagna T-Rex has been in production for about
30 years now. And it’s undergone a number of engine transplants along the way.
But this could be the biggest development the Canadian trike has seen yet.
Campagna Motors has announced that it’s developing
an electric version of the T-Rex. Although it’s just a prototype for now, the
three-wheeled roadster is set to adopt an electric powertrain from Zero
Motorcycles.
The T-Rex falls closer to the
sports-car-missing-a-wheel end of the three-wheeler spectrum than the
motorcycle-with-an-extra-wheel end. More like a Polaris Slingshot, in other
words, than a BRP Can-Am Spyder (which is also made in Quebec).
It has a side-by-side two-seat setup in a largely
open cockpit, with a steering wheel, two wheels up front, and one big fat one
driven in the back. Over the past three decades, versions of the T-Rex have
been driven by Suzuki, Kawasaki, and BMW motorcycle engines.
The electric prototype is set to be unveiled at the
2018 Montreal Electric Vehicle Show from April 20 to 22. That’ll take place
just across the river from where the T-Rex and V13R are manufactured in
Boucherville. A more advanced version is set to begin testing in the summer. If
it’s put into production, it would follow in the tracks of Morgan’s electric
three-wheeler, among others.
