One selling point for electric cars is that they have massive heaps of torque available from a standstill. This largely negates the need for multiple gear ratios, but that hasn't stopped Morgan from trying out a five-speed manual transmission on their new Plus E electric car.

Morgan Motor Company may be steeped in the dusky liquors of the old world, but it's been making moves toward next-level thinking. Take the company's hydrogen fuel cell LifeCar project, and now its all-electric +E program. Part Caterham, part Nissan Leaf?