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Is The Longbow Speedster The Future Of British Roadsters? — Carmudgeon w/ Cammisa & DTS — Ep 236

5/4/20261 hr 34 min

Live in-studio this week we have the Longbow Speedster and co-founders of Longbow Motors Daniel Davey and Mark Tapscott. They join us all the way from the UK to show off and discuss their entry into the rather quiet EV sports car space. You might be wondering - what’s a Longbow Speedster? What does it have to do with a medieval weapon used in the dark ages? And what happened to the windshield? As it turns out, all three of those questions can be answered with a single word: simplicity. While the Speedster is fully electric with a claimed range of 275 miles and a 0-62 time of 3.5 seconds, it’s also one of the only EVs in existence under one ton that isn’t a golf cart. More importantly, it wants to bring a more traditional approach to EV motoring - a handful of tactile buttons and no screens - just driver and machine. Daniel and Mark chat with Jason and Derek about their origin stories as enthusiasts, discussing some festive cars owned like the Seat Marbella Jeans Edition, Toyota Celica ST185, and Mazda MX-6. Having a plethora of experience working at Tesla when the Roadster was in development, the bowmen of the long table also discuss how they plan to make a splash in the industry and why lightness will soon become synonymous with EVs in ways we never quite anticipated. All this and more on this episode of The Carmudgeon Show with Jason Cammisa and Derek Tam-Scott. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Clips

Showing 10 of 12
Horsepower? More Than Adequate
Decoupling EVs From Screens
Price Reveal: Surprisingly Attainable
Built A Drivable Car In Six Months
Range Anxiety, Meet Reality
Weight, Not Power, Is King
Defining The Electric Sports Car
3.5 To 60 With ~240 HP
How We’re Sold What We Don’t Need
EV Theater, Authentically Electric

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Jason Cammisa· Host0:01

    What?

  2. Derek Tam-Scott· Host0:02

    You wanna talk about the, you wanna talk about the people here?

  3. Jason Cammisa· Host0:04

    Sure. We've got extra people.

  4. Derek Tam-Scott· Host0:06

    The table sideways.

  5. Jason Cammisa· Host0:07

    Supplemental Carmageddon. You are so far away that I feel like we're in that, in that, you know, "Can you pass, pass the salt?" cartoon.

  6. Derek Tam-Scott· Host0:13

    It's gotta be Grey Poupon.

  7. Jason Cammisa· Host0:14

    Great. Uh, anyway, welcome to the Carmageddon Show. I am Jason Cammisa.

  8. Derek Tam-Scott· Host0:17

    I'm Derek Tam-Scott.

  9. Jason Cammisa· Host0:19

    You are?

  10. Daniel Davey· Guest0:20

    Daniel Davey.

  11. Jason Cammisa· Host0:21

    And you are?

  12. Daniel Davey· Guest0:22

    Mark, no hyphen, Tapscott.

  13. Jason Cammisa· Host0:23

    God, this is gonna get confusing.

  14. Derek Tam-Scott· Host0:25

    Wow. How about that?

  15. Jason Cammisa· Host0:26

    Uh, we have special guests here today from Longbow, um, which is a new electric sports car manufacturer, and we're going to torment the shit out of them for ruining the sports car world. Um, and, and [laughs] Derek is smiling already.

  16. Derek Tam-Scott· Host0:40

    I'm, I'm, I'm readying myself.

  17. Jason Cammisa· Host0:42

    I'm totally ready. Readying for, well, he's ready for a good fight. "That should have a V12 in it with a six-speed goddamn manual, manual steering," and, um, all that, or not.

  18. Derek Tam-Scott· Host0:50

    All right.

  19. Jason Cammisa· Host0:51

    They're giving nothing.

  20. Derek Tam-Scott· Host0:52

    All that and more ahead.

  21. Jason Cammisa· Host0:53

    Not?

  22. Derek Tam-Scott· Host0:53

    Not.

  23. Jason Cammisa· Host0:54

    Oh, God. They're cheeky. They're British, so they're, they have a sense of humor. That one called me a C word earlier. Um, but he said it as a compliment.

  24. Derek Tam-Scott· Host1:01

    Christian?

  25. Jason Cammisa· Host1:01

    No.

  26. Daniel Davey· Guest1:02

    I don't know if I'm a good judge of character- He is not a Christian ... not Jason. We'll find out.

  27. Jason Cammisa· Host1:04

    [laughs] We're, we're gonna find out. Uh, we'll have a great conversation about a really interesting car company, uh, with two actual car people. Um- And us ... and us.

  28. Derek Tam-Scott· Host1:13

    Yeah.

  29. Jason Cammisa· Host1:13

    [laughs] [laughs] Uh, Derek is gonna clap, and I think what we should do, and to honor our guests, is you will clap, and then you will clap.

  30. Daniel Davey· Guest1:21

    A Mexican clap wave.

  31. Jason Cammisa· Host1:22

    Is that a Mexican- Can you...

  32. Daniel Davey· Guest1:24

    That is, right?

  33. Jason Cammisa· Host1:25

    Mexican?

  34. Derek Tam-Scott· Host1:26

    Mexican wave.

  35. Daniel Davey· Guest1:26

    It's a Mexican wave.

  36. Jason Cammisa· Host1:26

    We just call it the wave.

  37. Derek Tam-Scott· Host1:27

    Yeah, we just call it the wave.

  38. Jason Cammisa· Host1:28

    Oh, okay.

  39. Derek Tam-Scott· Host1:29

    We must be closer to

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