Wrexham university honours Powys Electric Classic Cars boss

Richard Morgan, chief executive officer of Electric Classic Cars in Newtown, was thrilled to be awarded with the Honorary Fellowship from Wrexham Glyndwr University in recognition of his services to engineering and sustainability.

Electric Classic Cars is the largest classic car conversion specialists in the world, taking iconic classic cars and transforming them to 100 per cent electric vehicles.

The company has converted everything from a Fiat 500 to a Ferrari 308 and everything in between – boasting Hollywood stars among their customers.

Many of the company’s conversions feature on their TV show, Vintage Voltage, which can be seen on Quest and Discovery channels.

Electric Classic Cars' viral video of a VW Beetle being converted to electric in one day

Vice-Chancellor Professor Maria Hinfelaar presented the award at a ceremony held at Wrexham Glyndwr University on 4th November.

On receipt of the honour Mr Morgan said: “It’s a huge privilege to accept this Honorary Fellowship from Wrexham Glyndwr University and to share in the celebrating with the many graduates who will shape our future.

Left to Right Colin Jackson CBE, Richard Morgan CEO Electric Classic Cars, Prof. Maria Hinfelaar Vice-Chancellor, Wrexham Glyndwr University and Dr. Leigh Griffin, Chair of the Board of Governors, Wrexham Glyndwr University

“I was met with a warm welcome by the staff and students and I thoroughly enjoyed looking around the engineering department and some of their current projects”.

In attendance were former sprint and hurdling athlete, Colin Jackson CBE and bass baritone Sir Bryn Terfel CBE who celebrated alongside graduating students from the University’s art and design, built environment, engineering, humanities, media and science departments.

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Electric Classic Cars was born out of Mr Morgan’s passion for classic cars having restored and raced them since the age of 17.

It’s this background, paired with over 20 years of working in the energy efficiency industry that inspired Richard’s first classic car conversion which then led to the origins of Electric Classic Cars.

Mr Morgan’s conversion projects have been featured on Guy Martin’s channel 4 programme, Speed, in which ECC assisted Guy to build an electric Beetle for his attempt at the world record for the fastest electric car and Mr Morgan's own Land Rover Defender has also featured on BBC’s Top Gear with Paddy McGuiness describing it as “the best fun I’ve had in any car, ever, on Top Gear”.