Reengineering Golf Carts for Profit and Performance
If you want a concise case study in lean automotive engineering, look at how Munro optimized the Club Car design. In this project, Munro & Associates used teardown analysis, customer feedback, and manufacturing-focused design to reinvent both the golf cart platform and its business model — lessons that apply directly to EV design and other […]
The F1 Racing Car Engine and EV Innovation
The fascination with an F1 racing car engine goes beyond sheer horsepower. For engineers, investors, and enthusiasts, the Formula One power unit represents the pinnacle of efficiency, performance, and lean design. Munro’s work in EV teardown analysis shows that many of the same principles driving success in motorsport are already reshaping electric vehicle technology today. […]
Mercedes Electric G-Wagon Interior: Luxury Where It Counts, Compromises Where It Doesn’t
For engineers and investors curious about where luxury meets utility in an off-road EV, the Mercedes Electric G-Wagon interior offers a case study in deliberate choices. In a recent Munro walkthrough, the team scrutinized materials, ergonomics, and manufacturing tells that separate true luxury from cosmetic flourish — and where off-road cues clash with daily usability. […]
Michigan’s Manufacturing Moment: A Practical Roadmap From the Shop Floor to Policy
Michigan Manufacturing Policy Roadmap appears often in policy talk, but it needs teeth on the ground. At Munro, that means pairing teardown-grade rigor with pragmatic funding paths so Michigan manufacturers — from EV suppliers to defense integrators — can prototype, validate, and scale faster. In a recent Munro Defense conversation with Congresswoman Haley Stevens and […]
Arc Cooling, Potted Brains: Inside the EGO 56V Battery
What really powers a cordless mower? Munro engineers tear down the EGO 56V battery pack to find out. The team’s review reveals how its cells, cooling channels, and potted BMS manage performance. Its a teardown that highlights the trade-offs behind the design — balancing cost with reliability, and usability with long-term durability. The Pack at […]
EV Oil Pump Trade-Offs: Cost vs. Control
Engineering teams wrestling with EV oil pump trade-offs face a classic decision: mechanical simplicity versus electric controllability. Recent Munro teardown work highlights how this choice shapes cost, efficiency, and design risk in modern drive units — and why the optimal answer in 2025 may differ from what bills of materials suggested a decade ago. Why […]
Floating Offshore Wind Power: From Prototype to Gigawatt Scale
Floating offshore wind power is moving from prototypes to factory rhythm, and Munro readers care about how designs scale, where costs hide, and which markets will lead. Principle Power’s Aaron Smith walked through that trajectory — from semi-submersible WindFloat foundations to grid export and environmental design — and the takeaways line up with Munro’s focus […]
Inside the Future of EV Batteries
The future of EV batteries is shaped by real tradeoffs, not hype. In a recent Munro discussion, engineers compared chemistries, pack architectures, and manufacturing methods with an eye toward cost, reliability, and scale — exactly the lens Munro readers value. In this article, we distill those points into practical takeaways for engineers, EV enthusiasts, and […]
The Future of DC Fast Charging: What Kempower’s U.S. Plant Tells Us
Kempower DC fast charging goes beyond specs. It delivers a system architecture that combines clean hardware with smart power management — the type of integration Munro readers expect from mature EV infrastructure. During a Munro tour of Kempower’s Durham, North Carolina facility, the team explored modular cabinets, satellite dispensers, and advanced cable management. They also […]
Lightweight Efficient Electric Motors — A Munro Review
Electric drive is evolving fast, and nowhere is that clearer than in the shift toward lightweight efficient electric motors. In a recent Munro teardown, the team contrasted a compact brushless DC motor and inverter from an EGO electric lawnmower with a traditional three-quarter-horsepower induction motor and variable-frequency drive. The takeaway was simple: smaller, lighter, and […]