It’s not news that an electric Range Rover is in the works, with JLR announcing the fact when the L460 was introduced back in 2021. Since then, we’ve been treated to a steady drip-feed of updates, with Land Rover opening reservations for the car late last year.
Now, finally, we’ve got our first full look at the Range Rover Electric, and – shock horror – it looks like a Range Rover.
Range Rover Electric prototype – front
Yep, Land Rover hasn’t gone mad with the changes. It looks like there’s a lightly reworked front grille, with a more minimalist take on the ICE car’s design, and obviously, there’s a charging port in place of the fuel filler. Duh. Other than that, it’s as you were visually with the current L460 generation Rangie.
The other big takeaway from the images released of the Range Rover Electric undergoing winter testing is that it’ll go sideways. Very sideways. Okay, most cars will if you whip them into a turn at high speed on a frozen lake, but JLR is very proud of the car’s newly developed traction control system, which sees each wheel individually control the amount of slip, apparently reducing reaction time to as little as a millisecond.
Range Rover Electric prototype – charge port detail
The car is both a significant moment for Land Rover and its Range Rover sub-brand, as its first full battery-electric production car, and for JLR as a whole. The company hasn’t released a full EV since 2018’s Jaguar I-Pace, so the Range Rover Electric has a lot of ground to make up.
We still don’t have a huge amount of info on the powertrain. A few details have been dropped by JLR, including that it’ll use 800v architecture presumably allowing for at least 350kW of charging capability. It’ll also have a wading depth of 850mm, just 50mm shy of the combustion-powered stablemates – not that it’ll matter in Knightsbridge.
Range Rover Electric prototype – overhead
JLR has also said more patents have been filed for the EV than any other Range Rover before it, which bodes well for it being cutting-edge in terms of tech. Stating the obvious, it’s also set to be the quietest form of the SUV ever.
Battery size and motors remain a mystery. We’d expect a dual-motor setup and a battery well in excess of 100kWh, though that’s pure speculation at this point. No word yet on when production will begin or how much it’ll cost, either, although the waiting list remains open.
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