After half a century of gasoline consumption, Land Rover is transforming the Range Rover into an electric vehicle. It will be sold alongside versions equipped with combustion engines, promising emissions-free V8 performance. The new teasers released today show the luxury SUV devoid of camouflage as there is nothing to hide. It looks virtually identical to the conventionally powered model.
The electric Mercedes G-Class which will debut this week at Auto China 2024 in Beijing will follow the same recipe, largely inheriting the design of its ICE counterpart. Meanwhile, the Range Rover Electric posed for the camera as it crossed the Arctic Circle in cold weather. It has withstood temperatures as low as -40 degrees Fahrenheit. Land Rover is also testing the quiet SUV in the grueling 122-degree Fahrenheit deserts of the Middle East.
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It’s billed as the “quietest, most refined Range Rover ever” and features a newly developed traction control system. The electric luxobarge put the facility to good use on Sweden’s frozen lakes. Compared to a standard ABS-based traction control setup, the Rangie EV’s new hardware can distribute wheel slip management to each electric drive unit. This reduces the torque reaction time on each wheel from around 100 milliseconds to just 1 millisecond.
There are also software tricks to minimize ABS intervention and achieve a smooth ride even on slippery surfaces. Land Rover says the large electric vehicle will be driven by a “new all-electric internal propulsion system.” The Tata Motors-owned brand isn’t going into details, but we’re expecting upwards of 500 horsepower since the V-8 has 523 horsepower coming from a 4.4-liter twin-turbocharged gasoline engine sourced from BMW. Perhaps even more given that the Range Rover SV has 606 horsepower.
At the very least, a dual-motor setup seems like an educated guess since the Range Rover Electric will almost certainly have four-wheel drive. The electric G-Class officially known as “G580 with EQ technology” is expected to feature a four-motor configuration.
Just like the go-anywhere Defender, the electric Range Rover will wade through 33.4 inches of water. It will be underpinned by the same Modular Longitudinal Architecture (MLA) used by the regular SUV equipped with combustion engines and will feature an 800-volt architecture for fast charging capabilities.
The upcoming SUV will be JLR’s second electric model, following the Jaguar I-Pace launched in 2018. While the smaller electric vehicle is assembled by Magna Steyr in Graz, Austria, the Range Rover Electric will be manufactured at its home in Solihull, UK.
The engine-less Rangie will be a stepping stone towards JLR’s goal of achieving zero tailpipe emissions by 2036. Jaguar will be the first to move to pure electric mode in the coming years.
After half a century of gasoline consumption, Land Rover is transforming the Range Rover into an electric vehicle. It will be sold alongside versions equipped with combustion engines, promising emissions-free V8 performance. The new teasers released today show the luxury SUV devoid of camouflage as there is nothing to hide. It looks virtually identical to the conventionally powered model.
The electric Mercedes G-Class which will debut this week at Auto China 2024 in Beijing will follow the same recipe, largely inheriting the design of its ICE counterpart. Meanwhile, the Range Rover Electric posed for the camera as it crossed the Arctic Circle in cold weather. It has withstood temperatures as low as -40 degrees Fahrenheit. Land Rover is also testing the quiet SUV in the grueling 122-degree Fahrenheit deserts of the Middle East.
12 Pictures
It’s billed as the “quietest, most refined Range Rover ever” and features a newly developed traction control system. The electric luxobarge put the facility to good use on Sweden’s frozen lakes. Compared to a standard ABS-based traction control setup, the Rangie EV’s new hardware can distribute wheel slip management to each electric drive unit. This reduces the torque reaction time on each wheel from around 100 milliseconds to just 1 millisecond.
There are also software tricks to minimize ABS intervention and achieve a smooth ride even on slippery surfaces. Land Rover says the large electric vehicle will be driven by a “new all-electric internal propulsion system.” The Tata Motors-owned brand isn’t going into details, but we’re expecting upwards of 500 horsepower since the V-8 has 523 horsepower coming from a 4.4-liter twin-turbocharged gasoline engine sourced from BMW. Perhaps even more given that the Range Rover SV has 606 horsepower.
At the very least, a dual-motor setup seems like an educated guess since the Range Rover Electric will almost certainly have four-wheel drive. The electric G-Class officially known as “G580 with EQ technology” is expected to feature a four-motor configuration.
Just like the go-anywhere Defender, the electric Range Rover will wade through 33.4 inches of water. It will be underpinned by the same Modular Longitudinal Architecture (MLA) used by the regular SUV equipped with combustion engines and will feature an 800-volt architecture for fast charging capabilities.
The upcoming SUV will be JLR’s second electric model, following the Jaguar I-Pace launched in 2018. While the smaller electric vehicle is assembled by Magna Steyr in Graz, Austria, the Range Rover Electric will be manufactured at its home in Solihull, UK.
The engine-less Rangie will be a stepping stone towards JLR’s goal of achieving zero tailpipe emissions by 2036. Jaguar will be the first to move to pure electric mode in the coming years.