Range Rover first in EV push
Electric SUV flagship, due 2024, will be followed by Velar, Evoque and Disco Sport EVs
The electric reinvention of Land Rover continues apace, too, and order books for the batteryelectric Range Rover will open later this year ahead of the car going on sale by the end of 2024.
It will be the first electric Land Rover from JLR (the new official name for Jaguar Land Rover) and will be built at the Solihull production facility in the Midlands.
Like its donor car, the Range Rover EV will be based on the MLA platform, which supports both hybridised ICE and fully electric powertrains.
JLR vehicle programmes director Nick Collins said it will “deliver true Range Rover values”, including “off-road ability, usability and refinement” in an “uncompromised” approach. He added: “It will be a benchmark for refined luxury and a testament for what this brand will create.”
The MLA platform will spawn more EVs in the future as part of JLR’s pledge to have an electric model under each of its newly established four brands (Range Rover, Discovery, Defender and Jaguar) by 2026, to have an electric model in each of its model ranges by 2030 and for every car it sells to be electric by 2036.