Electric Range Rover is allowed to play outdoors for the first time

By 2024, Land Rover must be one of the only manufacturers that still does not have a single EV in its lineup, but that should change soon. For example, the Jaguar-Land Rover group has already revealed that it wants to put no less than six electric Defenders, Discoveries and Range Rovers on the market by 2026 – although that number has since been subtly changed to four by the CEO. In any case, the British have a lot of work ahead of them and the first results already show.

A stranger on the outside, classy on the inside

JLR has released a series of images of the upcoming electric Range Rover – and we mean ‘Range Rover’ without further ado. The oldest member of the family is the first to plug in completely and does so anonymously. The “Range Rover Electric” in the photo looks similar to its sister models with combustion engines that JLR didn’t even bother to mask. The only difference we can notice is that its charging port rocker doesn’t stick to the side like a PHEV, but slides open… Oh, and maybe its grille also looks more closed than usual.

Bottom line, however, this EV promises to be little more than a Range Rover with an electric instead of a combustion engine, although the Brits remain tight-lipped on details. What we do know is that it has a new traction control that limits the wheels’ reaction time to 1 millisecond, compared to 100 milliseconds for the combustion models. The system is claimed by “direct commands to the electric motors”, but it is not clear if they mean that each wheel gets its own motor. Either way, you can count on this electric Range Rover to be at least as capable off-road as its sister models and they previously revealed it would be the best in the range. In other words, there is a lot to look forward to in the run-up to its launch, sometime in 2025.