Overview
- JLR has announced two fully electric Range Rovers — a cut‑price Range Rover Sport and a flagship model — scheduled to reach showrooms by the end of the year.
- The Times roadtest reported the Sport uses an 118kWh battery with front and rear motors, claims of more than 300 miles of range, and a new electrostatic speaker system, though JLR has not confirmed full retail prices.
- Testing at Goodwood and JLR’s EPMC work suggest the electric Sport keeps Range Rover traits such as a high driving position, all‑wheel steering and off‑road modes, and JLR has stated a 900mm wading depth for the EVs.
- JLR says it will sell the electric models alongside petrol, diesel and plug‑in hybrid variants rather than replacing them, a strategy framed as protecting different customer needs from luxury SUV buyers to rural users.
- The cars cap a decade of development and extreme‑environment testing in Wolverhampton and the Arctic and desert, and the launch is presented as a tactical response to growing competition from Chinese EV makers such as BYD.