Range Rover Electric Goes on Sale: £154,070 Flagship with 372-Mile Range
Power comes from two electric motors producing a combined 542bhp and 850Nm of torque, giving the 2.8-tonne SUV a 0-62mph time of around 4.3 seconds - quicker than the V8 petrol version. The motors were developed and built in-house at JLR's Electric Propulsion Manufacturing Centre in Wolverhampton.
Energy is stored in a 118.5kWh double-stacked battery pack - the second-largest fitted to any electric car on sale in the UK - delivering a WLTP range of up to 372 miles. JLR claims a real-world figure of around 330 miles. An 800-volt electrical architecture allows DC rapid charging at up to 350kW, taking the battery from 10 to 80% in about 22 minutes, or adding up to 137 miles of range in just 10 minutes.
The car has been engineered to an extraordinary degree. JLR says it completed around 1.5 million kilometres of physical testing plus more than 250,000 hours of virtual simulation, and filed over 300 patents during development. A new ThermAssist heat-management system is claimed to add up to 25 miles of range and cut heating energy use by 40% in extreme temperatures.
Crucially for a Range Rover, capability is uncompromised. Wading depth remains 900mm - the same as the petrol model, thanks to a fully sealed battery - towing capacity is 2.5 tonnes, and new software including integrated traction management can react in as little as 50 milliseconds.
Built alongside petrol, diesel and plug-in hybrid Range Rovers at JLR's Solihull plant, the Electric looks almost identical to its combustion-engined siblings - deliberately so. Range Rover managing director Martin Limpert said: "This is a Range Rover first, an electric car second." The only visual changes are an aero-optimised grille and wheels, which eke out a few extra miles of real-world range.
The launch follows a near-two-year delay, and first customer deliveries are scheduled for 2027. An eight-year, 100,000-mile battery warranty is included as standard.
What it means for UK drivers: the Range Rover Electric sets a new benchmark for luxury electric SUVs. At £154,070 it costs only around £6,390 more than a similarly powerful V8 Autobiography, according to Motoring Research - and less than half the price of a Rolls-Royce Spectre. For buyers at the very top of the market, going electric no longer means compromising on the Range Rover formula.