Land Rover’s second EV is hot on the trail of its first.
The upcoming all-electric Range Rover Sport is expected to debut later this year before going on sale sometime in 2025, according to Autocar. It and the Range Rover Electric are two of six EVs that parent company JLR wants to launch by the end of 2026.
The battery-powered version of the Range Rover Sport—which, one imagines, will be called the Electric like the EV version of the standard Range Rover—has been spotted undergoing testing in Spain, according to the British magazine. The EV may still be in prototype form but it gives some hints of what to expect from the finished vehicle. Those include a sleek shape, a grille that is the inverse of that worn by the ICE version of the vehicle, and no exhaust pipes. The large battery that will give the SUV its juice appears to be located between the front and rear axle, while the charging port will be located in the same spot as the fuel cap on the standard Range Rover Sport
The Range Rover Electric undergoing cold-weather testing earlier this year
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Representatives for JLR did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Robb Report.
At a time when other automakers are pumping the brakes on plans to go all-electric due to customer demand, JLR, which also includes Jaguar, remains committed to the idea. The Tata Motors-owned company has adjusted its timeline a bit, though. Instead of having six electric Land Rovers on the market by 2026, it plans to have six EVs across the JLR family available by that time. Though things may change, it’s currently believed that four of the battery-powered models will be Land Rovers and two will be Jaguars.
“We’re a little slower than we said three years ago,” JLR CEO Adrian Mardell said earlier this year. “That really isn’t a business challenge for us today, for those other dynamics in the marketplace, and we’re fully committed to the macro schedule: every product will be electrified by the end of the decade.”
Pricing has yet to be announced, but Autocar expects the EV’s cost to “nudge” six figures. Expect the Range Rover Electric to exceed the mark by an even wider margin since its base ICE model costs $24,000 more than the entry-level Range Rover Sport. The waiting list for that EV is already open on the Land Rover website.
