Range Rover EVs confirmed for 2027 launch in Australia

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JLR Australia has confirmed the anticipated Range Rover Electric and Range Rover Sport Electric volition get Down Under adjacent year, marking the British marque's archetypal steps into afloat electrification.

Speaking with CarExpert, a spokesperson for Range Rover's section part indicated we tin expect the caller EVs sometime during the archetypal fractional of 2027, with afloat details astir lineup, pricing and specifications to beryllium confirmed aboriginal this year.

For now, we cognize that some the Range Rover Electric and Range Rover Sport Electric volition stock their EV bits. Reports retired of the UK suggest a dual-motor electrical powertrain outputting 404kW/850Nm – not acold disconnected the 452kW/750Nm outputs quoted by the existent 'P615' mentation of the 4.4-litre petrol V8 sourced from BMW – fed by a 118.5kWh nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) artillery with a projected driving scope of astir 600km connected the WLTP cycle.

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Both vehicles stock the MLA Flex architecture, with the latest Range Rover Sport adjacent sharing its wheelbase with the standard-length Range Rover – though a long-wheelbase mentation of the second is besides available.

You'll beryllium hard-pressed to separate the EV Range Rovers from their ICE and PHEV counterparts either, arsenic Range Rover has purposely made nary important plan changes to bespeak the electrical powertrains underneath – though the Sport Electric prototype astatine the Goodwood Festival of Speed did person 'EV' connected its instrumentality caps alternatively than 'RANGE ROVER'.

Orders for the Range Rover Electric person been unfastened since 2023, and since its announcement the caller electrical flagship luxury SUV has been undergoing extended improvement investigating crossed the globe.

JLR has been stressing since that the EV volition efficaciously lucifer its ICE and PHEV siblings for capability, specified arsenic an 850mm wading depth, arsenic good arsenic a “seamless electrical ownership experience” including vigor partnerships, over-the-air bundle updates, and “intelligent exertion to maximise range”.

It's unclear however overmuch of a premium the electrical versions of the Range Rover and Range Rover Sport volition bid implicit their mild-hybrid petrol/diesel and plug-in hybrid siblings.

Currently successful the full-size Range Rover, the P460e PHEV successful entry-level HSE specification is lone $3300 dearer than the D350 turbo-diesel mild-hybrid aft a caller terms adjustment, though earlier that it was person to a $9000 gap.

Further, the six-cylinder plug-in hybrid is much than $30,000 cheaper than the equivalent 4.4L twin-turbo V8. Given Australia's New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES) is placing expanding unit for manufacturers to merchantability low- and zero-emissions vehicles, we could perchance spot terms parity betwixt the RR Electric and the twin-turbo V8 models.

For now, we'll person to hold until aboriginal this twelvemonth for much details – enactment tuned to CarExpert for each the latest.