The Range Rover Electric: Specs, Price, Availability

It appears like we’ve got been ready an age for the Vary Rover Electrical. First introduced again in December 2023, JLR’s luxurious EV SUV was meant to hit the highway in 2024, however prolonged improvement testing compelled the carmaker to push its arrival again. Now it is lastly right here—one among WIRED’s most anticipated rides—the primary absolutely electrical Vary Rover.

The specs are as mighty as you’d anticipate. Twin 260-kilowatt motors ship “V8 ranges of energy” as much as 542 horsepower and 850 newton-meters of torque (20 % greater than different motors of the identical measurement, JLR claims). Inside, a double-stacked 118.5-kWh battery with 800-volt split-charging tech can recharge the cell from 10 to 80 % in 22 minutes (or, when you favor, 137 miles in 10 minutes). Max vary is supposedly 372 miles (in response to WLTP standards), and a claimed real-world distance of as much as 333 miles.

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The Vary Rover Electrical will launch from a standstill to 60 mph in 4.3 seconds, which is speedy contemplating the automobile’s weight, although there is not any official determine.

All this comes at a worth, naturally—one which’s excessive even for Vary Rover. Accessible for order now, the UK entry-level Autobiography mannequin is £154,070, or about $208,000, however this shortly climbs to £225,240 (north of $304,000) for the SV Black long-wheelbase mannequin. It may go greater, too, because the “Extremely” fashions are listed as “worth on software”—shorthand for “If it’s important to ask, you’ll be able to’t afford it.” Nonetheless, US clients should buy a decrease SE-spec Vary Rover Electrical from $138,00—add $2,550 for supply and vacation spot.