Range Rover Electric: 5 features that should keep it distinctly Range Rover

Set to compete with the Cadillac Escalade IQ, Lucid Gravity, and the Mercedes EQS SUV, the Range Rover Electric will be JLR’s most ambitious EV in its celebrated history. It’s on course to U.S. dealers later in 2025 and expectations in terms of quality, performance, and capability are sky-high from the future top-end Range Rover.

Here are five features that we believe will keep the all-electric model distinctly Range Rover:

Conventional styling

But that will mean that basically you can go into a retailer and buy a Range Rover that is either a diesel, a 6-cylinder petrol, an 8-cylinder petrol, a PHEV or BEV, they all look the same.

Richard Molyneux, CFO, Jaguar Land Rover, while talking about future models and architectures (Tata Motors Group Q2 FY25 earnings call on November 8, 2024)

‘Range Rover first, electric second’ defines JLR’s vision for the Range Rover EV. The company is electrifying the Range Rover while preserving its essence, the core of which is its unmistakable reductive design. Except for some soft changes, the electric variant looks virtually the same from the outside and will be hard to tell apart even from the inside.

Unmatched refinement

This is the Range Rover with a BEV powertrain. And BEV happens to give the exact combination of power, quietness and serenity that is perfect for the Range Rover brand. So this will be the top end of Range Rover. This will not be any other thing than probably the best performing Range Rover that you can get.

Richard Molyneux, CFO, Jaguar Land Rover (Tata Motors Group Q4 FY24 earnings call on May 10, 2024)

Thanks to the near-silent operation of its pure-electric powertrain, the Range Rover Electric will be the quietest and most refined Range Rover to date. Customers can look forward to a new benchmark for a silky smooth ride, eclipsing the experience offered by the current plug-in hybrid model.

All-weather readiness

JLR is rigorously testing the Range Rover Electric in various weather conditions as it did with the ICE model. From the Arctic Circle where temperatures drop to as low as ‑40°C (-40°F) to the Middle East where the temperatures go as high as 50ºC (122°F), the company is driving the EV in various extremes to ensure its all-weather readiness.

All-conquering off-road capability

The Range Rover Electric will be a truly capable vehicle off the road. JLR is pushing test prototypes to their limits on extreme terrains like the frozen lakes of Sweden and the 300 ft-tall Big Red dune in the UAE’s Al Badayer desert. The company goes out on a limb to say the Range Rover Electric offers the best thermal testing performance for any Range Rover on sand. The EV recently passed hill climb tests in the Al Badayer desert with flying colors.

The Range Rover Electric is an all-wheel drive vehicle with two motors, one for each axle. Instead of a regular ABS-based traction control system, the company uses a newly developed Intelligent Torque Management system for quicker response. Each electric motor manages the wheel slip individually, bringing the torque reaction time at each wheel from approximately 100 milliseconds to as little as 1 millisecond.

High performance

The Electric Range Rover would understandably be heavier than its donor model, but it would still offer high performance and speed up effortlessly. We’re certain its power and torque outputs would exceed the Range Rover SV’s 606 hp and 553 lb.-ft., respectively. A 0 to 60 mph sprint should take between 3.5 and 4.0 seconds, while the top speed will likely be capped at around 160 mph.

Featured image: TopElectricSUV’s illustration of the Range Rover EV.