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Range Rover Electric first drive in the Scottish Highlands. With 542bhp, 850Nm, up to 600km of WLTP range, and over 300 patent applications, it has the most of any Range Rover. We drove the electric Range Rover from Inverness to Loch Eriboll to answer three questions: is it so quiet you notice, does it still feel like a Range Rover, and is electric any good?
The story starts at Loch Ness, with a 1975 Range Rover delivered new to the Royal Household at Windsor Castle parked next to the Range Rover Electric First Edition in Belgravia Green. Fifty-six years apart, both are permanent four-wheel drive, except the new one has a motor on each axle and no cylinders at all. It was due in showrooms by the end of 2025, and more than 60,000 people reportedly put their names down while JLR tested it further than planned: -40 degrees in Sweden, +50 degrees in Dubai, and over 1.5 million kilometres. The numbers: a 118.5kWh battery built in-house, two motors, 0 to 100kmph in 4.3 seconds, a 0.29 drag coefficient (the most aerodynamic Range Rover ever) and 800-volt charging that takes 10 to 80 per cent in about 22 minutes on a 350kW charger. JLR's own real-world range figure is 535km. There is no frunk, and that was deliberate.
In India, most Range Rover owners sit in the back, so we also go through the long-wheelbase SV Ultra: Executive Class seats with hot-stone massage, a slide-out console with its own touchscreen, the first fragrance diffuser on a Range Rover and a 21-panel electrostatic sound system. Bookings opened in India on 2 September. India price and delivery dates are unannounced. The Range Rover Sport Electric first drive follows next week, so subscribe and turn on notifications.
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