This is the incoming all-electric Range Rover, and it looks...exactly like a regular non-electric Range Rover. It also looks nicely lairy, at least according to these initial pics.
Pics that reveal the company’s engineering team very hard at work...drifting an electric heavyweight in -40 degrees in the Arctic Circle. Why? Probably because it looks like a proper laugh, but also because the battery and the powertrain need to be tested in that sort of weather.
Or what Range Rover describes as ‘extreme sub-zero temperatures,’ designed to test the company’s new in-house EV setup. Said new setup will “allow Range Rover to exceed its already renowned performance on low-grip surfaces.”
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Apparently, the electric Rangie’s traction control distributes wheel-slip management to each individual electric drive control unit as opposed to burying it in the ABS. This, claims Range Rover, reduces “the torque reaction time at each wheel from around 100 milliseconds to as little as one millisecond.”
It’ll need to be sharp to stay on top of the e-powertrain’s punch, because the carmaker has already confirmed that the EV’s performance will match that of a current V8 Range Rover...which develops 606hp, does 0-100kph in 4.5sec, and tops out at 260kph. Impressive stats for a car that weighs the same as your average continent.
“To ensure we leave no stone uncovered, we are well underway with our physical testing and development program, all designed at pushing Range Rover Electric to the extremes to ensure its capability remains unparalleled when it reaches you,” said product engineering boss Thomas Mueller.
Pushing it...sideways, too.
More photos of the electric Range Rover prototype:
NOTE: This article first appeared on TopGear.com. Minor edits have been made.
