Land Rover Defender Won’t Go EV Until The Next Generation Because Packaging Is ‘Really, Really Hard’
While the electric luxury SUV market continues to grow with models from all sorts of different automakers, it seems an electric Land Rover Defender isn’t coming anytime soon.Land Rover’schief commercial officer Lennard Hoornik told Autocarmagazine that it’s simply too difficult to just stuff batteries into the current Defender’s platform,
The Land Rover Defender EV we’ve been waiting for is coming, but not soon enough
Although Hoornik didn’t confirm it, the comments suggest the electric Land Rover Defender will likely have to wait for JLR’s dedicated EV platform, which is expected to be released closer to the end of the decade.
Electric Land Rover Defender will need to wait
Technical limitations of the current Land Rover Defender's platform mean we may have to wait a bit longer for it to go electric.
2024 Land Rover Defender 110 Test Drive Review: All The Land Rover You Need
Land Rover Defender 110 is positioned between the more compact Defender 90 (which offers urban agility thanks to a smaller wheelbase), and the more spacious Defender 130, designed for those who need more space for people and cargo.
Electric Land Rover Defender Ruled Out Until Next Model Arrives
Land Rover has acknowledged it’ll be challenging to electrify the current model’s architecture. The current Defender is offered with petrol, diesel, and plug-in hybrid powertrains. An all-electric version of the Range Rover is just around the corner,
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