Range Rover launches first electric model
The vehicle, Range Rover Electric, is being built at JLR’s manufacturing plant in Solihull
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Car giant Range Rover has launched its first fully electric model, it has been announced.
The vehicle, Range Rover Electric, is being built at JLR’s manufacturing plant in Solihull, in the West Midlands.
The company said the launch is being marked by a large-scale transformation of the plant and other sites across the West Midlands, including new battery and electric drive unit production lines and the reskilling of the workforce for electrification.
Around 9,000 employees in Solihull have been upskilled for electrification and a further 1,500 trained across the West Midlands, while JLR’s Electric Propulsion Manufacturing Centre in Wolverhampton now produces battery packs and electric drive units alongside internal combustion engines.
Martin Limpert, managing director of Range Rover, said: “Range Rover Electric is the result of a decade of considered engineering and technological development, setting a new benchmark for the original luxury SUV.
“We took our testing and development programmes even further than originally intended to ensure Range Rover Electric is genuinely the most accomplished Range Rover ever.”
Matt Becker, JLR’s vehicle engineering director said: “The defining characteristic of Range Rover Electric is its ability to perform across every surface, with effortless comfort and refinement.
“We’ve worked tirelessly to ensure it retain those qualities.”