Jaguar Land Rover recently took a course on “electrification”.
The new hybrid Range Rover SUV, whose sales should start before the end of 2017, will get petrol-electric powertrain PHEV (Plug-in hybrid). Such a statement during his interview was made head of Jaguar Land Rover Ralf Sung.
Jaguar Land Rover recently took a course on “electrification”. From 2020, all new models of Jaguar and Land Rover are “in varying degrees” electric. Moreover, the first electric car of this company will be in 2018. This will be the crossover of the Jaguar I-Pace, which on one charge will be able to drive almost 500 km. He will get a fully electric powertrain with a total capacity of 395 HP
In turn, the new hybrid Range Rover will be equipped with diesel-electric propulsion system PHEV. It will consist of the 2.0 l Ingenium diesel engine and electric motor. This new motor can drive more than 50 km from the Power plant is paired with 8-speed automatic transmission. Lithium-ion battery located under the floor.
It should be noted that this hybrid powertrain PHEV was developed by the engineers of the Jaguar Land Rover. In the future, it will get such models as, for example, the Jaguar F-Pace, XF and XJ, so they have significantly lower CO2 emissions as required by European legislation.
The main competitor of the Range Rover PHEV will be a German BMW X5 xDrive40e. However, the power of the electric motor from the German hybrid crossover is noticeably smaller than his English competitor.
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