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Land Rover is testing a prototype of the battery-powered version of the flagship Range Rover without camouflage on the roads of Europe. The Carscoops publication, which published the photos, suggests that this may indicate the imminent premiere of the electric car. Judging by the photos, externally it will differ from the gasoline version only in minor design details.
The exterior modifications that can be seen on the prototype are limited to the absence of exhaust pipes and an original radiator grille. It is made “semi-closed” – it has only thin horizontal air ducts. In addition, the Range Rover is equipped with unusually compact wheel rims. But, according to the publication, this is a temporary solution: the serial electric car should receive larger, but lightweight wheels with specially developed Pirelli tires.
It is known that the electric car is based on the same platform as the gasoline version: the MLA platform supports the use of battery power plants with an 800-volt architecture. It is not yet specified what engines the Range Rover Electric will receive, but the company promises to equip the flagship model with an innovative traction control system. It will be able to respond to changes in the road situation in just 1 millisecond, that is, about a hundred times faster than now.
