Range Rover Electric: JLR launches its first fully electric luxury SUV

The Range Rover Electric, Jaguar Land Rover’s first fully electric luxury SUV, is being built at JLR’s manufacturing plant in Solihull

Automotive giant Range Rover has unveiled its first fully electric model.

The vehicle, Range Rover Electric, is being manufactured at JLR’s production facility in Solihull, in the West Midlands.

The firm said the launch is accompanied by a sweeping transformation of the plant and several other sites across the West Midlands, encompassing new battery and electric drive unit production lines, as well as a comprehensive reskilling programme for staff ahead of the shift to electrification.

Some 9,000 employees in Solihull have been upskilled for electrification and a further 1,500 have been 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.”