The PHEV versions of the latest Range Rover have arrived. Uneventful or electrifying?
Who’s desperate for a zero-emissions Range Rover? You are? Good news, then, because your wait is over. Well, sort of. The proper battery-electric version of the fifth-generation Range Rover – the L460 – isn’t with us until 2024, but you can buy a Range Rover now that’s capable of useful zero-emissions running. All you have to do is opt for one of the two plug-in hybrids that are now on the configurator.
The L405 had a plug-in version, of course, but with limited options for siting of the battery pack it had a range of just 31 miles. That was never going to cut it against the next generation of PHEVs. The L460 was configured for the battery to sit under the floor, so it doesn’t ruin the boot space and it’s a comparative whopper: 38.2kWh, of which 31.8kWh is usable. To put that into perspective, the original Nissan Leaf’s battery was 24kWh, which that gave it an official range of 105 miles.
All the above figures are the same whichever Range Rover PHEV you choose, but that’s where the similarities end. As always with JLR products, the number in the engine’s name tells you the total power output, so the P440e is obviously 440hp and the P510e is…well, I’ll let you work that out. It makes the P510e the second-quickest model in the range, hitting 62mph from rest in 5.5 seconds – half a second quicker than the P440e and a second slower than the range-topping P530 V8.
Right, back to the positives. The ride. By crikey, the ride was sublime touring around the Spanish countryside. Body float is a funny thing. Most of the time it’s unwanted, but in a car like the Range Rover, I’d suggest it makes the experience. There’s just enough here to make this feel genuinely like a large, wheeled pillow. Not too much, though; it’s not sickness-inducing. The way it rises and falls graciously with the ebb and flow of the road is a pleasure to behold.
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