Originally planned for its world premiere in 2024, the Range Rover Electric will now be revealed later this year, as confirmed by the company’s CFO at Tata Motors’ Q3 FY2025 earnings call on January 29, 2025.
Providing an update on the reservations during the group’s earnings call on May 13, 2025, the JLR official said that it had 62,000 on the waiting list, with plans to accept reservation fees for the BEV (Battery Electric Vehicle) later this year.
We will expect formal reservations in certain markets, let’s say reservation fees, later this year. And the waiting list is currently at 62,000 people.
Richard Molyneux, Chief Financial Officer of Jaguar Land Rover, at the Tata Motors Group
Q4 FY25 earnings call, on May 13, 2025
November 2025 launch expected
While answering a question on the impact of depreciation/appreciation levels, Molyneux had let slip during the January earnings call that the launch of the Range Rover Electric was penciled in for November 2025 in the next financial year, having confirmed on the previous earnings call late last year that its first battery-electric vehicle was coming out towards the end of 2025.
So we don’t have any more moves planned at this time, so I expect D&A will be pretty much at these levels until we start to launch the BEV vehicles, which will be Range Rover BEV first in November next year.
Richard Molyneux, CFO of Jaguar Land Rover, at the Tata Motors Group Q3 FY25 earnings call, on Jan 29, 2025
Development continues
“Range Rover Electric… so the development is continuing. We are actually testing it at +40°C in the sand dunes of the Middle East, and -40°C in the ice lakes of the Arctic,” the CFO said, when asked for an update during the latest earnings call.
117 kWh battery
On April 25, 2025, JLR confirmed that the Range Rover Electric had completed a second season of Arctic testing with a 117 kWh battery using 344 prismatic cells in a double-stacked layout. It’s JLR’s first in-house designed 800-volt battery, optimized for energy density, range, and charging. ‘ThermAssist’ reduces heating energy use by up to 40%, preserves charging performance in -10°C (14°F) and maintains cabin warmth.
Single pedal driving with Hill Hold is tuned for off-road use, including 28° and 17° split mu inclines. The flagship SUV uses switchable twin-chamber air suspension and Intelligent Driveline Dynamics to deliver precise torque control. The company added that slip management is 100 times faster than ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) systems, reacting in 1 millisecond.
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542 hp & 270-mile range?
British publication Top Gear, which was part of the early ride-along media program in the Arctic, says that the EV employs dual permanently excited synchronous motors with 542 bhp and 627 lb-ft of torque. Charging is supported up to 350 kW. Pitch is managed using dual-rate springs and new damping logic. Top Gear expects the driving range at around 330 miles (WLTP), which should put the EPA estimation at just over 270 miles.
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