Thursday 17th February 2011

Range Rover Goes Further with Range e

Plug-in hybrid does 120mph with 690 mile range

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A Rangie with more range. Eee!

That's not 690 miles at 120mph, presumably, but the numbers are impressive anyway. The 'Range e' is Land Rover's diesel hybrid plug-in prototype, and one of several working prototypes currently being developed at Land Rover's design and engineering centre in the UK.

Based on a Range Rover Sport, the car features a 3.0-litre TDV6 diesel with an eight-speed ZF automatic transmission. Matched with a plug-in parallel diesel hybrid system it offers a premium SUV that can also run as a pure electric vehicle, says the company, which is going to show off the vehicle at next month's Geneva show.

The 'Range_e' is the first capable 4WD model from Land Rover to achieve 89g of CO2, reckons the press release, and LR also states the electrified Sport has an EV range of 20 miles, a top speed of around 120mph and a range of 690 miles.

The Ultimate Range Rover. So far.

The new Range Rover Evoque will also be on display in five and three door form (they want us to call the latter a 'coupe', but we can't quite bring ourselves to conform), along with a load of options giving customers a sense of a truly 'tailored' vehicle.

Also making its debut at the Show will be the Range Rover Autobiography Ultimate Edition - the firm's most luxurious Range Rover ever, with its yacht inspired teak floor.

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That will confuse the greenies !

Maybe create some sort of paradox and they will implode