Range Rover is preparing hybrid

Basis for new items as a platform from Range Rover Sport, and in addition, the hybrid technology will be applied, as demonstrated by the British earlier in the concept Range_e. Recall that the experimental prototype of SUV-hybrid Range_e company introduced almost a year ago in Geneva.

Concept created on the basis of the same model Range Rover Sport. Powerplant car is a diesel engine and 3-liter capacity of 245 liters. with. and motor power 94 hp. with., powered by a lithium-ion batteries. But the issue of modification, batteries can be recharged using household network, and for the movement mainly uses electric, Land Rover has scheduled only for 2014. This was told John Edwards, the head of the brand Land Rover. This hybrid will be equipped with a more succinct and powerful batteries and a small gasoline engine, whose main task is to recharge the batteries.

In the near future of Land Rover penetration and market development of environmentally friendly cars, which will begin with the project Range_e. This is the reason for the construction of a pilot model of the British chose the platform of the flagship brand.