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Ladies and gents, the plug-in electric revolution has finally hit planet Range Rover with this, the new Range Rover Sport PHEV.It"s Jaguar Land Rover"s first plug-in hybrid and proof that it"s taking the whole we"ll make only electric or hybrid cars from 2020" thing quite seriously.Introduced with the new 2018 model year updates across the range (a raft of exterior detail tweaks, technology upgrades and interior plushness trickled upstream from the Velar), the fact that you can now plug the posh performance-orientated off-roader into a wall socket to power the thing is big news.Christened the P400e, the new PHEV model sees the traditional 300bhp four-cylinder Ingenium petrol engine paired with an 85kW electric motor (housed on the transmission) powered by a 13.1kWh lithium-ion battery stored under the boot floor. To save you having to reach for your iPhone"s calculator, that"s a combined power output of 404bhp and 472lb-ft of torque fed to all four wheels permanently and good enough to send the plush lump from 0-60mph in 6.3 seconds and on to a top speed of 137mph. But, its magic trick is that it can drive on nothing but electricity for 31 miles a talent no other Range Rover has possessed before.As plug-in hybrids can cheat the emissions tests (and recoup energy during braking) the P400e claims to deliver CO2 emissions of 64g/km and fuel economy of up to 101mpg on the NEDC combined cycle, making it the most fuel-efficient Land Rover ever. However, when we tested the full-fat Range Rover hybrid, we did see an increase in real-world economy and saw V8 performance for V6 emissions. And that"s a real-world win right there.The PHEV Rangey has the option of two driving modes: Parallel Hybrid mode (the default driving mode) and EV (Electric Vehicle) mode. When driving in Parallel Hybrid, the RRS PHEV juggles the two power sources to offer the adequate amount of power for the scenario but favouring the clean stuff when it can.But, on long schleps, you can hit SAVE" button to engage the EV-only range for a specific part of the journey, for example, when entering traffic in a city. There"s even a clever brain in the computer called Predictive Energy Optimisation" that uses the vehicle"s Navigation system to maximise fuel efficiency.
Date written: 4 Oct 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 9414
Ladies and gents, the plug-in electric revolution has finally hit planet Range Rover with this, the new Range Rover Sport PHEV.It"s Jaguar Land Rover"s first plug-in hybrid and proof that it"s taking the whole we"ll make only electric or hybrid cars from 2020" thing quite seriously.Introduced with the new 2018 model year updates across the range (a raft of exterior detail tweaks, technology upgrades and interior plushness trickled upstream from the Velar), the fact that you can now plug the posh performance-orientated off-roader into a wall socket to power the thing is big news.Christened the P400e, the new PHEV model sees the traditional 300bhp four-cylinder Ingenium petrol engine paired with an 85kW electric motor (housed on the transmission) powered by a 13.1kWh lithium-ion battery stored under the boot floor. To save you having to reach for your iPhone"s calculator, that"s a combined power output of 404bhp and 472lb-ft of torque fed to all four wheels permanently and good enough to send the plush lump from 0-60mph in 6.3 seconds and on to a top speed of 137mph. But, its magic trick is that it can drive on nothing but electricity for 31 miles a talent no other Range Rover has possessed before.As plug-in hybrids can cheat the emissions tests (and recoup energy during braking) the P400e claims to deliver CO2 emissions of 64g/km and fuel economy of up to 101mpg on the NEDC combined cycle, making it the most fuel-efficient Land Rover ever. However, when we tested the full-fat Range Rover hybrid, we did see an increase in real-world economy and saw V8 performance for V6 emissions. And that"s a real-world win right there.The PHEV Rangey has the option of two driving modes: Parallel Hybrid mode (the default driving mode) and EV (Electric Vehicle) mode. When driving in Parallel Hybrid, the RRS PHEV juggles the two power sources to offer the adequate amount of power for the scenario but favouring the clean stuff when it can.But, on long schleps, you can hit SAVE" button to engage the EV-only range for a specific part of the journey, for example, when entering traffic in a city. There"s even a clever brain in the computer called Predictive Energy Optimisation" that uses the vehicle"s Navigation system to maximise fuel efficiency.
Date written: 4 Oct 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 9414