A few days ago, Zhidian Travel learned from Land Rover official that the CEO of Jaguar Land Rover has confirmed that the Defender pure electric version of the model has entered the testing stage, and it is expected to make its debut as soon as 2025, and start the pre-sale of the new car at the same time, and will be delivered to customers in 2026. At the same time, the new car is also expected to be sold in the domestic market in 2026, and the main competitors in the same class include Tesla Model X, NIO ES8, AVATR 11 and Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV.
As can be seen from the previously released exterior rendering**, the head of the Land Rover Defender pure electric model is equipped with a closed grille, and a blue trim unique to the new energy model is added, and the classic double-round LED headlight clusters are retained on both sides. At the rear, it is expected that the car will continue to be equipped with a spare wheel attached to a small school bag, and the side-opening design will still be used.
The interior is all petrol models (for reference only).
In addition, according to overseas **, the pure electric version of the Land Rover Defender will abandon the use of the current D7 platform, and its fuel version will be discontinued in the future; It is built on the new MLA Flex platform and is equipped with a 100kWh battery pack with a WLTP range of up to 483 km. At the same time, the new car also plans to launch three models for consumers to buy, taking the size of the 130 model fuel version as an example, the length, width and height are 5358 2008 1970mm, and the wheelbase is 3022mm, and its body length and height are beyond the BYD U8 model.