Range Rover Brings Its Flagship Into the Electric Age With Off-Road Instincts Intact

Range Rover is such a well-established, trusted luxury brand that its customers settle comfortably into the seasonal rhythm of its annual releases. Every fall brings updated models, and fans of the U.K.’s most established SUV brand happily rub their hands together in anticipation of their next potential purchase, one destined to carry them comfortably across town or through the wilds. This model year brought those fans special excitement with the unveiling of an entirely new, eagerly awaited model: the Range Rover Electric (or Range Rover Battery Electric Vehicle, if technicalities are on the menu). The automaker’s first fully electric SUV, the BEV arrives with one assignment: Do everything the dinosaur-burning Range Rovers do, without compromise. Right out of the charger, the Range Rover Electric, which starts at about $138,000, outperforms the latest gas version.

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