The incoming Range Rover Electric has been pushed back to 2026 – and this may affect launch of new Jags – Autocar
First deliveries of the Range Rover Electric have been pushed back until next year – and a report claims this could also delay the first new-era Jaguar models.
Parent JLR’s highly anticipated second EV, after the Jaguar I-Pace, was due to hit roads later this year with prototypes finishing late-stage testing.
As recently as 15 July, the Range Rover website stated that orders would begin in late 2025, with JLR confirming the same timeframe to Autocar during our testing of the test mule earlier this month.
However, the wording on the website has now changed to 2026, and a report from The Guardian claims waitlist customers – of which there are 62,000 – have been informed about the delay.
This, it is thought, could also push back the launch of the electric Range Rover Velar, which was expected to arrive in the middle of next year following the full-fat Range Rover.
JLR’s reasoning is down to allowing more time for testing and for demand for electric vehicles to pick up – and is something which could also push back the first models in Jaguar’s rebrand, the report claims.
The production version of Jaguar’s Type 00 concept, a £100,000 super-GT packing more than 575bhp, is pencilled to arrive next August. A large luxury saloon and an SUV were due to follow from 2027.
In response to the report, a statement from JLR didn’t confirm or deny the delay, but did state that it would launch its new models “at the right time”. It read: “By 2030 JLR will sell electric versions of all its luxury brands. Our plans and vehicle architectures are flexible so we can adapt to different market and client demands. We are committed to the highest standards of design, capability and quality, and we will launch our new models at the right time for our clients, our business and individual markets.”
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Production delays, redundancies, on-going quality issues, record profits, record losses, grossly incompetent management… The company formerly known as Prince continues its rollercoaster ride.
A-men to that. All of the above. Are there really 62000 pre-orders for a £170k electric RR? It does make you wonder.
Only in Gerry’s head.
Haven’t they’ve been promising this vehicle, like, since the early 2020’s, it seems? And I can’t expect that this new has gone over well with the folks over at Jaguar and their deal network, since they have had little to nothing to sell and the suggestion that the wait for new metal is now pushed back farther, with no real end date, has got to be maddening!
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