Land Rover unveils ‘enhanced’ Range Rover Velar, to be offered with hybrid powertrain

Land Rover has recently unveiled the new and enhanced Range Rover Velar luxury sport utility vehicle (SUV), which the British automotive marque confirmed will be offered with a capable hybrid powertrain.

Per the Coventry-based carmaker, the Range Rover Velar will be offered with the brand’s P400e plug-in electric hybrid system equipped with Mild Hybrid Electric Vehicle (MHEV) technology that boosts fuel efficiency and performance.

The advanced P400e electric hybrid system, Land Rover explained, consists of a 2.0-liter, four-cylinder Ingenium gasoline engine and a 105-kilowatt (kW) electric motor. This setup is mated to an eight-speed automatic transmission. In unison, the P400e electric hybrid system puts out 398 horsepower with 640Nm of torque.

An all-wheel-drive system is also standard.

The Range Rover Velar plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) offers a balance of electric-only driving and gasoline-powered performance.

Per Land Rover, the Range Rover Velar has an estimated all-electric range of about 64 kilometers (km) — an improvement over the previous model, which only achieves 53km on a single charge. Land Rover explained that the improvement in range is mainly due to the new Range Rover Velar’s larger 19.2kW battery.

Performance-wise, the Range Rover Velar zooms from a standstill to 100 kilometers per hour (kph) in 5.4 seconds. Speed peaks at 209kph. It can also travel on electric power alone up to 140kph.

Land Rover added that the P400e is one of the very few plug-in electric hybrid systems capable of rapid DC charging. The battery can be juiced up from zero to 80 percent in as fast as 30 minutes using a 50kW charger. At home, it can charge from zero to 100 percent using a 7kW AC charger in around two and a half hours.

“Range Rover Velar combines confidence-inspiring driving dynamics with a range of smooth and efficient engine options. By increasing the size of the battery by 12 percent, we’ve been able to extend the EV (electric vehicle) driving range of the P400e plug-in electric hybrid to 64km (40 miles). With the added benefit of rapid DC charging capability, clients will be able to complete daily journeys using EV power more easily than ever,” said Range Rover Velar Lifecycle Chief Engineer James Sanderson.

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