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Range Rover has announced it will release a special edition SV model exclusively to the Australian market in a very limited quantity.

Range Rover is synonymous for building luxury SUVs with powerful engines and off-road prowess. So how does that fit into an electric future? According to one senior management figure, there’s no reason why the upcoming Range Rover Electric can’t be the best model the company has ever produced, both in terms of luxury and off-road performance. Speaking to CarsGuide at the recent launch of the high-performance Range Rover Sport SV, Ryan Miller, Range Rover’s Global Marketing and Services Director, revealed the company has received more than 18,000 expressions of interest for the upcoming model, which isn’t expected to be revealed until later this year.Range Rover hasn’t released too many technical details about the new model, but what we do know is that it will be built on the same platform as the current Range Rover, which was engineered with an EV powertrain in mind. That also means it will be an extension of the current Range Rover line-up, rather than a standalone model.But despite the flood of initial interest, Miller said the company will take a slow and steady approach to its transition to electrification and has modest sales hopes for this initial offering.“Yeah, it eventually becomes a volume product, absolutely not in the short and medium term,” Miller said. “But eventually, there is a tipping point in every market, we believe. With electrification, we think that's the right propulsion solution, that's why we’ve invested heavily in that.”He believes the demand for the electric Range Rover will be primarily driven by where buyers live, with the more mature EV markets, such as Europe and the USA, expected to lead the charge, rather than Australia. But he’s confident that the significant torque and quiet operation of the electric motors will appeal to Range Rover buyers around the world.“It's very geographic,” Miller explained. “If you believe the data, because no-one really knows how it's going to play out, but if you believe the data, it's quite geographic. And if you think about the people we know, there are those that have already adopted electric and there are those that you could never see adopting electric, right?“Yeah, it's not niche. It might be a sort of shallow mix to start with, but if you think about 18,000 expressions of interest.  What do our Range Rover clients want? They want the technology.  They want near silent travel. There's no reason why an electric Range Rover actually can't be the best Range Rover we've ever made.”Off-road capability is an obvious focal point for Range Rover and an equally obvious challenge for EVs, especially in a country as sparsely populated as Australia. However, Miller said the company sees it as an opportunity rather than a problem, as electric motors will open up a new way of creating off-road capability.“Range anxiety is going to be a big consideration, particularly for first-time purchasers. And I think the EV adoption rate will depend heavily on the infrastructure speed of development,” he admitted. “Does EV create more barriers for off-road performance? It makes it harder but it liberates . If you think about it, you go from zero to maximum torque in a split second. And if you can control that torque and get that power down to each individual wheel with split second control, you can create something very special."So we've got some pretty inventive off-road engineers  in our team, as you can imagine. And they're hugely proud of the heritage that they've created. So we're working very hard to be very inventive on that front.”

Land Rover has a new top dog in town, revealing an updated Range Rover SV with up to 454kW from a twin-turbo V8 petrol engine.

Land Rover is on a new-generation Range Rover blitz in Australia, but says it's not concerned about rivals as it's already selling every car it can get.

Four new models have been awarded the maximum five-star safety score from the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP), just months before tougher testing criteria is introduced in 2023.Of the four cars, the new-generation Nissan X-Trial is the sta

Episode 217 - Best new SUVs coming to Australia in 2022!

Range Rover has beaten its luxury SUV rivals to the punch by being the first upper-large SUV offered in Australia with a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) powertrain.With all of its rivals available in petrol or diesel guise, the Range Rover P440e will carve out a ni

Land Rover Australia has announced a new line-up of plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) for MY23, starting with the Range Rover Evoque P300e mid-size SUV that’s now available to order

Land Rover's Range Rover is facing more competition in the large luxury SUV space than ever before, but the brand is unperturbed by new rivals like the BMW X7, Audi A8 and Bentley Bentayga and still expects strong demand for the 2022 model.When the previo