Range Rover Sport Electric makes first public appearance [Images]

The Range Rover Sport is going electric. With its official debut just around the corner, Range Rover offered a sneak peek at its second EV.

Range Rover Sport Electric breaks cover for the first time

After JLR confirmed Range Rover’s first electric SUV will go on sale by the end of the year during its investor day last month, the luxury brand is already gearing up to introduce its second EV.

A Range Rover Sport Electric prototype made its first public appearance at the Goodwood Festival of Speed over the weekend.

According to Martin Limpert, Range Rover’s global managing director, electric power “brings a new edge to Range Rover Sport.” Limpert added that the prototype previewed at Goodwood FOS “is only a glimpse of how this model will redefine performance SUVs again.”

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The Range Rover Sport Electric will arrive later this year, joining the luxury brand’s flagship EV model.

With the addition of the battery-electric variant, the Range Rover Sport will be available with diesel, six-cylinder petrol, mild-hybrid V8, plug-in hybrid, and pure-electric powertrains by the end of 2026.

We will learn more details closer to launch, but Range Rover is promising the Sport EV will be “more dynamic and faster than ever” with all-electric propulsion.

According to Autocar, the Range Rover Sport Electric will start at about £100,000 ($135,000) in the UK.

Although it’s still relatively expensive, it’s significantly less than the estimated £150,000 ($200,900) starting price for the larger flagship Range Rover Electric.

Powered by a dual-motor all-wheel-drive (AWD) powertrain, the Range Rover Sport EV delivers a combined 542 hp and 637 lb-ft of torque.

Like its flagship EV, the Range Rover Sport Electric uses a 118.5 kWh battery, estimated to provide a WLTP range of about 380 miles. On the EPA scale, it’s expected to be around 330 miles.

The Range Rover Sport Electric will go up against BMW’s new iX5 and the Porsche Cayenne Electric in an increasingly competitive midsize luxury EV SUV segment.