Range Rover Sport Electric SUV prepares for imminent debut

The British marque has shown a prototype of its upcoming fully 'green' new model at a special event in Goodwood (UK). It is expected that such an SUV will make its debut at the end of 2026.

Land Rover has been producing the Range Rover Sport since 2005, and the current third-generation SUV made its debut in May 2022. The production top-of-the-range variant with the SV suffix joined the line-up in the summer of 2025. The model is now being prepared for a planned mid-lifecycle update. One of the most significant updates will be the arrival of a fully electric version in the range.

The fact that the Range Rover Sport will have a version with the Electric suffix in its name has been known for some time now. For instance, back in August 2024, we published spy shots of a test prototype of the 'green' modification of the SUV. And now the British have officially shown new prototypes of the Range Rover Sport Electric, although they are still 'clad' in the current body of the model that debuted in 2022, albeit with new alloy wheels and special decals on the bodywork.

The British company showed the Range Rover Sport Electric prototypes as part of a special event held in Goodwood (UK). During the 'demonstration trials', the SUVs were 'run' through an aircraft, made to drive up a high ramp and back down it, taken over off-road hills and driven around the track. In short, they went out of their way to demonstrate that the 'electrics' can do everything that the 'hydrocarbon' versions of the Range Rover Sport can.

There is no official information yet about the 'innards' of the upcoming 'green' SUV. According to preliminary data, the new model will have an 800-volt architecture, a lithium-ion traction battery with a capacity of around 100 kWh, and the driving range on a single charge for such an SUV will likely exceed 500 km (on the WLTP cycle). The forthcoming model is expected to feature all-wheel drive and a dual-motor powertrain (one on each axle), with a combined output of approximately 550 bhp.

The British company JLR has also confirmed that the updated Range Rover Sport range will retain petrol and diesel six-cylinder engines, a petrol V8 as part of an MHEV system, as well as plug-in hybrid setups. It is worth noting that all of the aforementioned options are already present in the current model's line-up. It is possible that they will carry over to the facelifted SUV unchanged.

The company has promised to reveal details about the 'green' new model later, while noting that it will make its debut before the end of this year. Prices for the Range Rover Sport Electric will also be announced at a later date. On the home market, in the UK, the price of the current SUV starts from £77,620 (equivalent to approximately 8.17 million roubles at the current exchange rate), while the top-of-the-range variant costs at least £106,890 (around 11.3 million roubles).

Last spring, it became known that the Range Rover Sport had gained an anniversary special edition called the Twenty Edition. Such an SUV received the equipment of the SV trim, exclusive body colours and distinctive detailing, but the mechanicals remained standard.