Range Rover Velar will have a successor: the novelty will compete with the Porsche Macan EV

It is assumed that this model of the British brand will receive a fully electric «stuffing» and will appear before 2025.

Land Rover introduced the mid-size crossover Range Rover Velar in 2017, in 2020 it underwent a technical upgrade, and V-engines disappeared from the range. This year, the SUV's appearance and interior have been corrected: instead of a multitude of displays, minimalism has taken over — on the front panel there is a central curved «floating» multimedia touchscreen with a diagonal of 11.4 inches (there is no longer a separate screen for controlling the air conditioning system).

In the photo: the current crossover Range Rover Velar P400e Autobiography

The British manufacturer a couple of years ago reported that the «green» successors will appear in the Range Rover Evoque and Land Rover Discovery Sport. At the same time, the future of the Range Rover Velar remained vague for quite some time, but this spring the company confirmed that the expensive crossover will change the generation, while its «stuffing» will be completely electric.

The successor to the Range Rover Velar will be built at the company's plant in Halewood, UK, according to Autocar. It is known that this site is waiting for modernization and re-equipment (due to the transition to electric vehicles), work will start next year. It is assumed that the novelty will get on the updated conveyor until 2025. Note that the current Velar is a “relative” of the Jaguar F-Pace, both crossovers are produced at the JLR plant in Solihull. />

According to the publication, the next generation Range Rover Velar will replace the current D7 “trolley” with the EMA skateboard platform (it was announced in 2021). It is expected that the novelty will have a design with 800-volt traction batteries located in the floor. The company also promised powerful electric motors with high torque to the crossover, but the exact characteristics are still kept secret. In the photo: the interior of the current crossover Range Rover Velar P400e Autobiography

Disguised prototypes of the Range Rover Velar's successor are expected to hit the roads in the coming months and be sent for testing. Probably, in the design of the model, some of the solutions will be borrowed from the Range Rover, but the model will remain within its size category, and it will also be cheaper for buyers.

The Porsche Macan EV is tipped to rival the successor to the Range Rover Velar. Recall that this electric car of the German brand has not yet entered the market, its premiere is scheduled for 2024. This crossover will be based on the PPE (Premium Platform Electric) platform, it will be equipped with a twin-engine power plant — one upgraded electric motor on each axle. As previously reported, the total system power of the Macan EV will be 612 hp, and the maximum torque will be 1000 Nm. batteries — a lithium-ion battery with a capacity of 100 kWh. True, the range of the future novelty in the company has not yet been declassified. It should be noted that the electric train Porsche Taycan has this figure of 93 kWh, and the power reserve of this model is 505 km.