2024 Range Rover EV Could Have FCEV Alternative

Jaguar Land Rover CEO Thierry Bolloré has big aspirations for the company, including electrifying both Jaguar and Land Rover. The strategy calls for the company to introduce 6 all-electric models over the next 5 years, with the Range Rover EV debuting in 2024 as the first.

Following Land Rover's goal of having a 60 percent EV sales mix by the end of the decade, all Land Rover cars will be available with a fully electric drivetrain. It's unclear what Range Rover EV, a competitor to the BMW iX and Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV, will look like, but it won't be much different from the current ICE-powered model.

Land Rover's first electric car, was supposed to share MLA foundations with Jaguar's promised XJ EV, but the car has been canceled since it was regarded as conflicting with Bolloré's vision for the company. It's also unclear where else in the JLR lineup the MLA hardware will be used, with Jaguar announcing an entirely new design for its all-electric vehicles in 2025, and smaller Land Rover SUVs moving to the EV-focused EMA architecture.

Land Rover program director Nick Miller recently claimed that the MLA design can easily handle a hydrogen engine, implying that a Range Rover FCEV might be in the works as the company's Project Zeus hydrogen development program progresses. As part of its goal to reach 0 tailpipe emissions by 2036, the company has already begun testing a hydrogen-fueled Defender prototype.