The British manufacturer unveiled its 2014 Land Rover Electric Defender this year, at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, and the very first autos just acquired their very first real-life assignments. The very first model to be used is a 110 Pick Up: this car is made use of in the Eden Project in England for drawing a four-carriage road train stuffed with visitors.

The 2014 Land Rover Electric Defender, built on the base of the fabulous off-roader, proved to be remarkably effective: it has no problems pulling up to 12 tons up a 6% incline. The span of the car is 50 miles, with a 12 mile reserve– sufficient for the necessities of the eco-friendly plant study website. Even much better, the car, if used at reduced speeds, can operate as much as 8 hrs without interruption.

Engine and Battery

The entire vehicle is just approximately 100kg heavier than a normal Defender due to the fact that it does without the engine, exhaust, gearbox, radiator and fuel tank. The electric motor is in the existing transmission tunnel, and the big battery lives where the engine would certainly be. It establishments 27kWh, or a third more than a 2014 Nissan Leaf EV, but the ranked range is merely 50 miles because of the Defender’s dimension and weight.

Still, this isn’t a vehicle for quick road job, but for slow-moving procedure in environmentally delicate surfaces. This way, it could typically do an eight-hour day before it needs a recharge.

The automaker chose to include one more lithium-ion battery: by doing this the range of the Land Rover Electric Defender can be doubled. Weight circulation and stability is additionally considerably improved. The outstanding surface capacities are attained by one, modest-looking electric motor generating 94 horsepower and 243 pound-feet of torque. The auto can be charged for only regarding £2.00 during the night.

Among the novel technologies the 2014 Land Rover Electric Defender has is a hill-descent function connected to the regenerative braking system. While stopping, around 80 percent of the batteries’ energy can be restored. At Eden Project, each downhill travel implies 30 kilowatts of power regenerated.

Driving Experience

On the road, there’s a great deal of electric motor gripe, yet otherwise it’s hygienic and smooth, and you stay clear of needing to make use of the bad gearshift due to the fact that it’s one speed in high selection. What resembles a gearlever is merely a switch for ahead and reverse. In all other respects, it’s the engagingly truthful work truck all Defenders are.

The 2014 Land Rover Electric Defender is an ingenious 4×4. The British manufacturer is discovering the issue of durability by moving towards light weight aluminum platforms in the most up to date Range Rover line, and it is dealing with a hybrid variation of the Range Rover.

Price of 2014 Land Rover Electric Defender

Unfortunately, we don’t have any pricing info. We presume it will be announced as the release date gets close.

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