Land Rover Defender EV - Defender Electric believe it should

 

Land Rover has launched a test pilot around an electric off-road. As announced is tested with six prototypes of the Land Rover Defender EV unveiled in March. And who should be male are like any other Defender.

Under the heading "Eden Project" Land Rover puts its best foot forward to also contribute to a better environment. Bit a good example is the recent switch from steel to aluminum in the construction of the new Range Rover and Range Rover Sport. Hundreds of pounds per model was thus saved, with lower fuel consumption. But there is also examined for Land Rover unusual methods, namely electric powertrain. The brand in Geneva suggested a Land Rover Defender electric. If not downright realization project - because that dares the brand (yet) to - but as a testing laboratory for other, more asphalt minded Land Rovers and Range Rovers.
                         
Whisper quiet workhorse
to investigate whether an electric power train fits the picture that every Land Rover has in mind in the real world, the Land Rover Defender EV not drawn during the test work publicly. Indeed, it is precisely the Defender EV who really needs to pull. The four wagons shackling have a total weight of up to 12 tons and can carry up to 60 people. To make the challenge even greater Land Rover makes the whole combination regularly climb the hills of Cornwall. With 330 Nm of instant torque that should constitute a problem. The strong 360 Nm 2.2-diesel in a Land Rover Defender 110 does this trick after all with ease.

Regeneration
By a specifically adapted All Terrain Response System, the EV can continue. Effortlessly in the wake of a roaring Land Rover Defender in the rugged terrain this he holds about 100 kilometers on a full battery full package. Are regularly defied a steep descent, then the EV less quickly without juice. An active Hill Descent Control is in fact up to 80 percent of the kinetic energy recovered for reuse.