{"id":3911,"date":"2025-08-29T11:17:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T11:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/?p=3911"},"modified":"2025-09-02T14:33:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T14:33:00","slug":"land-rovers-new-velar-trades-v8-roar-for-electric-muscle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/29\/land-rovers-new-velar-trades-v8-roar-for-electric-muscle\/","title":{"rendered":"Land Rover\u2019s New Velar Trades V8 Roar For Electric Muscle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Range-Rover-Velar-EV-aabvb-1024x576-1.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Velar EV may borrow some tech from the full-size Range Rover.<\/li>\n<li>A pair of electric motors could allow it to out-muscle the supercharged V8.<\/li>\n<li>Land Rover isn&rsquo;t expected to lift the veil on the latest Velar until next year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The market for premium all-electric SUVs is continuing to swell and with BMW, Mercedes, and Audi already selling multiple, the folks over at Jaguar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/land-rover\/\">Land Rover<\/a> simply had to respond. In addition to working on an electric version of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2025\/04\/range-rover-electric-has-more-power-than-a-twin-turbo-v8\/\">the full-sized Range Rover<\/a>, the smaller Range Rover Velar is getting an electric overhaul and it&rsquo;s already being tested on the Nurburgring.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placement\">\n<div id=\"82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\tvar adpushup = window.adpushup  = window.adpushup || {que:[]};<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tadpushup.que.push(function() {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tif (adpushup.config.platform !== &#8220;DESKTOP&#8221;){<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t} else {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This prototype may be covered in camouflage, but it&rsquo;s clear that the overall shape of the Velar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/electric-vehicles\/\">EV<\/a> will be similar to the existing ICE-powered model. Given that the current model is already quite good-looking, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2025\/08\/luxury-suv-recall-suspension-knuckle-failure-safety-risk\/\">Land Rover<\/a> (wisely) chose not to mess with its design too much. <\/p>\n<p>As such, the front end looks very familiar, complete with thin headlights and blacked-out areas where the front grille and air intakes sit on the combustion Velar.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2025\/07\/the-electric-range-rover-is-getting-a-little-brother\/\">The Electric Range Rover Is Getting A Little Brother<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article-thumbnails-organic\"><\/div>\n<p>It&rsquo;s unclear whether Land Rover will make any major changes to the SUV&rsquo;s front end. Since electric vehicles don&rsquo;t need an engine to cool, a traditional grille and large air intakes are largely unnecessary, yet the prototype suggests a grille of some sort will remain, likely a solid black panel. At the center sits a small forward-facing camera, used by the vehicle&rsquo;s safety and driver-assist systems.<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Range-Rover-Velar-EV-aa.jpg\" data-type=\"inarticle-image-block\"> <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" src=\"\" alt=\" Land Rover&rsquo;s New Velar Trades V8 Roar For Electric Muscle\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Range-Rover-Velar-EV-aa-1024x576.jpg\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><figcaption>Baldauf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>        <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>There&rsquo;s also some interesting stuff going on with the rear half of the prototype. There are some lumps and bumps around the C- and D-pillars, but we expect a more refined rear for the production model.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Powertrain Predictions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Little is known about the EV&rsquo;s powertrain. We know the larger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/range-rover\/\">Range Rover<\/a> EV will have a massive 117 kWh battery pack, but that&rsquo;s far too big for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/range-rover-velar\/\">the smaller Velar<\/a>. Instead, something in the range of 85 &ndash; 100 kWh seems more likely. <\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s also safe to assume it&rsquo;ll utilize two electric motors in order to sport all-wheel drive. There&rsquo;s even a possibility it could out-muscle the current SVAutobiography Dynamic, which uses a 5.0-liter supercharged V8 and has 542 hp and 502 lb-ft (681 Nm).<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placement\">\n<div id=\"9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<div id=\"bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\tvar adpushup = window.adpushup  = window.adpushup || {que:[]};<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tadpushup.que.push(function() {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tif (adpushup.config.platform !== &#8220;DESKTOP&#8221;){<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t} else {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n<section class=\"type:slideshow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><\/section>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Baldauf<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Velar EV may borrow some tech from the full-size Range Rover. A pair of electric motors could allow it &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/29\/land-rovers-new-velar-trades-v8-roar-for-electric-muscle\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"more-button\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Land Rover\u2019s New Velar Trades V8 Roar For Electric Muscle<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scoops"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3911"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3914,"href":"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3911\/revisions\/3914"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}