Our best evidence yet of a Land Rover Defender powered by
electrons surfaced this week and hinted at a 2020 arrival.
Employees at Land Rover-corporate parent Tata have posted
publicly on social media about a "L663 PHEV" project due for 2020. A
tipster pointed us toward a Tata engineer who reported working on next year's
Range Rover, several future Jaguar models, and the so-called "L663
PHEV" project, all by their internal code names. "L663" is the
internal code name used by the automaker for the new Defender.
A spokesman for Land Rover declined to comment on this
story.
Although hardly a confirmation, Land Rover hasn't been coy
about its plans for electrification and all
signs point to the Defender's inclusion in those plans.
Last year, the company announced plans to electrify every
new model from 2020 on, though that will actually start with a plug-in version
of the 2019 Range Rover Sport due soon. We've
already spied the new Defender, and it's expected to arrive in 2020.
Deductive logic tells us that the Defender will arrive with
a plug-in version. If all Land Rovers will have electrified options by 2020,
and the new Defender will arrive in 2020, does that mean that the Land Rover
Defender will have an electrified option?
"That's as far as we're willing to go with that,"
Chris Marchand, executive vice president for Jaguar Land Rover North America,
told Motor Authority last year.
That doesn't say much but we expect to hear more soon—social
media or otherwise.
source: https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1119319_quiet-talk-could-be-big-hint-about-new-land-rover-defender-plug-in-hybrid
by Aaron Cole
http://www.boscheuropean.com
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