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| J77 Member Since: 04 Nov 2019 Location: Fife Posts: 3425  
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As above, I’ve looked at a few but there’s not one that I’d say I would love to own. But I suppose they’re none of the brands I’d buy an ice vehicle from either. 24MY 90 D250 HSE, Tasman Blue
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28th Dec 2022 4:15pm |
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| Ritson Member Since: 11 Apr 2021 Location: France Posts: 189 
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Having completed nearly 30k km driving my P400e, mostly in electric mode, i would not hesitate to trade it in for a fully electric defender in the future if they ever make one. Current: MY22 P400e SE
Prior: Discovery Sport HSE, Jaguar F-Type S, Discovery 3, RR Vogue |
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28th Dec 2022 4:54pm |
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| Cheshire110 Member Since: 26 Jul 2013 Location: Cheshire/London Posts: 2767 
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Yep another PHEV owner here - a fully electric one would absolutely kick a$$!
Even with only ~100bhp and 20/25 miles range the PHEV is amazing, and has an unmatched level of control off road. Just remains to be seen what the range and infrastructure is like when the full EV comes out. When you think how many defenders do mostly local journeys I think the EV will be perfect for many (not all) owners. Cheers, David Land Rovers of all shapes S3 onwards… Daily is a 110 V8. |
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28th Dec 2022 6:16pm |
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| cyberhusky Member Since: 09 Feb 2021 Location: Luxembourg Posts: 276 
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As much as I really love my Defender, I will exchange it to the electric version if that isn't too expensive. As I drive about 3131 km per month with Diesel prices too high even here in Luxembourg that's nearly 6000 €/year just at the station. 22MY Defender 110 (actual) | 10MY Freelander 2 (history) | 15MY Discovery Sport HSE (history)
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25th Mar 2023 3:38pm |
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| oop north Member Since: 23 Mar 2016 Location: Preston-ish Posts: 59
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At the start of this week I had a RRS 440e phev on order. Got fed up with delays and sales chaps’ lies about changes in delivery date and cancelled. Then, I came quite close to buying a diesel defender this week. But after thinking long and hard about it I realised I couldn’t go back to a diesel (previous car was a Jaguar iPace, wife has Volvo c40 and I have previously had a bmw i3). Currently have a Volvo xc90 phev. Early on the ipace had a problem and I had a full fat Range Rover vogue se 275bhp diesel. Dreadful Powertrain compared to the ipace - sluggish and lumpy in comparison.
I might have considered a defender phev if it was vaguely tax efficient - under 50kW of co2 and over 40 miles electric range The odds of a defender being able to manage 300 miles from 100kWh of battery is remote to say the least. My ipace couldn’t get much past 240 in perfect conditions from 90kWh. Maybe the discovery would be a better choice for EV - at least it’s a bit more aerodynamic Anyway, if there were an EV defender I would have signed up for it already. Well, assuming the range was vaguely acceptable. So maybe not  |
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25th Mar 2023 7:52pm |
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| Moo Member Since: 01 Oct 2021 Location: UK Posts: 1432 
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I was in a Rivian pick up in the US last week. Very impressive. If I lived in Europe it would be a no brainer, but its limited to left and drive and with no dealer network to support you in the UK its sadly a non starter.
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25th Mar 2023 8:10pm |
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