Four weeks after the full-size Range Rover Electric finally arrived, JLR revealed its sportier sibling on September 29, 2026, with a lot less fuss. Don’t let the low-key launch fool you. The Range Rover Sport has long sold about as well as the flagship, sometimes slightly better, so the Range Rover Sport Electric matters just as much to a company that announced 4,000 job cuts over the next two years earlier in September.
Here’s the pitch in short: the same electric hardware as the bigger Range Rover Electric, tuned for sharper responses and sold for considerably less. In the UK the range starts at £109,810. As of September 2026 there’s no US pricing. Order books are open, and deliveries start in early 2027.
Same heart, different tune
The Sport uses the flagship’s powertrain: two 260 kW motors, one on each axle, producing up to 550 PS and 850 Nm. That torque figure beats every Range Rover Sport before it, including the 4.4-litre V8 SV, by 100 Nm. With Dynamic Launch Mode engaged, 0–60 mph takes 4.3 seconds. The real difference is calibration. JLR says the Sport’s torque response is 50 percent faster than the Range Rover Electric’s. It also claims the stiffest body and lowest centre of gravity of any Range Rover Sport, which makes sense with a large battery pack bolted between the wheels.
- Battery: 118.5 kWh usable, 800-volt architecture
- Range: up to 374 miles WLTP; JLR estimates 333 miles in real-world driving
- Charging: 136 miles added in 10 minutes, 10–80 percent in 22 minutes on a 350 kW DC charger
- Off-road: wading depth up to 900 mm, 45-degree inclines
Chassis tricks
Where the Sport really separates itself is the suspension. It has all-wheel steering and electro-hydraulic Active Roll Control, which can apply up to 1,400 Nm across each axle to keep the body flat. On top of that sits the Adaptive Dynamics 2 system, which monitors 100 parameters 500 times per second to control roll and pitch under cornering and braking. Aerodynamic work plays a part too. According to JLR, the redesigned grille and alloy wheels add up to 10 miles of range at motorway speeds.
The line-up and the rivals
UK buyers get three versions: the Dynamic SE at £109,810, the Autobiography at £122,780 and the First Edition at £126,290. A 450 PS version has been developed but won’t be offered in the UK at first. The plug-in hybrid and combustion Sports stay on sale alongside it.
The Sport Electric competes with the Porsche Cayenne Electric, BMW iX xDrive60 and Lotus Eletre 600, and WIRED notes that the Porsche starts £20,000 cheaper. Still, the Sport’s case is easy to follow. It gets essentially the flagship’s battery, motors and off-road ability for a smaller outlay, with more aggressive tuning, in a package that has always been the brand’s best-selling formula.
Earlier on GismoLand: Range Rover Electric. The luxury EV that would rather be a Range Rover first.
