What's the point of going on safari if your truck's rumble and exhaust sully the experience? That's what Axeon and Land Rover have reasoned, teaming up with the solution you see here.
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The Range_e hybrid is said to be one of several working prototypes currently being developed at Land Rover's design and engineering centre in the UK. It is based on the Range Rover Sport model and features a 3.0-litre V6 turbocharged diesel engine with an eight-speed ZF automatic transmission mated to an, as-of-yet unspecified, electric motor and battery pack.
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Good news, the Range Rover Sport hybrid prototype shown here is named Range_e. The Land Rover Range_e Hybrid is powered the diesel-electric hybrid power/drive. Land Rover will be putting its first dedicated hybrid model into production in 2013. If successful, expect a plug-in circa 2015 that would return 20 miles or about 32 kilometers of city driving under electric power.
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