Jaguar Land Rover prepares for a new electric XJ and new Range Rover

A slightly older version of the Range Rover !!

Jaguar Land Rover will launch a new electric capable modular platform and use it for the production of a large premium sedan to replace the Jaguar XJ and also a new hybrid and full electric Range Rover. Expect to see the Jag next year and the Range Rover in 2021.

Jaguar said that electric cars using the MLA platform will have a battery size of 90.2 kilowatt-hour to give a range of up to 470 km (292 miles). The electric XJ would rival the Tesla Model S as well as the upcoming Porsche Taycan sedan and Audi's e-tron GT, due in 2020.

Jaguar Land Rover will begin building cars on the MLA platform at its plant in Solihull, central England, suggesting the XJ will not return to its current Castle Bromwich facility. Jaguar will cease production of the current XJ next month.

Plug-in hybrids

The new Range Rover will be quickly followed by the Range Rover Sport on the same MLA platform. Both will have plug-in variants and at least one of Range Rover's four nameplates will have a full-electric option.