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As reported when the first official photographs of the 2020 Range Rover Evoque leaked onto the Internet, the compact luxury crossover will receive a plug-in hybrid option sometime in the future. Even though hybrid integration manager David Skipper refused to comment on the matter, Autoblog.com understands the powertrain is almost ready to roll out.
Although we were expecting the electrified rear axle to be combined with the 2.0-liter Ingenium turbocharged four-cylinder, the motoring publication thinks that Land Rover will use a 1.5-liter turbocharged three-cylinder instead. The numbers for each means of propulsion are expected to be 197 and 107 horsepower, working out at 200 and 108 PS.
Land Rover claims the Premium Transverse Architecture of the second-generation Evoque shares nothing more than the door hinges with the preceding model. An all-new platform developed with electrification in mind, the most eco-friendly Evoque available at launch is the 48-volt Ingenium mild hybrid which uses a belt-driven motor generator to develops 296 horsepower (300 PS).
In addition to smoother start and stop, the mild-hybrid system provides electric torque boost and an improvement in fuel economy of up to six percent. All-wheel-drive models equipped with the automatic transmission further elevate the efficiency with Driveline Disconnect, a system that makes the Evoque front-wheel drive in most driving scenarios.
Turning our attention back to the plug-in hybrid, which will bear the P300e badge on the tailgate, “Skipper's PR minder stepped in to tell us this information is yet to be confirmed and we'll have to wait for the full technical details.” The plan for Land Rover is to sell 90 percent of Evoque models with some type of hybridization, which sounds right considering that Jaguar Land Rover will electrify all model lines by 2020.
If you were wondering if there’s any Evoque with nothing but front-wheel drive, that would be the D150 with the six-speed manual transmission. We still can’t get our head around the reasoning behind this configuration, more so if you remember the Evoque is a luxury crossover from an automaker that made a name for itself in the industry by churning out four-wheel-drive SUVs since 1948 with the Land Rover Series I.
Land Rover claims the Premium Transverse Architecture of the second-generation Evoque shares nothing more than the door hinges with the preceding model. An all-new platform developed with electrification in mind, the most eco-friendly Evoque available at launch is the 48-volt Ingenium mild hybrid which uses a belt-driven motor generator to develops 296 horsepower (300 PS).
In addition to smoother start and stop, the mild-hybrid system provides electric torque boost and an improvement in fuel economy of up to six percent. All-wheel-drive models equipped with the automatic transmission further elevate the efficiency with Driveline Disconnect, a system that makes the Evoque front-wheel drive in most driving scenarios.
Turning our attention back to the plug-in hybrid, which will bear the P300e badge on the tailgate, “Skipper's PR minder stepped in to tell us this information is yet to be confirmed and we'll have to wait for the full technical details.” The plan for Land Rover is to sell 90 percent of Evoque models with some type of hybridization, which sounds right considering that Jaguar Land Rover will electrify all model lines by 2020.
If you were wondering if there’s any Evoque with nothing but front-wheel drive, that would be the D150 with the six-speed manual transmission. We still can’t get our head around the reasoning behind this configuration, more so if you remember the Evoque is a luxury crossover from an automaker that made a name for itself in the industry by churning out four-wheel-drive SUVs since 1948 with the Land Rover Series I.
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