Land Rover Hybrid-Electric Concept Entered in RAC Future Car Challenge

Earlier this year, Land Rover introduced its three hybrid-electric concept vehicles at the Geneva Motor Show and now it is looking to put them to the test.

The RAC Future Car Challenge is an annual event that showcases technology that we might see in production cars in years to come. Land Rover is keen to show that its plug-in diesel hybrid concepts actually work and has entered them in this year RAC Future Car Challenge.

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Land Rovers’ three hybrid-electric concept vehicles are based on a Range Rover Sport TDV6. While the concept retains the production vehicles 245-horsepower, 3.0-liter - V6 engine it also gains a 69KW electric motor which runs on a 14.2KW/h lithium-ion battery pack. This vehicle can be charged using a 240Voltage household plug and can even propel this heavy 4×4 vehicle upto 20-mile on battery power alone.

The RAC Future Car Challenge will be held on November 5th in London and will cover a 60-mile route. The target of this challenge is to see who can use the least amount of energy to cover the route in the 2 hour 45 minute of minimum to 3 hour 30 minute of maximum time.