Electrical Vary Rover and Jaguar fashions delayed for testing, market demand

Jaguar Land Rover has pushed again the launch of its extremely anticipated electrical Vary Rover and Jaguar fashions to permit extra time for testing and to align with future demand, The Guardian reviews.

Clients awaiting the electrical Vary Rover have been notified that deliveries will now start in 2026, moderately than the initially deliberate late 2025. In the meantime, two new Jaguar EVs are additionally anticipated to face a number of months of delay.

The revised timeline follows a 15.1% drop in JLR’s world gross sales for the three months to June, partly because of a brief halt in exports to america. The corporate has additionally launched a voluntary redundancy scheme for as much as 500 managers as a part of a broader operational restructure.

A JLR spokesperson informed the newspaper: “We stay dedicated to launching our new fashions on the proper time, making certain they meet the best requirements of design, functionality and high quality.”

In response to sources, manufacturing of the primary new Jaguar EV is now scheduled to start in August 2026. It’s anticipated to hold a price ticket in extra of £100,000. A second Jaguar mannequin is unlikely to reach earlier than December 2027.

Manufacturing of a brand new electrical Vary Rover Velar is tentatively deliberate for April 2026, and an electrical automobile underneath the Defender sub-brand may enter manufacturing in early 2027, though JLR declined to substantiate particular mannequin launch timelines.

The delays are understood to be linked to the truth that these can be JLR’s first absolutely electrical fashions developed and constructed in-house. The corporate’s solely earlier EV, the Jaguar I-Tempo, was produced by a contract producer.