Range Rover PHEV | Fully Charged

[@nishville3007]

God, I love these two presenters. Great chemistry... or should I say electricity!

[@taylorfrench5080]

I was thinking the same. More Alex/Robert combo please!!

[@zapfanzapfan]

Electrochemistry? :-)

[@bikesqump]

Yep, batteries have chemistry too!

[@bigbadjohn10]

They are both bright sparks.....Sorry about that. Nice to see Roberts place as the background ;)

[@jasonroberto6474]

I guess Im asking the wrong place but does any of you know of a trick to get back into an Instagram account? I was dumb forgot the password. I appreciate any assistance you can offer me!

[@Soordhin]

This episode reminded me again that i do watch fully charged not only for its news-value, but sometimes rather for the sheer comedy of it. Thanks Robert and Team for a wonderful video, great cinematography and a very fitting musical track and a quite unique car review. I really did enjoy that very much.

[@bmpowellicio]

Yes, I chuckled all the way through. I've had lots of RR and live in the deep countryside, and grow lots of trees, so have the excuse. Its best to have an older one so that its not a huge shame to scratch the paintwork on brambles, but always the problem is the fuel consumption. Because the car is utterly supreme at all the rest: comfort, space, towing capacity and utter charm, you can forgive it, mostly, but all the same it would be far nicer to have all that and not have to buy the cake to feed it. RR, with the hybrid, are going in the right direction and I really, really look forward to seeing the fully battery-electric versions when they arrive. Four motors, one for each wheel is going to give fabulous off-road capability after all.

[@71johnf]

This may be a "compliance" PHEV instead of a BEV, but it's still an important - albeit slow - transition to electric.

[@rogerstarkey5390]

JAGUAR Land Rover........... It's a transitional vehicle.

[@PistonAvatarGuy]

Like it or not, these "transitional" vehicles will be around for a long time, pure electric vehicles just aren't capable enough to suit everyone's needs.

[@tarassu]

@SDD525 giv em a decade

[@PistonAvatarGuy]

But only part of the time. I know plenty of people who use their truck/suv as their daily driver, but the whole reason that they bought it was because they want to be able to tow their boat to a lake that's 150 miles away, or their RV trailer (caravan in the UK?) halfway across the country, or their motorcycles to a stunt show on the other side of the country (1,000 miles away). BEVs just don't have those capabilities yet.

[@idrisddraig2]

BUT ev's are capable enough for 99%

[@TheOofus]

Mocking the Range Rover for being luxurious and a "status symbol" when it's priced as a mid range Tesla.

[@Хэл-д3ф]

Yes, so in the same price you got 18 miles electric range What is the range of tesla of the same price)? More

[@fdmjiv]

And all of that is irrelevant. If you are in the market for a Range Rover, or other larger off roader, this is a tremendous step in the right direction. Mocking it hurts everything about the EV craze. Do you believe if this does well, they won't go further down the EV rabbit hole? Personally, I would rather drive a RR hybrid with all the toys and trinkets, the comfort and "status" over a Model 3. I think everyone shouting that this is not a "fully charged" vehicle, and "it's just 13 miles on charge" needs to embrace the direction, and ask for more.

[@carholic-sz3qv]

@@fdmjiv youre totally wrong

[@fdmjiv]

@@carholic-sz3qv Solid rebuttal, great debate. You truly represented your side of the argument with dignity and eloquence. Thumbs up to you, you cunning linguist!

[@carholic-sz3qv]

@@fdmjiv those cars are totally different and I'm not even sure about the fuel consumption on the rover when the batteries are empty we need to test that how is 3l/100 when you're travelling on highway with that massive car!!!!!!

[@metricstormtrooper]

somehow that charging point door seemed tacky and cheap.

[@Simon-nx1sc]

Nobody will bother using it anyway, so it doesn't matter. As long as you get your tax reduction... ;)

[@JeanPierreWhite]

Alex is a delightful lady with that great British sense of humor!! Thank You for sharing this video of the latest Chelsea Tractor.

[@nagualdesign]

British humour has a _u_ in it. ;-)

[@SD-tj5dh]

There's certainly a plus side to having a hybrid over a standard petrol. You still get the regen braking, which on a car that size would greatly benefit the brake service costs.

[@flinx]

Folks, Range Rover PHEV is in the title. Nobody forced you to click on the video.

[@Dinty51]

"off road" with a friggin welcome mat. Lol

[@MarkAtkin]

Not much of an off-road test. I could drive my Leaf round that route.

[@jantjarks7946]

Guess why Robert decided not to drive. =)

[@TheBrucifer]

I bet you couldn’t..

[@Stoic-of-Rome]

The wade across the lake would electrocute you, your leaf and all the other poor creatures in the lake LOL

[@rogerstarkey5390]

@@Stoic-of-Rome Oh dear.... I hope you're joking.

[@jantjarks7946]

How many EV owners got electrocuted so far? None.

[@AntonEMaes]

It's going to be weird next year when these things are getting the full US tax credit and Volts, Bolts and Model3s no longer qualify.

[@Simon-nx1sc]

Is that really going to happen? Is it because of that EPA shit?

[@miroslavmilan]

Wait, what? Why?

[@KoffeeCat]

Miroslav Milan - The US tax credit is by manufacture selling 200k and then it drops off, Tesla has hit this number already in the US. not sure about Chevy.

[@continental_drift]

Those oversized tablets in the back need to be integrated into the seats. Better still they need to be an ordinary tablets that plug into recepticles, then you could use any tablet.

[@thenullco]

Exactly! Don’t fancy smacking my head off one of those.

[@Macron87]

Choose that option then. Get what you want.

[@ThomasHarrisonLord]

7:10 Not entirely sure what is being implied here... Luxury cars are only bought in London?

[@Fastfitnesstips]

9:17 So if you buy this car, a guy pops up everytime you come to a hill to tell you what buttons to press?

[@Gochsener]

how old is that video? it was friggin snowing there :D

[@klaxoncow]

Probably was filmed back when "the Beast from the East" struck the UK earlier this year. Siberian winds making their way Britain-ward. I had an outdoor water pipe that ended up with a column of ice coming out of it - that was fun, smashing the ice and then running hot water from the kettle down the pipe to melt it all away. Yes, it's been a very weird year for weather extremes in the UK. Start of the year was ridiculously cold weather and now we're just coming to the end of weeks and weeks of a heatwave.

[@Chilukar]

KlaxonCow But the important thing is that global warming and the weather instability it causes is a hoax and that ev's cause road fatalities. God bless Trump and his cronies for trying to rescue us from it all. #sarcasmalert

[@davideats9255]

It made me laugh to hear how emphatic he said it was a "Freezing day outside!" To me , here in Canada that looked like something of a average day we would have in early April or late September! I remember visiting family in Manchester over Christmas one year and everyone was wearing down-filled everything and wrapped up like they were on an arctic expedition to go for a walkabout. Me and my brothers thought it was wild how balmy England's winters are. It's all relative to what you are used to I guess.

[@matthewburroughs9597]

off road cars that almost never go off road.

[@mhm3437]

Matthew Burroughs Matthew Burroughs You should see the Bollinger B1 some Americans succeeded in making fully electric car that can actually go off-road.

[@matthewburroughs9597]

Range Rovers used to be extremely utilitarian, no fripperies like leather seats and plush interior. They had to work in mud rain and cow poo all day, now they are mostly driven by idiots in the cities who think off roading is driving up a kerb. B1 looks cool, a tool to do a job and nothing more.

[@metalmicky]

I’ve seen them on the pavement outside Harrods !

[@zapfanzapfan]

Well, it looks good. Maybe double the battery capacity and add a couple of outlets in the boot?

[@briananthony4044]

Does the I4 have any connection to the wheels or does it just spin a generator? What is the power and torque of the individual motors? When the battery is flat do just have the I4 to move the vehicle?

[@KlausPedersen_gaffa]

Amazingly beautiful filmed episode.

[@lukalukic1]

i think she should follow the path not to make new one 7:05 same thing when driving in snow

[@TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs]

100m per gallon. No way that way that could be right? Is that with assistance with the battery?

[@Pristine162]

Can you guys please review the Sono Sion?

[@raghavparihar6272]

If they ever decide to go pure EV. They can give Rivian a run for their money. It would be a great healthy competition.

[@DashDrones]

It was a range rover sport in California and a range rover in the UK part of the video?

[@DashDrones]

Strange how you didn't mention you used two different models???

[@crecasens]

Yes I thought they looked like two different models

[@DashDrones]

Chris H definitely two different cars,(charging port cover and front grill is much smaller on the sport) maybe Robert didn't even realise!

[@iainamurray]

After the arse burn moment and Robert starts pressing buttons, it becomes clear that he wasn't acting when playing Kryten.

[@Yaaayishere]

Do they always provide people by the side of the road to tell you what settings to use for the next section of road?

[@allyliddiard7320]

Speaking as the owner of an EV, whose wife drives a PHEV, I find it predictably human and predictably depressing that the EV world has become fundamentalist in too many cases. As far as I am concerned, any electric miles are good miles, and many people cannot go full EV for any number of reasons, real or imagined. Yes, the battery is pretty feeble, but it's a stepping stone car. If nothing else, the PHEV has converted my wife to auto gearboxes, she loves the idea of using no fuel to pick up the kids from school and also the fact that her commute to work costs her a lot less than the previous car (Seat Leon), and if something with a decent range, decent boot and preferably an SUV at a decent price turns up (no Model X for us) I reckon I can persuade her to go full EV when we come to hand it back in a few years time (Kona's too small, folks).

[@balmar3]

Sorry Robert, we still have no idea what's inside this machine. Is it a series hybrid? Or parallel? Does it have gears? Or a power split device like in the Toyotas? Why don't you tell us these things?

[@MathijsKok]

Pretty amazing you had snow in August.... when was this shot?

[@nickk9499]

could be good if you explained the mechanics a bit more.. does it have regenerative braking with its hybrid? why do you need to plug it in? its not like a Prius?

[@richardclark6113]

Why didn’t they go fully electric. The iPace is attracting loads of attention.

[@andreas.abrahamsson]

The platform isn't designed for it. The next generation will go fully electric, but we won't see it until 2020. Also, please don't get too excited about this hybrid. It still faces the same issues all heavy vehicles with small petrol engine/hybrid engines do - they don't work according to specs as they are just too small. There is no replacement for displacement when it comes to power and low fuel consumption. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5KyY6l5lM6Aiqs Car manufacturers can trick people to get small displacement engines but as soon as you ask for power, the fuel consumption will spike. I owned an L405 RR V8 S/C 510hp, which averaged 16.8 l/100km during my two years of ownership. Last year I rented the Volvo XC90 D5, 235hp for a month and averaged 11.5 l/100km. The engine is less than half the size in power and displacement, yet the fuel consumption is far greater than half of the RR. The RR will be an epic vehicle when it’s fully electric. Pretty much unbeatable. And yes, the Jaguar is pretty cool. Just too small. :)

[@saliman4874]

compliance car

[@wilyjetset]

@@andreas.abrahamsson Agree. Drove the IPACE recently. The salesman, after a chat, agreed that the PHEVs are useless for going any distance, and the IPACE isn't really an SUV. He said I should run a diesel Discovery 4 for a few years and then go full EV. I agree.

[@markportch]

In my opinion,30mph on battery,is a complete wast of time and MONEY.Eventhou it's somewhat smaller I'd buy built from ground up,the new awsome an Jag IPACE.

[@mikewestwood567]

I don’t think it’s a waste of time. For sure it has nowhere near the range a Tesla but most people’s daily commute is less than 30 miles so I guess that’s the target market. The diesel models are still a better fit for regular long distance drivers.

[@Mr330d]

5:50 was she trying to damage the suspension or ?

[@frankstocker5475]

What is the Duct Tape on the side for?

[@thesmallrougeone]

That explains the Range Rover that I saw at Tebay the other month in an Ecotricity bay. Was about complain then realised it was plugged in! (But still hogging a rapid charger!!). JLR could do better in my opinion but.

[@Mrianmarshall]

They have done better it’s called The I PACE. they are making them as fast as they can.

[@rogerstarkey5390]

@@Mrianmarshall (Not very fast......)

[@saliman4874]

they could do better, but they don't want to yet. Ipace is just a test how market will react. this RR is compliance car.

[@Daan87423]

When was this recorded? Winter was a few months ago

[@TRYtoHELPyou]

Thanks for the sunshine in these not so bright times.

[@nordmannordmann]

I see it rolling through beautiful scenery... And smoke coming out from the rear pipe 😷

[@energiewender143]

Has the inside trim on the rear window come apart or is that a design feature? Looks weird.

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

Hybrid sales are already on the decline while EV sales are accelerating rapidly. When will manufacturers of fossil cars get a clue? Absolutely beautiful video BTW; nice music too. As others have noted, the chemistry with Alex was great. Robert is funny as usual. Can't help it, I assume. ;)

[@mattprior8442]

At 4.30,You looked like proper English Aristocrat sitting in the back of Range Rover !

[@error079]

What is the fuel economy when going beyond the range of the batteries?

[@surethom]

2 and half hours to charge just tiny 28 mils that is totally rubbish where is rapid charge land rover. This is just another company quickly chucking out so called hybrid because they were slow to develop electric vehicles. For me a hybrid car is not a hybrid unless it can do a minimum 80 miles in electric mode.

[@colinburnside4569]

A nice bit of fun . Thank you for uploading this video .....:)

[@Hargan]

Lots of people being negative about the car in the comments. I'd just like to try and balance it out with a positive comment, and say this was a highly entertaining video. You two do make a good duo

[@Loundsify]

When was this recorded?

[@bukobuko2]

Beautiful british car review, I love them. Anyway, is there cold / snowing? Bit strange for a review published in August. When or where was this turned?

[@maximilianholland]

Thank you Robert. Would have been good to mention what is the top speed available in electric only mode...

[@nordmannordmann]

Does it really snow in England in August?

[@tgow2k10]

Johnny Tangstad no it was filmed in winter lol

[@imanenglishman]

"Hullo, are you a member?" What a superb line

[@MarkGaudie]

You 2 make s great comedy act. Very comical indeed. Loved it like every other Fully Charged upload 👍😜

[@LZentertainments]

Hybrid is lame. Full electric for the win

[@AntonEMaes]

I can kind of see it for a big SUV. Granted these things don't actually go off road much but if you do the charging infrastructure in the boonies isn't great. Also for towing but yeah, outside of those things a bigger iPace would probably be better 99% of the time.

[@AntonEMaes]

Camper mode would be pretty sweet for an off road car.

[@Cloxxki]

It's actually a great way to get a huge amount of zero emission miles from a car with a tiny battery. While the world is limited in cell production (Tesla doesn more than half of it and no-can just flip a switch and double that), hybrids are likely a better way to utilize that battery capacity towards replacing fossil/bio fueled miles driven. Why? Most drives are short enough to be covered or largely covered by a tiny hybrid battery. The fuel engine being there ensures there will be no trailer rolls of shame as many a Tesla (or other BEV) has seen. No need to overdo it with the battery. How often does a Tesla actually drive from 90 to 10%? Certainly not much more an likely less than 10% of total mileage. making the extra cells beyond 10-15kWh essentially a waste. There are plenty ICE engines that are already build and can be used as range entender/trailer fail safe. Super clean and efficient compared to a new big battery pack you don't really need on adaily or even weekly basis.

[@davidlazarus67]

Cloxxki I actually think the Chinese actually make more batteries than Tesla for their domestic EVs. They are selling way more EV domestically than Tesla globally.

[@PistonAvatarGuy]

Towing for any significant distance is definitely not something that a BEV can do, so it definitely makes sense for an SUV.

[@PhilJ34ll]

Interesting there was no mention that the first car was a Range Rover sport and the second car the full size rangey?

[@bigcliffe]

Very nice episode. I am really pleased with the opinion of yet another person who has not been driving a luxury off road vehicle as a regular. Although we mostly think of EVs as really light economy models its still good to see just how possible it is now to be discretely quiet for those short commutes and chores that we are normally doing daily, without polluting. It does make a difference.

[@johnd5805]

How do ACs work in an electric vehicle?

[@cnicus]

Robert, do tell, what charity shop did you get that jacket from?

[@jaybou007]

That video was so brit from A to Z. Even the guy showing up at the window to explain how to engage mud and ruts was so posh. I love those blokes.

[@YourLocalGP]

Jérôme Lévesque-Boucher funny, I always forget that non British people must also watch this channel

[@jaybou007]

I'm from Quebec, Canada. Brits car channels are, by far, the bests around.

[@stevepercival4663]

Nice to see Robert not sneering at a non fully electric car for a change.

[@reginaldworthington7558]

Alex should be a repeat guest on this show. An absolute delight! As is the show in general.

[@Roamor1]

Entertaining as always, thank you for the smiles!

[@powershin12]

When did you record this.

[@charlesholland-keen2222]

The dialogue and music was spot on. A beautiful vehicle if a touch excessive for the average school run.

[@charliedevine6869]

I think plug-in-hybrids are a great way to drastically reduce oil use. The problem of not having a fast charger network everywhere is a non issue since you can use petrol when needed.

[@danthebat666]

I liked Alex. Will she appear on Fully Charged again?

[@AndreiKohler]

"American roads are notoriously lumpy"... Cracked me up. Gave it a thumbs up for that comment alone!

[@HoofHearted2DAY]

That was delightful banter, was laughing the whole way through. More please.

[@Liefpj]

If you think USA roads are lumpy, come to Canada. Esp Winnipeg which is built on a prehistoric Marsh. Our winters warp the roads and wear out painted lines every year.

[@finnelvers4511]

Fancy being stuck in your Leaf behind this waiting to charge on the M6

[@saliman4874]

not a problem with that 9V battery in RR it will charge in minutes on 50kw charger. Tesla supercharger will burn it with 120kW, lol

[@KoffeeCat]

At my local shopping center they have 4 chargers and us leaf owners are always looking for a spot to plug in but the same Chevy Volts are always plugged in all day long.

[@AlvarLagerlof]

Old one? Right?

[@andrianichim5633]

I’m wondering if anyone could advise how to set up a charger timer for a Range River, please . Thank you

[@superdau]

PHEV may be better than nothing, but in most shots you saw exhaust fumes. This was more an ICE car review than anything electric.

[@marc0523]

Engine was idling, not revving high, in the shots. An engine needs to be running when in water so you don't damage it. Off road isn't normal driving and the electric system won't be optimised for that driving style. What matters more, and not mentioned, is how long you can sit in traffic in London with the AC/heater on before the engine needs to kick in.

[@SDav21]

It is not exhaust fumes. It is condensation. I mean you never see exhaust fumes from cars. So what are you on about? If you do see something on a cold morning it is water vapour not exhaust fumes. The exhaust pipe gets hot you know.

[@nothandmade9686]

I think the wet exhaust and drive train was letting off steam.

[@superdau]

SDav, what are you on about? What you see are exactly the exhaust fumes. Where do you think the water that is condensing is coming from? Water vapor is part of the exhaust fumes. But to you the exhaust is just water and the rest smells of roses, I guess? And what does the exhaust pipe getting hot to do with that? You also completely missed my point. It was that during the drive it was mostly the ICE doing the work, not the electric motor.

[@SDav21]

superdau You are so naive. It is NOT exhaust fumes. The car was driving through water and mud the whole time. That causes condensation and water vapour because the EXHAUST PIPE GETS HOT. Duh. Go and see a pure diesel or petrol Range Rover not driving in that conditions and you'll see NO exhaust fumes. You sound so desparate to make it seem ice vehicles just make smelly exhaust fumes when they don't. You clearly have not even driven or been close to a modern vehicle. So perhaps don't comment such nonsense when you don't even know. And i honestly don't care that it was using the petrol engine all through the drive.

[@Hebdomad7]

You call that off roading? I've taken a Nissian Micra up rougher driveways.

[@lfo414]

Please please share the video of your lake crossing.

[@richardoakley8800]

My vans been more off road than that

[@clintkeepin]

Living in LA, it's fun to see you driving here. Plus, as American roads go, it's one of the most challenging.

[@justphilipp2464]

Beautiful video. Very calming.

[@HmodySA]

I prefer Range Rover more than Tesla. I wish they made it fully Electric.

[@HmodySA]

SDD525 changing is coming for everything in our lives because of the sharing information on the INTERNET not because of Tesla with all respec twards this great company.

[@HmodySA]

SDD525 I like competition. I don't want Tesla to be the only company in the EV market. We need three or four car companies at least. It's good for all the EV atmosphere.

[@Nishantkj]

Fully charged range rover coming by 2020-21 -- reports

[@cokpeotfg4fcdck601]

who needs a full ev when Battery gonna be dead in 3 years it would take 10,000 to replace battery

[@saliman4874]

tesla doesn't want to be the only EV company.

[@thepurplesband]

Best channel on youtube, regardless of content

[@johndonaldson5126]

30 miles EV isn't enough for our daily driving pattern, especially when winter cold would further drop the range.

[@davidlazarus67]

John Donaldson 30 miles in London is more than enough for Chelsea tractors. If you can charge up outside the restaurant why would you need more? Most of these never see any mud in their lives in London.

[@johndonaldson5126]

SDD525 We were getting low 40 mile EV range in the California winter. Summer, many days over 100 degrees provides closer to 50 EV miles. In the winter we often relied on the heated seats rather than cabin heat. In the summer we run the AC all the time. We have a Honda Clarity PHEV.

[@AlanW]

Alex was brilliant! Wonderful episode.

[@ilja406]

I was putting off viewing this video for some dumb reason. So much fun to watch it)

[@larshelmin]

"Driving on a side street in downtown LA", 1:08 the navi showed Wilshire Blvd 😂😂😂

[@fullychargedshow]

The wonders of editing. :-)

[@forthemaxandminmin152]

your English is so clear to me. thanks

[@maclaudeamumbwe2663]

where was the off road?

[@just_chris1630]

Just another thought, has anyone done the maths on the bik tax? How much more tax would you have to pay for the petrol only version?

[@paulsmyers203]

So you're adding Alex on as a regular Fully Charged Show presenter, yes? That doesn't mean we want to see less of Robert or Johnny, we just also want to see Alex show us some cars. OK THANKS! ;)

[@stephendoherty8291]

It's still just 30miles. Is that with the aircon on in la la land heat? A proper ev design should allow for flat batteries underneath so still hope for the next design

[@DiscoFang]

How do they work out the MPG of 100MPG? Is it the combined range of a full tank of fuel and a full battery? If it has only 28 miles pure electric range and assuming even a best case scenario of Prius-level hybrid mileage running on fuel at, say 60mpg, that essentially makes the fuel tank less than one gallon. If it was a 1 gallon tank the combined mileage would be 88mpg. Can someone please explain it to this thicko?

[@OscarLeeMX]

I love how ostentatious Range Rovers are.

[@BrotherBloat]

brilliant vid - great to have a guest presenter, too :)

[@GuestYouTubeUser]

Electric vehicles are the future. They’re quite & smooth. No pollution.

[@ScottishNSRailFan]

How long has this piece of film, been in the can? There are flakes of snow, in the recording.

[@ArthurDentZaphodBeeb]

That SUV just oozes class. 30 miles is perfect for what the average Range Rover buyer wants. Groceries, kids, yoga...

[@latitudeash]

Why did you have to go to L A, when it is made in Solihull U K?

[@PalimpsestProd]

14:00 what, it doesn't clean itself?

[@teacake6941]

Honestly, if you give me more Robert & Alex giving the wags and the royals more bashings I'll become a $USD 20.00 a month Patreon member. They are brilliant.

[@nitramluap]

I like the centre console slideshow... sorry, I meant sat nav. :-P

[@staffonwilkinson7439]

The Range Rover looks like a Christmas present 🎁

[@CabrilloTV]

Nice to know that the high end manufacturers are offering a taste of the EV world to those that can afford to do more and should.

[@markdavis618]

Wasn't the US test in a Range Rover Sport?

[@GaryMillerUK]

Kalashnikov's new electric Lada lookalike will wipe the floor with this 😋

[@chosenArchitec]

Pepper and George loves muddy puddles