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JLR Allegedly Pushes Back Land Rover's Full-Size Defender EV

JLR is waiting to see how EV demand develops and faces tariff pressure, Chinese competition and a 9.2% sales decline in fiscal first quarter.

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If you were holding out for the next-generation Defender, you will need to settle in for a long wait. Jaguar Land Rover has delayed the ground-up redesign for the full-size model by a couple of years, pushing the full-electric version into the 2030s. This information comes from industry sources cited by The Times of London. Looking at the bigger picture, this decision comes as high-end automakers navigate a perfect storm of softening dem... (co…

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It's a novelty that was both expected and feared... and that will eventually have to wait again, before seeing the light. Land Rover would likely have decided to postpone the release of its future electric Defender, preferring to rely on other projects as a priority. The 4x4 zero emission will finally arrive only at the beginning of the next decade, if nothing has changed by then. Land Rover adapts its calendar While electric has long been a tab…

The calendar was supposed to accelerate, it just took a serious brake. While many were already imagining an electric Defender ready to face mud in silence by the end of the decade, Jaguar Land Rover beats the cards and pushes back its zero-emission barouder beyond what was expected. The manufacturer decided to shift the next generation of Defender by about two years, which pushed it back to 100% electric by the early 2030s.

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Motor1.com broke the news on Tuesday, August 25, 2026.
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