Ineos, the British conglomerate that began producing off-roaders in 2022, has promised its first all-electric car may have “at the very least” 249 miles of vary. Ineos already affords a combustion-engined model of the Grenadier, with battery-electric and hydrogen fuel-cell variations at present being examined.

Talking with Australian outlet Carsales, Ineos Automotive CEO Lynn Calder promised the agency’s first battery electrical car will ship a minimal of 400 kilometers (249 miles) of vary. The electrical Grenadier can be constructed by Magna Steyr, the identical manufacturing agency that builds the Fisker Ocean.

Ineos Automotive is a part of a a lot wider group of firms, all owned by British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe. Primarily involved with the chemical business, Ratcliffe determined to launch Ineos Automotive when he noticed a spot available in the market for an genuine off-roader. With billions in funding right away Ineos Automotive was in a position to develop rapidly and began constructing its first car, the Grenadier, final yr.

As you will have guessed, Ratcliffe imagined the Grenadier as a modernized but nonetheless genuine Land Rover Defender. Unimpressed with the L663 Defender, Ratcliffe wished to offer customers with a extra authentic off-roader that also featured loads of fashionable expertise.

The battery-electric Grenadier will not arrive till 2026 nevertheless, with the automaker eager to take its time with its first EV. In the meantime, a hydrogen fuel-cell variant might not arrive till even later. The traditionally-powered Grenadier is at present accessible in Europe and can launch in Australia later this yr. A US launch is at present set for the primary quarter of 2024. The ICE Grenadier will begin at $71,500 in America. Therefore we’d count on a completely electrical variant to price within the area of $85,000.