The Land Rover Defender has been a longstanding success for the brand, ranking as its highest-selling model and already showing strong performance this year with 480 Defenders sol

Featuring 800-volt tech for rapid charging that could allow the EVs to chow down on 350 kW for sub-18-minute refills, the models will all be built at JLR’s Halewood plant on Merseyside in the north west of England and use batteries produced in its new Somerset facility several hours further south.

Land Rover is planning a "baby" Defender on its upcoming EV platform, and our spy photographers caught the electric SUV wearing squared-off bodywork.