The future of overlanding? Land Rover Hybrid on the Silkroad - 16`000km trip

[4x4tripping]

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Land Rover Hybrid on the Silkroad
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Use the translate button... It was a trip done by Land Rover to do some fine adjustments.
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[LR Max]

A hybrid for off road work actually makes a bunch of sense. Driving off road (assuming you are going all Baja on the trail) is usually a lot of slow work. Low end torque is great and you are constantly stopping. Having an electrical motor provide instant torque and engine start/stop automatically would save fuel.

I just had this conversation with a friend of mine last night. He mentioned a rough trail that was wet and he blew half a tank of fuel going like, 10 miles. I assume it was a winch fest but any fuel saving measure would be welcomed. Engine start/stop probably would have made a huge difference and the electric motor would've helped.

All of this is assuming that off roading doesn't kill the hybrid components/somehow screws up the vehicle with mud/water ingress that then costs you a ton of money to fix.

Not to mention then on your normal day-to-day driving, you have a fairly fuel efficient vehicle. Right now I've got my rover, then a cheap fuel efficient sedan. Being able to roll that into one vehicle is appealing.

 

[madmax718]

I have faith that LR spent enough money on sealing up most of their components to the same level as their previous RR. I do wonder how much power availability from the hybrid can be used for the winch. Lol

 

[aek50]

For the time being I will stick with my original Land Rover Hybrid, V8 with a winch!

But the idea is very intriguing, if it doesn't compromise functionality in the field.

 

[tacr2man]

a lot of your payload is going to be batteries , the hybrids that did the trip have a extremely limited range , the usability of hybrids at the moment is very niche , as they say the devil is in the detail JMHO