The Range Rover Electric is set to omit a frunk, despite numerous EV brands highlighting it as an essential feature.

Range Rover has ditched the traditional frunk provided in the EVs that many big auto players signify as one of the best USPs of electric vehicles. According to the philosophy of Land Rover, Why put a storage compartment at a place where the user has to bend for no reason to open and store its important items present in one of the dirtiest areas of an electric vehicle?

Jointly owned by Tata Motors, this luxury manufacturer is developing their all-electric version of the Range Rover, which will be coming in the market without the front trunk present in the front of EVs, termed as frunk. As many manufacturers provide a front trunk in their EVs which are generally located at the place of engine in an ICE car, However, Range Rover will not be following this tradition and not feature frunk in their EVs. 

Let’s understand their philosophy in detail as to why they are not engineering an additional front cargo area for their first Range Rover EV.

Land Rover Reasons for not Designing Frunk 

The luxury manufacturer took a survey from customers on this issue and came on a conclusion that the rear luggage space is optimum. They also confirmed that the overall luggage space will be equal to that of the ICE powered SUV and there is no need to raise the ground clearance for the inclusion of the 117 kWh battery pack. 

Removal of the trunk also displays the new design philosophy of the luxury brand as its competitors like Jaguar took a different design approach in their latest EVs like the I-Pace which comes with an additional 27-litre of front trunk present in the EV, which was out of production last year. The I-Pace has several issues regarding reliability and is majorly ranked below the consumer expectation surveys. 

Upcoming Range Rover Electric 

Range Rover’s all-electric SUV will be powered by 344 prismatic cells attached in a double-stacked layout design, which strictly restricts the manufacturer to only present the EV with three-row seating layout as there won’t be additional space. However, the packaging of batteries will not impact the rear storage. 

However, this EV will pack DNAs of a Range Rover and will feature off-road capabilities with a blend of luxury which only Land Rover can promise. The Range Rover Electric will be introduced in the global markets at the end of 2025, with deliveries slated to commence from next year.