The car isn't working as it should.

Incidentally, does anyone know how to run off petrol rather than battery (other than not recharging battery!)?

When in Drive, I pull back on the gear selector which starts the engine and engages S mode. It drives on ICE unless you have the setting for EV to kick in when entering a city centre or emission control zones.

I've done this a few times to use the engine, as most of its time is spent in EV mode. 2024 P550e Autobiography
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Eirik34 wrote:

Same here, our P550e runs on EV until battery is empty. Occasionally - if the ICE hasn't been used for weeks - the ICE kicks in even in EV mode, but after a few kilometers it goes back to pure EV mode again.

I tested a MY23 P510e two years ago, and that car had a similar fault: was not able to run longer distances ( > 10 km) in pure EV mode, even if the battery was fully charged.

Great, thanks Jack. Engine sounds pretty good !

Yes, RSK21, I think you need to be firm with them and would rejection be so bad, given there's a lot of stock around?

My wife’s Range Rover sport 460e which we had new in September starts off in EV mode until the battery runs out. Alternatively we can switch it to hybrid mode.
It’s different to the Defender 400e she had previously. That started off in hybrid mode, and you had to select EV mode if you wanted it.
To be honest, I preferred the Defender… 2017 Range Rover SDV8 Vogue SE
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Going back to the original post.

I had exactly the same symptoms on a 2023 P460e HSE.

The fault was something i think called the HV (or HT) Coolant Heater which from memory was the Bosch version and was failing in many makes of EV car that shared the component.

JLR replaced under warranty and car was perfect thereafter.