UK's most remote charge point installed on Scotland's Isle of Skye

Land Rover has installed what is says is the most remote electric vehicle charging point in the UK, 15 miles from the nearest road, on Scotland’s Isle of Skye.

Land Rover said it installed the charge point for drivers of its P400e who want to go off road, up steep traverses and muddy plains, to take in the view.

The specially fitted rapid charging point will allow Range Rover and Range Rover Sport P400e models, which have an all electric range of 30 mikes, to charge up in as little as 2 hours 45 minutes.

The Range Rover P400e plug-in provides sustainable performance by combining a 300PS 2.0-litre four-cylinder Ingenium petrol engine with a 116PS electric motor. The 404PS total available power output – available through the permanent four-wheel drive system – delivers 0-60mph in 6.4 seconds

Performance, comfort and capability are taken to new heights in the Range Rover Sport P400e, making it the current all-round electrified luxury off-roader of choice.  Land Rover engineers have delivered a set-up in the Range Rover Sport PHEV that maximises interior space, provides ideal weight distribution and easily handles shocks when traversing off road.

From 2020 all new Jaguar Land Rover vehicles will offer the option of electrification, giving our customers even more choice. We will introduce a portfolio of electrified products across our model range, embracing fully electric, plug-in hybrid and mild hybrid vehicles as well as continuing to offer the latest diesel and petrol engines.

Ted Lightly, CEO of Skye High Club, said: “We’re extremely glad that some bright spark at Land Rover has decided to install a charging point in the wilds of Skye. It’s a business that understands the need to maintain the beauty of nature, and this new charging post is so discreet that it’s almost as if it’s not even there at all.”