Imagine a Land Rover Defender that can roll up on a herd of antelopes without giving itself away, at least in the internal combustion sense. That's what we have here: an all-electric Landie concept created in South Africa.
Apparently built in a sort of partnership between Land Rover South Africa and a local Landie specialist Barker Performance Products for a tourism expo, the Defender Safari EV concept has an air-cooled AC induction electric motor producing around 80 hp and and 243 lb-ft of torque, by way of a 27kWh, 300V battery pack by Axeon.
Of course, the 50-mile range at 37 mph pretty much assures the E-Landie will never get far enough into the bush to capture any wildlife, either by rifle or Canon.
[UPDATE: The electric Defender's builders want to make sure everyone's clear on this. It's not for THAT kind of safari; it's for "game viewing" not for "game sighting."]