Land Rover News
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In the automotive world, development and commercialization of plug-in vehicles has varied from company to company. While some, like Nissan and General Motors, sell plug-in cars, others, like Jaguar Land Rover, are in developmental stages. Which is why we’re pleased to hear that Jaguar Land Rover has unveiled the latest of its plug-in hybrid engineering research vehicles -- a Jaguar XJ_e -- during the opening day of the Goodwood Festival of Speed in Hampshire, England. Combining a 2.0-liter turbocharged direct-injection gasoline engine with a 69 kilowatt motor and 12.8 kilowatt-hour...
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Range_e Plug-in Hybrid Prototype: First Drive ReportAt the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, Land Rover unveiled its first ever plug-in hybrid concept vehicle, the Land Rover Range_e Diesel Plug-in Hybrid. Then in October last year -- purely by chance -- we bumped into one of Land Rover’s five engineering test Range_e prototypes in a shopping mall...
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World’s Cheapest Car, Tata Nano, Gets More Features, Better Economy
We may have unfairly called the Indian-built Tata Nano “unusually combustible” last week, but there’s no denying that the world’s cheapest car is responsible for helping tens of thousands of Indians get behind the wheel of their first car. Now the diminutive Tata Nano has...
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Range Rover Plug-In Diesel Hybrid Prototype: Exclusive Photos!
Sometimes, the staff of Green Car Reports has to travel hundreds, even thousands, of miles to bring you first drive reports, auto show highlights and exclusive green-car coverage. Other times, we just have to visit the local shopping mall. That's where we took these exclusive photographs of a...
Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield -
Land Rover Bringing Diesel Engines To The U.S.
Land Rover has announced that future U.S. models will include a diesel engine option, necessary for the company to meet stricter CAFE requirements in the United States.
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2011 Liberty E-Range Electric SUV. What do You Want to Know?
While you probably remember the great success and untimely demise of Toyota’s previous all-electric RAV4 EV, larger, pure electric SUV haven’t yet been attempted by major automakers. But a transatlantic firm called Liberty has been working on changing that with an electric vehicle based...
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Land Rover’s ongoing pledge to become more environmentally friendly is starting to result in some interesting developments, with the automaker’s brand director recently confirming the launch of the first Land Rover hybrid in 2013. Speaking with Inside Line, Land Rover’s John Edwards said the hybrid model would launch in 2013 followed by a plug-in hybrid version in 2014. Both models would be based on the next-generation Range Rover luxury SUV, due in gasoline and diesel variants next year, as part of the automaker’s “top-down” strategy for hybrid vehicles...
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2011 Geneva Auto Show: Land Rover Range_e Plug-in Hybrid
Love them or hate them the veritable Land Rover isn’t exactly the most fuel efficient vehicle on the planet. But at the upcoming 2011 Geneva Motor Show LandRover will be unveiling a concept development vehicle that it hopes will make the brand a little more environmentally conscious. Dubbed...
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Range Rover Decides Hybrids Make Most Sense For Gas Guzzlers
The 2012 Range Rover Evoque--the stylish new baby "soft-roader" that's Land Rover's smallest-ever luxury vehicle--will not be offered with a hybrid-electric version to improve its gas mileage. That's the word from John Edwards, Land Rover's global brand director, who noted that in Europe, the...
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Hybrid Range Rover Sport Coming In 2013, Previewed By New Range_e
Land Rovers have long been the definition of gas-guzzling SUVs that environmentalists love to hate--that may all be about to change, however. With the development of a hybrid vehicle, the automaker stands a good chance of becoming one of the greenest companies around. Land Rover’s pledge to...
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Land Rover To Release Hybrid LRX in 2011
Land Rover, a name synonymous with fully capable off-road vehicles, is scheduled to release its first hybrid vehicle in 2011. The hybrid, based on the LRX concept shown at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show, will make its official debut on June 17th of next year with production beginning in early 2011...
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UK Gives Land Rover $37 Million
What does an iconic SUV maker need to survive the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression? $37 million according to the U.K. government. That's how much Land Rover will receive to develop a 'green' SUV. With sales down 22% last month in the U.K., the government is standing behind it's car...
Robert Scardino
