Jaguar Land Rover
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Jaguar's next XJ luxury sedan will debut as an electric car and will be the first model built on a new modular platform. Gasoline versions will follow.
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Jaguar I-Pace electric car to join Waymo's self-driving car fleet
British carmaker Jaguar Land Rover and Waymo said Tuesday the carmaker would sell Google's autonomous-car technology arm up to 20,000 of its new all-electric Jaguar I-Pace SUV to be used in self-driving service by 2020. While last week's news focused entirely on the fatal crash of a Volvo converted...
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2019 Jaguar I-Pace electric crossover debuts in production trim; estimated 240-mile range
Total sales by Jaguar Land Rover are a fraction of those by its rivals Audi, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz. Arguably, that has required the British luxury maker to be more agile and more creative to compete. While Audi has discussed its plans for an all-electric crossover utility version for more than two...
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Jaguar Land Rover owner denies stake in electric-car maker Faraday Future: updated report
Most reports on startup electric-car maker Faraday Future tend to describe it as "struggling," and that may be an understatement. It halted work at its Nevada-based production facility in 2016; the startup company's main backer, China's LeEco, acknowledged this past May it was experiencing...
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2019 Land Rover Range Rover P400e plug-in hybrid revealed, on sale in US next year
Following the debut of the smaller Land Rover Range Rover Sport P400e plug-in hybrid, the luxury SUV maker revealed its larger sibling: the 2019 Land Rover Range Rover P400e. The Land Rover Range Rover P400e plug-in hybrid is the larger of the two, but the SUV boasts an identical electrified...
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2019 Range Rover Sport P400e plug-in hybrid on sale in US in summer 2018: technical details
Six years after Land Rover confirmed it would introduce a Range Rover plug-in hybrid, the luxury-SUV brand has now provided an official on-sale date. A 2019 Land Rover Range Rover Sport plug-in hybrid model will both go on sale in the United States in the summer of 2018, likely followed by a...
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Yes, yes, yes, we know: our readers and Twitter followers are largely very strong supporters of, and believers in, Tesla and its electric cars. Our challenge for last week's Twitter poll was that we get very, very few characters to post questions and a choice of four responses. So in asking which of four makers would sell most electric luxury cars by 2020, we simply didn't have room to put something along the lines of "besides Tesla." DON'T MISS: Jaguar I-Pace electric SUV has already accumulated 25,000 orders: CEO We responded to the immediate protests and condemnations in the poll's...
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World's sexiest car, Jaguar E-Type, reappears as all-electric concept
Electric cars are now accepted as future volume models for most automakers, but Jaguar Land Rover has taken a very different approach to showcase its future electric powertrains. In fact, it's not a concept for a car of the future at all, but a half-century-old Jaguar E-Type fitted with the most...
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Jaguar to prioritize all-electric sedan, SUV over sports cars
Jaguar is reportedly prioritizing two electric models over a planned replacement for the XK, and a supercar based on the C-X75 concept.
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Diesel-electric hybrid Jaguar 'J-Pace' test mule spotted in U.K.
Jaguar may be planning hybrid and all-electric SUVs.
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Formula E Electric-Car Racing Series Gains Jaguar As Contender
Jaguar will join Formula E for its third season, beginning next fall.
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Jaguar Land Rover Diesel Plans Move Ahead, Despite VW Emission Mess
Diesel engines may be suffering in the public eye due to the scale of the Volkswagen diesel-emission cheating scandal, but luxury carmakers are pushing forward with plans to boost overall fuel efficiency by fitting more of them to pricey premium models. No maker has a more ambitious diesel program...
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It's still hard to explain to outsiders just how disruptive Tesla Motors and its electric luxury cars have been to the established German prestige automakers. From 2017 to 2020, Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Porsche will all launch one or more "Tesla-alikes" intended to match or surpass the capabilities of the California company's Model S sedan and Model X crossover utility vehicle. But underdog British luxury maker Jaguar Land Rover is hardly sitting on its laurels. DON'T MISS: Audi Q6 Concept For 'Tesla-Fighter' To Appear At Frankfurt Show: Report A variety of sources had previously...
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Range Rover All-Electric Utility Vehicle To Challenge Tesla Model X?
Well, add one more name to the queue of luxury carmakers planning to compete head-to-head with Tesla Motors and its electric cars. According to Britain's Autocar, Range Rover is now in the planning stages for a crossover vehicle that could target the upcoming Tesla Model X electric SUV. DON'T MISS...
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Land Rover Confirms Production Range Rover Plug-in Hybrid
It’s almost a year ago since a Range Rover Range_e plug-in hybrid prototype was spotted innocuously charging at a shopping mall in the U.K. Now Land Rover has confirmed its intentions to bring a plug-in hybrid Range Rover to market some time in the future. For now, how far into the future...
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Jaguar Joins Downsized Engine Parade With Very Familiar Four
Writing about the latest carmaker plans to add smaller, more efficient engines is now almost a weekly occurrence. Today's lucky winner is Jaguar, which took the occasion of the Beijing Auto Show to announce some future powertrain plans--including its first production four-cylinder engine since the...
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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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Will Jaguar Have the First Hybrid Born From Jet Turbines?
"Born From Jets" may be the slogan of recently-saved-from-death Swedish Saab, but one day it may prove more appropriate for British carmaker Jaguar. The company has been awarded funding from the U.K. government to develop a small jet turbine as a range extender for a future hybrid luxury car. Its...
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