Land Rover News
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With a modest battery pack and Protean in-wheel units, this classic Land Rover Defender conversion likely weighs less than upcoming Land Rover EVs.
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Drop-in electric conversion kit for Land Rover Defender: Make your own electric SUV
Some EV conversions can create electric work trucks, too, suggests a UK firm making a kit ready for installation by a mechanic.
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2023 Range Rover P440e: 48 electric miles expected for plug-in hybrid, $106,250 starting price
The Range Rover PHEV will also be one of the few vehicles in this format to offer DC fast-charging.
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Twisted electric Land Rover Defender conversion headed to the US
Want something more exclusive than a Bollinger? A UK company is selling Land Rover Defender electric conversions to U.S. customers.
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BMW teams with Jaguar Land Rover for EV parts
Jaguar Land Rover and BMW announced on Wednesday that they will form an alliance to build the unique parts, beyond the battery, that make up an electric vehicle. The effort will focus on electric drive units (EDUs), including motors, transmissions and power electronics, such as motor controllers...
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2019 Land Rover releases pricing for Range Rover P400e plug-in hybrid
By 2024, Land Rover will have a whole new lineup of hybrid and electric luxury SUVs. As we learned yesterday, that lineup will include plug-in hybrid and electric versions of its small Evoque crossover SUV. Now the company has released pricing for its largest, most luxurious plug-in hybrid, the...
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No doubt the hoi polloi are prepared for emissions-free vehicle zones, what with their bicycles and their little electric cars. But what is the aristocracy to do when its high-end luxury SUVs are banned from city streets in central London? Enter the 2019 Land Rover Range Rover P400e plug-in hybrid SUV, the brand’s first proper plug-in hybrid vehicle—joined by the smaller Range Rover Sport P400e that shares its powertrain. DON'T MISS: 2019 Range Rover Sport P400e plug-in hybrid: technical details With a claimed 31 miles of electric range from a 13.1-kilowatt-hour battery pack, the...
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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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Who's going all-electrified? Volvo, then Jaguar Land Rover, now Lincoln: report
As the auto industry intensifies its embrace of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, announcements of "all-electrified" product lines continue to roll in. First, Volvo made a splash with its announcement saying that all models launched from 2019 onwards would be electrified in some manner. The...
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Does Range Rover Velar preview Jaguar I-Pace electric-car dash?
Carmakers often use the same components across vehicles from multiple brands. It's a way to keep costs down by not having to engineer or procure completely different parts for each model. So could some new components in a new vehicle offer a peek at a future model well before it goes into...
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Buyer expectations of a silent, refined driving experience traditionally kept diesel engines out of the upper echelons of the automotive market, but times have definitely changed. Witness the major expansion by Jaguar Land Rover to offer American buyers a 3.0-liter turbo diesel V-6 in a large number of car and SUV models. A decade ago, the diesels Land Rover offered in Europe could have shaken the driver's fillings out at a stop light given enough time. ALSO SEE: Our guide to new diesel cars This latest V-6, tested here in a Range Rover Sport Td6, however, idles so imperceptibly that only an...
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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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2016 Range Rover Diesel Models To Carry $1,500 Premium Over Gasoline Version
Land Rover prices its two new diesel models.
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Range Rover Launches Two Diesel Models At Detroit Auto Show; Jaguar F-Pace Named
Tonight, Jaguar Land Rover unveiled its first diesel-powered models to be sold in North America, joining the three German luxury brands in adding more fuel-efficient diesel engine options to its largest, heaviest sport-utility vehicles. The diesel will be offered as an option this fall on two...
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Land Rover Plans Smaller Urban SUV, Could Carry 'Landy' Name
Want the looks of an SUV but not the size or running costs? You're probably in the market for one of the new, ever-expanding breed of subcompact and compact crossovers. Hot on the heels of Ford's announcement that it could bring the new EcoSport to U.S. shores, Land Rover has trademarked a new name...
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2014 Range Rover Hybrid: Drive Reports Emerge For Diesel-Electric SUV U.S. Won't Get
Land Rover hasn't exactly cultivated a reputation for environmental friendliness over its history. While its products have always been adept at forging through the wilderness, it could be argued that its engines, rather than its tires, have done the most damage to the natural world. Still...
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Land Rover has announced full details of its two new hybrid Range Rover models, due to hit the streets in 2014. The Range Rover Hybrid and Range Rover Sport Hybrid are the first official hybrid models that Range Rover has sold, both based on the company's new aluminum 'Premium Lightweight Architecture' chassis. The British firm has already taken huge strides with its latest Range Rover models. The aluminum architecture has cut several hundred pounds from the mass of each model compared to its predecessor, and combined with improvements to their gasoline and diesel drivetrains, performance and...
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Land Rover's Electric Defender Proves Its Worth At UK's Eden Project
Land Rover's iconic Defender has proved itself many thousands of times over by now on everything from farms to off-road endurance rallies to the battlefield. Its latest task is a little more relaxed than those duties, but then the powertrain is a little different too. Land Rover's first electric...
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Land Rover Diesel Hybrids Could Reach U.S. In 2014: Report
We're often asked why more automakers don't sell diesel-electric hybrid vehicles. There are plenty of good reasons why, but that doesn't stop people wanting the twin-pronged benefits of highway and city economy. SUV buyers could get their wish if Land Rover brings diesel-electric hybrids to the...
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Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz Ponder Tiny Luxury Crossovers
One of the next major growth areas for automakers in the premium arena is the subcompact crossover segment, which currently has only a few players and is experiencing strong growth. The segment is especially popular in emerging markets where buyers enjoy the benefits of traditional SUVs, such as...
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ZF Develops 9-Speed Auto Transmission For Improved Efficiency
You probably started driving in a car with three, four, maybe five speeds to choose between. Manual transmissions led the way for a while with gears--five and six became commonplace, while the average auto might only have had four gears. Since then, an increasing quest for efficiency has seen that...
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2013 Range Rover Spy Shots, Will Have Hybrid, Plug-in Version
Jaguar Land Rover like every other automaker in the world, is working hard to make its range of luxury cars greener and more economical to drive. We've already seen some evidence of that, thanks to the Range Rover Range_e prototype plug-in diesel hybrid we spotted in the wild last year and...
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