The three Range Rover Hybrid prototypes participating in the Silk Trail expedition have now passed through seven countries in Europe in little more than a week. Since starting the 10,000-mile (16,000 km) adventure from Land Rover’s home in Solihull, UK on the afternoon of Thursday 22 August, the convoy has progressed south through the UK, […]
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Jaguar Land Rover has announced its leadership of an advanced powertrain research and development programme for state-of-the-art, next-generation hybrid and battery-electric powertrain technologies based on the Range Rover Evoque platform. ‘Evoque_e’ is a two-year £16.3m UK government Technology Strategy Board project. Jaguar Land Rover will contribute £4m to the project and will lead a consortium
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Carbon enhanced capacitive lead-acid batteries will be incorporated into the Advanced Diesel Electric Powertrain project known as ‘Adept’ was announced by Ricardo. The project, which will take more than two years to complete and is supported by the UK’s innovation agency the Technology Strategy Board, aims to apply the low voltage concept of ‘intelligent electrification’
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Ahead of the IAA Frankfurt Motor Show next week, Toyota has revealed their excitingly bonkers Yaris Hybrid-R which features an incredibly large amount of power from it’s Hybrid-R powertrain. At over 400 BHP equivalent, the tiny Yaris is set to alight track day events and other such places where 400 bhp might be used in
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Lexus’s efforts to deliver the highest levels of safety in its new IS sports saloon have been successful in achieving a top five-star rating in independent Euro NCAP crash testing, confirming it as one of the safest cars in its class. The IS scored 91 per cent for adult occupant protection, 85 per cent for
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The Porsche 918 Spyder is celebrating its debut at the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt, Germany, 10 – 22 September. The super sports car with plug-in hybrid drive is not only a technology pioneer but also marks the beginning of a new era for sports car manufacturing. Never before has a super sports car
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A new Lexus mid-size crossover concept, the LF-NX, will make its world debut at the 2013 Frankfurt motor show on 10 September, a study that explores the potential for this kind of vehicle in the Lexus model range. The LF-NX reinforces Lexus’s leadership in hybrid power in the premium market, being powered by a new
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A new world record has been set by the Electric Vehicle Union (EVU) and Norwegian EV Association in Norway as 260-and-a-half electric vehicles (EVs), thanks to Nissan’s Half LEAF, were united to drive in unison outside of Norway’s capital city, Oslo. Starting from Maridalen in outer Oslo, the world’s cleanest and quietest automotive gathering of all
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Ford’s first zero-emission family car will be on show at the CENEX Low Carbon Vehicle Event (LCV) 2013 which opens tomorrow at Millbrook Proving Ground in Bedfordshire. Visitors to LCV2013 – the UK’s premier low carbon vehicle technology event for vehicle manufacturers, automotive suppliers and research institutes – will be the first to drive in
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Renault’s reputation for innovative design is world renowned, and now visitors to the London Design Festival will be able to familiarise themselves with the French marque’s ‘joie de vivre’ for themselves. The annual design event, which this year is running right across the capital from 14th to 22nd September 2013, will feature Renault for the very first
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