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GKN Driveline to work with Jaguar Land Rover on the Range Rover Evoque_e powertrain

GKN Driveline Working on Evoque_e – Advanced Powertrain

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GKN Driveline has been named as a key member of a new £16 million government-backed development consortium announced at LCV2013, the Low Carbon Vehicle event held at Millbrook Proving Ground, Bedford (UK, September 4-5)). GKN Driveline engineers will be part of a development programme for state-of-the-art, next-generation hybrid and battery-electric powertrain technologies based on the […]

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Citroen Cactus Hybrid Concept

Citroën Cactus Hybrid Concept Offers 94+ MPG

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Citroën has revealed Cactus, a new concept car and a vision for future C-line models. Shedding the superfluous, Citroën Cactus is a desirable, user-friendly car that creates a unique harmony between the distinctive and the practical, offering comfort for all occupants with easy-to-use technology. Pure and functional styling: Strong styling focused on efficiency (light weight

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Range Rover Evoque_e

Jaguar Land Rover invest £16.3m in Hybrid and EV Technology

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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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Toyota and Lexus hybrids

Next Gen Prius Details Reveal Wireless Charging & Improved Economy

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Want to save money and fuel? Toyota plans to help consumers do both. Promising continued gains in fuel economy, Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) Managing Officer Satoshi Ogiso outlined the launch of a new era in hybrid technology with the arrival of the next-generation Prius, while Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) Senior Vice President of Sales Bob

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Volkswagen e-up! (left) and e-Golf (right) electric cars (EVs)

100 Mile Range in Just 30 Minutes with All Electric Golf

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In a double world premiere, Volkswagen will be presenting two new and extremely efficient electric cars at the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt (10th to 22nd September): the e-up! and e-Golf. This means that Europe’s most successful carmaker is transitioning two high-volume production models to the age of electric mobility. Both zero-emission* cars offer

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Nissan's Renewable Energy Powered Factory in Mexico

Nissan’s Green Factories use Waste and Wind to Produce Cars

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With much talk about economical vehicles, often the processes used to manufacture and build them are forgotten.  Not so at Nissan who have set out a global environmental initiative, the Nissan Green Program 2016. In an incredibly wordy sentence, the program, ‘focuses on reducing environmental impacts of corporate activities and pursuing harmony between resource consumption

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