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Range Rovers on the Silk Trail 2013

Range Rover Hybrid Proves Its Worth on Silk Trail 2013

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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Range Rover Evoque_e

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

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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Land Rover Electric Defender at the Eden Project in Cornwall

Land Rover EV at Eden Project

Whitley, UK, 31st July 2013: The first Electric Defender has started work at the Eden Project near St Austell in Cornwall in an inaugural real world trial of its capabilities. Unveiled at this year’s Geneva Motor Show, the Land Rover Electric Defender is a pioneering research project into the electrification of an all-terrain vehicle. The project

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Jaguar XJ_e Plug-in Hybrid

Jaguar XJ_e Hybrid Success in RAC Future Car Challenge 2012

The Jaguar XJ_e experimental plug-in hybrid was awarded ‘Most Energy Efficient Luxury Car Prototype’ and ‘Technical Panel’s Award of Merit’ at the third annual RAC Future Car Challenge from Brighton to London on 3rd November 2012. Jaguar Land Rover entered three of its Jaguar XJ_e PHEV engineering research cars into the event, resulting in a best-in-class

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