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Land Rover unveils the diesel Range Rover Hybrid Long Wheelbase in Beijing; first diesel hybrids in China

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Land Rover introduced the Range Rover Hybrid Long Wheelbase at the Beijing motor show. Together with the Range Rover Sport Hybrid ( earlier post ), it will be the first diesel hybrid from any manufacturer to be offered in China. The Range Rover Hybrid powertrain combines Land Rover’s 3.0-liter

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Jaguar Land Rover expands Ingenium engine family with straight six-cylinder gasoline engine; MHEV 48V system; 20% more fuel efficient than outgoing V6

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Jaguar Land Rover is expanding its Ingenium engine family with a new six-cylinder gasoline engine designed and engineered in-house, and manufactured at its £1-billion Engine Manufacturing Centre (EMC) in Wolverhampton, UK. The new Ingenium engine will be manufactured alongside the current four-cylinder gasoline and diesel engines.

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Tata Motors to select UK for unutilized electrical Jaguar Land Rover battery plant

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(Record Photograph) (REUTERS) Tata have been opting for between a website in Somerset, southwest England, and one in Spain to provide a unutilized length of electrical Jaguar and Land Rover cars. A central authority spokesperson declined to touch upon ongoing business negotiations, whileTata declined to remark at the file.

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Land Rover to showcase diesel plug-in hybrid prototype at Geneva show

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Land Rover’s Range_e diesel plug-in hybrid prototype will make its motor show debut at the upcoming 2011 Geneva Motor Show. The Range_e is one of several working prototypes currently being developed at Land Rover’s design and engineering center in the UK. Earlier post.)

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Land Rover launching diesel hybrids: Range Rover Hybrid and Range Rover Sport Hybrid

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Hybrid Range Rover. Land Rover is launching its first hybrid models—Range Rover Hybrid and Range Rover Sport Hybrid. The two all-aluminum diesel-electric hybrids are based on Land Rover’s Premium Lightweight Architecture and share an identical powertrain. Diesel Hybrids'

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Land Rover Range_e 4WD diesel plug-in hybrid previews future production powertrains

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The Range_e development 4WD diesel PHEV. Land Rover presented its Range_e development model at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this week. Range_e is based on the Range Rover Sport and uses the current 245 PS (242 hp, 180 kW) 3.0-liter —John Edwards, Land Rover Global Brand Director.

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Cobham, Jaguar Land Rover and Ricardo partnering to develop switched reluctance traction motor

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Cobham Technical Services is collaborating with Jaguar Land-Rover (JLR) and engineering consultancy Ricardo UK to develop a switched reluctance traction motor. Virtually all electric traction motors currently used in such applications employ permanent magnets made from materials such as neodymium-iron-boron and samarium-cobalt.