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Jaguar Land Rover expanding Ingenium powertrain family; new gasoline engine, TRANSCEND transmission

Green Car Congress

This week, Jaguar Land Rover will expand its Ingenium powertrain family ( earlier post ), unveiling new technologies for both current and future vehicles. By 2020, new technologies will help us reduce our CO₂ emissions by a further 25%. Following the launch of the 2.0-liter —Nick Rogers, Group Engineering Director.

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Over 200,000 Pure Electric Vehicles to hit UK roads in 2021

Drive Electric

This figure is based on our own forecasts, and it represents a significant increase from 108,205 – the number of battery electric vehicles registered in the UK in 2020 (based on SMMT data released today) – a figure which, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, even exceeded our January 2020 forecast of 98,500 BEV registrations.

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Charging piles will become standard in new buildings in the UK

Setec Powerr

BEV sales in the UK have grown rapidly over the past year – with demand rising, at least in part due to petrol shortages, which dried up many motorists’ gas tanks in September. in all of 2018 and 10% in 2020. “As All told, UK motorists bought just 5,000 fewer BEVs in September than in all of 2019. BEVs accounted for 15.2%

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European auto industry proposes further 20% cut in passenger car CO2 by 2030 from 2021; conditional on EV uptake and infrastructure; no ZEV mandate

Green Car Congress

The ACEA said that this target should be conditional on the real market uptake of electrically-chargeable vehicles and the availability of charging infrastructure for alternatively-powered vehicles which are crucial to achieve any significant CO 2 reductions beyond 2020 levels. —Dieter Zetsche.

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Tesla Inside: The Ultimate Vintage Land Rover Retrofit

Cars That Think

From the outside, this Land Rover Defender looks like any other example of the postwar British classic that conquered the African outback—and the automotive world’s heart. Rover estimates that 70 percent of these hardy survivors—beginning with the Land Rover “Series” models, with the “Defender” name added in 1990— remain on the road.

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UK Car production slumps in July

EV Info

July sales totalled 123,000 new cars a 30% drop from the 175,000 in July 2020. Petrol and Diesel combined take 52%. From the start you can see that Diesel sales have fallen off a cliff with just 7% of the market that is now less than the Battery powered cars of pure EVs that sold over 11,000 units.

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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

5 million government grant was awarded in the 2020/2021 budget to help set up Adelaide-based manufacturing facilities. Was originally due in Australia late in 2020 but has been delayed until late 2021. 2020 Ford Mustang Mach-E. Land Rover Defender PHEV – modernised Defender will also come with a plug-in hybrid drivetrain.