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Volkswagen, Land Rover, among those paying millions in fines for missing CO2 targets

Baua Electric

European automakers including Volkswagen and Jaguar Land Rover had to pay $552 million in fines for missing CO2 emission targets in 2020, the first year new regulations were put in place, according to a new report. In October 2021, Jaguar Land Rover said that it had paid a fine of about £35 million, or about $43.5

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2024 McLaren 750S, 2024 Land Rover Defender: Today’s Car News

Baua Electric

Land Rover’s Defender enters the 2024 model year with some new features, including the addition of a V-8 option to the stretched Defender 130. The V-8 delivers close to 500 hp and will hustle the eight-seat SUV from 0-60 mph in a little over five seconds. liter V-8 engine. Mercedes-Benz has unveiled a redesigned E-Class.

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Total new car sales in Europe drop 2% in July; SUV sales up 12.5%

Green Car Congress

In terms of segments, SUVs continued to grow their market share, with their registrations in July accounting for more than a quarter of the total market (25.8%). The drop in traditional segments outweighed the growth of SUVs, with large/luxury cars, city-cars and MPVs posting the biggest losses of the month.

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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. We said, ‘Let’s take a British farm vehicle and turn it into a luxury SUV for the American market,’ ” Wallace recounts during my tour of E.C.D.’s

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Shanghai auto show: Full schedule of 150 press conferences for exhibitors

CN EV Post

XPeng didn't mention the model's name, but it's apparently the G6, an SUV that will compete with the Tesla Model Y. Jaguar Land Rover 6B02 18-Apr 09:00-09:20 Hall 6.2 Dongfeng Motor 7B02 18-Apr 09:00-09:20 Hall 7.2 Bentley 8A03 18-Apr 11:00-11:20 Hall 8.1 Rolls-Royce Motor Cars 8A24 18-Apr 10:00-10:20 Hall 8.1

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Can the UK lead the green car charge? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

Vauxhall is also considered one of the leading contenders to win the contract to produce General Motors’ new electric car the Chevrolet Volt, which has been previewed in Europe under the name of the Vauxhall/Opel Ampera (pictured). What’s more is that Britain’s car industry has a reputation for producing “gas guzzlers”. Faye Sunderland.

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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

All the new electric cars, electric SUVs and electric utes arriving in Australia in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Alfa Romeo Tonale – the Italian brand finally has a rechargeable car in its ranks in the form of the Tonale PHEV compact SUV. Aston Martin DBX PHEV and EV – electrified versions of AM’s first SUV on the cards.