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Jaguar Land Rover lead partner in $160M automotive advanced R&D center in UK

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Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is the lead partner in the £100-million (US$160 million) National Automotive Innovation Campus (NAIC) to be built at Warwick University. Nearly 200 Jaguar Land Rover researchers and engineers are currently based at WMG, collaborating with university experts on a number of projects.

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Jaguar Land Rover introduces plug-in hybrid model to Range Rover Sport line-up: the P400e

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Jaguar Land Rover has introduced its first plug-in hybrid vehicle as part of the Range Rover Sport line-up. With 640 N·m of torque, the new powertrain mixes dynamic and sustainable performance with traditional Land Rover capability, comfort and refinement. seconds (0-100km/h in only 6.7

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Jaguar Land Rover showcases remote-control and autonomous 180? turn technologies

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Jaguar Land Rover is showcasing two of the prototype technologies that its UK-based research team are developing to deliver autonomous driving in the future: remote control via smartphone and autonomous multi-point turning. Wolfgang Epple, Director of Research and Technology, Jaguar Land Rover. Multi-Point Turns.

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Jaguar Land Rover and EPSRC announce $17M autonomous vehicle research program; 5 projects selected

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Jaguar Land Rover and the UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) are jointly funding an £11-million (US$17-million) research program to develop fully autonomous cars. Five projects were selected and Jaguar Land Rover will be leading the collaboration with these successful research groups.

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German EV Motor Could Break Supply-Chain Deadlock

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More than a few of them are at ZF Friedrichshafen AG , one of the world’s largest suppliers of parts to the automotive industry. Among the customers for its motors and electric drive trains are Mercedes-Benz , BMW , and Jaguar Land Rover. Today, the company has some 168,000 employees in 31 countries. One is sustainability.

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New sensor tech for commercial Lithium-ion batteries could support >5x faster charging without compromising safety

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Subsequently, as the cell temperature increases, the reaction rates for the decomposition of the electrolyte increase, which can lead to the electrolyte breakdown and gas formation, resulting in pressure build-up in the cell. Schematics of the FBG sensing element embedded into a Li-ion cylindrical cell. Amietszajew et al. Click to enlarge.

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Tesla Inside: The Ultimate Vintage Land Rover Retrofit

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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. That gives the hardy Rover a range of up to 350 kilometers (about 220 miles)—plenty for weekend joy rides. Land Rover.