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Babcock to support British Army with electric vehicle conversion and trials

Green Car Congress

Partnering with UK electric vehicle (EV) conversion experts, Electrogenic , Babcock will convert four in-service military Land Rovers, two protected vehicles and two general service, from diesel-fueled to EV using a drop-in kit and modified battery system.

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Jaguar Land Rover takes stake in CloudCar cloud services company; first roll-out in electric I-PACE

Green Car Congress

Jaguar Land Rover has announced a closer partnership with CloudCar, including the adoption of its next-generation cloud services platform and a US$15-million minority investment in the company. Jaguar Land Rover intends to be the first to roll out the next-generation CloudCar platform in its first fully electric model, Jaguar I-PACE.

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Jaguar Land Rover, Intel and Seeing Machines showcase driver attention-monitoring system At CES

Green Car Congress

Jaguar Land Rover is working with Intel and Seeing Machines to develop sensing technology that monitors the driver’s face and eyes to reduce distracted and drowsy driving. Wolfgang Ziebart, Jaguar Land Rover Engineering Director. DMS could also help the car share information with the driver more effectively.

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Range Rover, Defender, Discovery, Jaguar become distinct brands in JLR’s EV shift

Electrek

Jaguar Land Rover , or JLR as it’s now known, is breaking into four sub-brands as part of its new corporate identity. Range Rover, Defender, Discovery, and Jaguar will become their own distinct brands as the automaker moves toward an electric future with a new logo.

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Fuel lives in Land Rover’s EV push

Baua Electric

With a lineup of simplest SUVs and crossovers, Land Rover will have to travel into electrification with surgical precision. The $100,000 Area Rover already has a improper car weight of just about 7,400 kilos, and the next battery-electric fashion received’t weigh any much less.

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JLR on course to change into an all-electric luxurious emblem: N Chandrasekaran

Baua Electric

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Motors, is on course to be remodeled into an all-electric luxurious automobile with the primary untouched automobile launches scheduled for 2025, Chairman N Chandrasekaran knowledgeable shareholders within the corporate’s Annual File for 2022-23.

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QOTD: Going Blocky

The Truth About Cars

The Santa Fe's new duds are quite blocky, just like those of the Land Rover Defender (Hyundai claims this is a coincidence. Other Land Rover/Range Rover models are squared off, too. Kia, which is a corporate sibling to Hyundai, has been selling the blocky Telluride for a while now.