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Road Test: 2024 Range Rover Velar Dynamic SE Mild Hybrid

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Midsize SUV with Range Rover Cachet The 2024 Range Rover Velar is one of the entry-level midsize Range Rover models (the smaller Evoque takes the pure entry-level prize). However, nothing is lost in its design that retains the premium appeal of the larger Range Rover Sport Autobiography and the Range Rover Sport SE Dynamic.

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Lightning eMotors introduces new generation 4 Lightning Electric Transit Class 3 Van; battery-electric and fuel cell electric variants

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The new, longer-range Lightning Electric Transit Van is the fourth generation of its battery-electric and fuel cell electric platform, based on the Ford Transit 350HD chassis. This new battery technology and other upgrades give them the range, power and features at the price they need to scale up their electric fleets.

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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. Combined NEDC fuel economy is 84 mpg US (101 mpg UK, 2.8 The low range transmission can also be operated in pure EV mode for near silent all-terrain journeys. Badged P400e, the new model combining a 300PS (221kW) 2.0-liter

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Battery cost makes affordable Toyota EV unlikely, exec says

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And it definitely won’t be among the five new electric SUVs Toyota plans to launch by 2026, Autocar noted. It told Green Car Reports in 2021 that it aimed to make affordability, not range , the focus of its EV plans. Toyota’s approach in the U.S. might be different. But it’s only U.S.-market

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Road Test: 2023 Ranger Rover Sport Autobiography Plug-In Hybrid

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Elegant + Powerful + Efficient Editor’s Note: Land Rover part of JLR is embarking on what it calls “reimagination,” entailing a new focus on three “families”—Range Rover, Defender and Discovery. John had a chance to sample two Range Rovers which offer views of the different stages of electrification. . An exaggeration?

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Road Test: 2023 Ranger Rover Sport SE Dynamic Mild Hybrid

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The 74-year-old Land Rover part of JLR is embarking on what it calls “reimagination,” entailing a new focus on three “families”—Range Rover, Defender and Discovery. John had a chance to sample two Range Rovers which offer views of the different stages of electrification. . second range. Sport SE 3.0-liter

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Porsche Developing Electric Vehicles; 3 Electric Boxsters Slated for Testing

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We will definitely be offering an electric sports car in future. mpg US) and 70 grams CO 2 per kilometer in its most economical operating mode. The Cayenne S Hybrid is the first production car in the range able to run under electric power alone. mpg US), with CO 2 emissions of 193 g/km. L/100 kilometers (78.4

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