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

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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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Land Rover Range_e 4WD diesel plug-in hybrid previews future production powertrains

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Land Rover presented its Range_e development model at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this week. This development model features a plug-in hybrid diesel-electric powertrain that Land Rover expects to make available in future production models, following the scheduled launch of its diesel-electric hybrid in 2013.

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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. This would allow the driver to walk alongside the car, at a maximum speed of 4 mph (6.4

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Rolls-Royce electric aircraft sets three speed records; world’s fastest electric vehicle

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mph) over 3 kilometers, smashing the existing record by 213.04 Rolls-Royce is looking to the the FAI to certify and officially confirm the achievements of the team in the near future. mph)—making the Spirit of Innovation the world’s fastest all-electric vehicle, the company said. km/h (132mph).

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IIHS study finds drivers significantly more likely to speed while using adaptive cruise control

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These drivers were provided with a 2016 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque outfitted with ACC or with a 2017 Volvo S90 equipped with ACC and Pilot Assist—a partial automation system that combines ACC with lane centering. ACC also had the largest impact on how much they exceeded the limit in zones where it was 55 mph.

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4 Classic Car Relaunches Transforming the EV Landscape

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The battery-powered model reaches 62 mph in 5.5 DeLorean EV Who doesn’t spot pictures of the DMC DeLorean and get nostalgic pangs for “Back to the Future?” DeLorean really gets to the future 3. All-electric but all Land Rover Watch for Class Car Relaunches Several classic car relaunches are sweetening the EV landscape.

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Reeves Callaway, Callaway Automobiles founder and CEO, dies at 75

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The corporate’s designs went on in order for Alfa Romeo, Aston Martin, Land Rover, Mazda and Normal Motors. “We shall carry his vision and mission forward and continue to grow the company he founded and built into innovative future products that he would applaud as we honor his legacy.”