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Diesel market share in Europe drops below 50%; offset by increased gasoline engine sales; implications for climate targets

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This drop was offset by an increase in the sale of gasoline engined vehicles. Automakers are cautioning that this shift to gasoline engines—with their higher CO 2 values—will pose additional challenges to meeting future CO 2 reduction targets. Gasoline vehicles now account for 48.5%

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News: Hydrogen Fuel Cell Market Confused

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Honda Drops Clarity FCEV; BMW & Land Rover Test Prototypes. ” Honda’s signed up with General Motors to cooperate of future ZEVs and will have volume production of battery electric cars from that joint venture on the market in 2024. .” Land Rover’s Fuel Cell Approach.

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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. The EPA rates the Range Rover’s all-electric range (AER) at 51 miles with a full charge of the 38.2 kWh battery.

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Brunel to use Camcon Single Cylinder IVT in researching future powertrain concepts

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Jaguar Land Rover has been an R&D partner throughout the project. SCI Systems use four independent iVT actuators (one per valve). Under development for the last seven years, Camcon Automotive’s iVT system has completed more than 1,000 hours on a dynamometer and a demonstrator vehicle has been built.

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PowerDriver simulations predict thermoelectric exhaust waste heat recovery output of 300W, -2.5% in fuel consumption; prototyping begins

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The European Union-funded PowerDriver project—a two-year, €3-million (US$4-million) research project initiated in February 2012 to turn exhaust gas waste heat into electricity using thermoelectric generator (TGEN) technology—has completed simulation work on on a potential automotive application.

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Road Test: 2023 Ranger Rover Sport SE Dynamic Mild Hybrid

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Supercharged + Turbocharged Luxury Editor’s note: Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is at the beginning of a transformation. 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. Using 91 octane fuel the 3.0-liter

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UK Technology Strategy Board Awards More Than 12M to 22 Projects to Speed Up Development of Low-Carbon Technology for Vehicles; Includes Gas Turbine Range Extender and Li-S Battery Cells

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Projects to be funded include: Ultra Lightweight Gas Turbine Range Extender for Electric Vehicles. Led by Bladon Jets, this consortium includes SR Drives and Jaguar Land Rover. The small size, multi-fuel capability and potential low cost of the ULRE could also help speed adoption of electric vehicles.

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