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UK Awards £27M to Jaguar Land Rover for Production Vehicle Based on Diesel Hybrid Concept

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Jaguar Land Rover has secured a £27 million (US$37.4 million) government grant for the production of a new model, based on the LRX concept vehicle. liter, turbodiesel hybrid that meets US emissions standards and is capable of running on biodiesel. Earlier post.) The LRX is conceived as a highly fuel-efficient, 2.0-liter,

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Gordon Murray T.27 EV overall winner of 2nd annual Brighton to London RAC Future Car Challenge

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To win this event is truly special and could not have been achieved without the 50% grant from the Technology Strategy Board and my team. There were five vehicle energy classes: Pure Electric (EV); Extended-Range/Plug-In Hybrid (E-REV, PHEV); Hybrid (HV, HEV); Hydrogen (HFEV); and Internal Combustion Engine (ICE)—up to 110g/km CO?

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UK Awards 24M to 6 Low Carbon Vehicle Projects

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Projects include the development of new engines for plug-in hybrid versions of Nissan, Lotus and Jaguar Land Rover cars, a lightweight electric bin wagon, development of lightweight materials for vehicle weight reduction, and new technologies using thermal energy to improve vehicle performance.

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News: Hydrogen Fuel Cell Market Confused

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Honda Drops Clarity FCEV; BMW & Land Rover Test Prototypes. Both BMW and Jaguar Land Rover announced this week advanced testing of hydrogen fuel cell models that could appear on the market in a few years. Land Rover’s Fuel Cell Approach. million UK government grant.

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UK Research Consortium Awarded £5.7M Grant to Develop New Lightweight Materials for Cars and Aircraft

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million) grant to help develop new super-light materials solutions for building more fuel-efficient cars and aircraft. The LATEST2 (Light Alloys Towards Environmentally Sustainable Transport 2 nd Generation) Project is being funded by a program grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). million (US$8.9

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UK TSB and BIS investing 10M in 16 low-carbon vehicle projects

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million) in grants to 16 collaborative research and development projects that focus on achieving significant cuts in CO 2 emissions for vehicle-centric technologies in low carbon vehicles. Bladon Jets Limited (lead), Jaguar Land Rover, Warwick University. Cobham CTS Ltd (lead), Jaguar Land-Rover, Ricardo UK Ltd.

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UK Government awards more than US$141M to 38 driverless and low carbon vehicle projects

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Seven innovative projects will share grants from the latest round of funding from the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC), the joint industry-government program to put the UK at the forefront of low carbon vehicle technology. million (US$21.5

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