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Exclusive: Massimo Frascella, design director of Jaguar Land Rover quits the company | Autocar Professional

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He began his career at Stile Bertone – a design firm – following on to work on some critical projects like Lincoln Mercury at Ford and Kia Motors, before joining Land Rover as Creative Studio Chief in 2011.

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RIT study ranks 10 most efficient powertrains, 10 lowest energy consumption chassis

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Findings include: The lowest energy consumption chassis of the 2010 passenger vehicle fleet by the VLFC method is the Toyota Prius, followed by the Suzuki SX4 chassis, the Yaris, and then the Civic Hybrid and the Kia Rio.

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GM’s rosy year-end figures obscure the fact that legacy automakers are in deep trouble – Charged EVs

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Hyundai/Kia and the Chinese certainly aren’t waiting. For one company (particularly one with controversial policies and a mercurial leader) to dominate the electric car market is bad news for consumers. It delivered 75,883 electric cars this past year, of which just 18% use its new Ultium platform. This is a black mark on management.”

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