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Ricardo selected as strategic supplier to Jaguar Land Rover

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Ricardo has been selected by Jaguar Land Rover as one of its key strategic suppliers. The support provided by Ricardo will be broad-ranging, assisting Jaguar Land Rover across the company’s product design and development organization.

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Magna to build new aluminum casting plant in UK to support Jaguar Land Rover

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will build a new aluminum casting facility in Telford, United Kingdom, to support Jaguar Land Rover. Working with the UK Trade & Investment and the Automotive Investment Organization, along with financial support from the UK Government’s Regional Growth Fund, helped to secure this project. Magna International Inc.

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Rivian listed by Consumer Reports as one of 2024’s worst brands

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This was despite the Rivian R1T pickup truck and Rivian R1S SUV performing well in the organization’s tests. As noted by Consumer Reports , its list of worst automakers for 2024 represented the bottom five of the 34 brands that were ranked in the organization’s annual member survey. liter engines.

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Tesla, Ford, and VW call for tougher ZEV mandate in UK

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Citing documents that it was reportedly able to view, The Guardian noted that Toyota, Jaguar Land Rover, and Nissan were among the carmakers that are requesting delays in the rollout of the UK’s zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate. In contrast, Tesla, Ford, and Volkswagen called for the ZEV mandate to be tougher on carmakers.

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ACEA, Hydrogen Europe and IRU call on EU to ramp up investments in hydrogen refueling infrastructure

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Unfortunately, hydrogen refueling infrastructure is severely lacking in Europe today, putting at risk the development of this innovative zero-emission solution, the organizations said. IRU is the world road transport organization. Founded in 1948, IRU has members and activities in more than 100 countries.

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Rock Tech Lithium to collaborate with Fraunhofer Institute and Circulor to pursue CO2-neutral lithium

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With a total of more than 30,000 employees, the Fraunhofer- Gesellschaft is the largest organization for applied research and development services in Europe. The company’s customers include Volvo Cars, Polestar, Jaguar Land Rover, BHP and Boeing. Circulor is a leading provider of sustainable supply chain traceability.

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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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The event was organized in three different entrants classes and seven vehicle categories—from small passenger classes to light commercial vehicles. Many of the vehicles, such as the Land Rover Range_e, BMW Active-e and Volkswagen Golf Blue e-motion will not be on sale for two or more years and had rarely been seen on UK roads.

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