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Jaguar Land Rover investing $1.6M in two new Centers of Excellence for Engine Combustion Research at Oxford and University College London; gasoline and diesel

Green Car Congress

Jaguar Land Rover announced the creation of two new Centers of Excellence for Engine Combustion Research at two leading UK universities. Wolfgang Epple, Director of Research and Technology for Jaguar Land Rover. —Brian Cooper, Principal Engineer, Jaguar Land Rover Powertrain Research.

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Jaguar Land Rover expanding Ingenium powertrain family; new gasoline engine, TRANSCEND transmission

Green Car Congress

This week, Jaguar Land Rover will expand its Ingenium powertrain family ( earlier post ), unveiling new technologies for both current and future vehicles. Since 2008, Jaguar Land Rover has doubled the number of powertrain engineers and invested in the research of a range of future powertrain solutions.

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U-Turn! Lynk & Co 900 electric SUV has Land Rover design influence and Mazda pricing, so why aren’t we getting it in Australia?

EV Central

Some of its design elements – particularly at the rear – have hints of Land Rover. Theres a hint of Land Rover in the rump of the Lynk & Co 900. The combined outputs of petrol and electric is 530kW for claimed 0-100km/h acceleration of 4.8 Theres also a 140kW 1.5-litre The post U-Turn!

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

Green Car Congress

Last year we won with our petrol car the T.25 Those taking part ranged from enthusiasts driving their own vehicles to major car manufacturers including BMW, Chevrolet, Mercedes-Benz, Mini, Renault, smart, Toyota, Vauxhall, Volkswagen and Land Rover. 25 entry and this year our electric car the T.27.

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Tesla Inside: The Ultimate Vintage Land Rover Retrofit

Cars That Think

From the outside, this Land Rover Defender looks like any other example of the postwar British classic that conquered the African outback—and the automotive world’s heart. Rover estimates that 70 percent of these hardy survivors—beginning with the Land Rover “Series” models, with the “Defender” name added in 1990— remain on the road.

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Land Rover Defender SUV launched with new V8 engine and updated features

Baua Electric

The latest updates on the Land Rover SUV will be available across all three variants Defender 90, 110, and 130. Land Rover has launched the Defender SUV with a new 5.0-litre litre V8 petrol engine which offers an output of 425 bhp. Land Rover has launched the Defender SUV at a price of 1.39

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Land Rover targets Europe with new diesel hybrid models

Green Cars News

Land Rover’s new hybrid models have been predominately built with the European market in mind, it has been revealed, as the carmaker explains why it chose to team an electric drivetrain with a diesel-rather than a petrol engine. Hybrid cars Land Rover'