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EV conversion specialist Everrati ‘launches’ Land Rover Defender designed to be stored on a yacht

Electrek

What else would you expect within a Land Rover Defender EV conversion coming our way from Everrati and superyacht designers Bannenberg & Rowell? While this is not the first all-electric Defender conversion we’ve seen, it’s certainly the first designed to be stored aboard a yacht. Yeah… you read that right.

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Land Rover As We Know It Is Going Away - Sort Of

The Truth About Cars

Jaguar Land Rover recently announced that it would rebrand itself as JLR and that Land Rover as we know it is going away.& & The brand’s iconic luxury off-roaders aren’t going away, just the Land Rover name. is shrinking to make room for the transition. is shrinking to make room for the transition.

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Jaguar Land Rover introduces plug-in hybrid model to Range Rover Sport line-up: the P400e

Green Car Congress

Jaguar Land Rover has introduced its first plug-in hybrid vehicle as part of the Range Rover Sport line-up. With 640 N·m of torque, the new powertrain mixes dynamic and sustainable performance with traditional Land Rover capability, comfort and refinement. seconds (0-100km/h in only 6.7

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Jaguar Land Rover investigating energy-efficient vehicle heating and cooling; Air Bubbles and Air Blankets

Green Car Congress

Rather than continuously heating or cooling a flow of air as it enters the car, Jaguar Land Rover is exploring how a car could heat or cool an “Air Bubble” inside the vehicle once, and then maintain the temperature and quality of this air bubble using innovative new HVAC technologies.

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New Range Rover Evoque offers Land Rover’s first 48V MHEV system

Green Car Congress

In London, Land Rover unveiled the New Range Rover Evoque luxury compact SUV. The compact footprint is almost identical to its predecessor’s at 4.37m, yet built on Land Rover’s new Premium Transverse Architecture, there is more interior space than before.

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2020 Range Rover available with 48V mild hybrid in-line 6

Green Car Congress

The latest 400PS Ingenium engine delivers 550N·m of torque that powers the new Range Rover from 0-100km/h in 6.3 liter engine is paired with an electric motor that can harvest energy through deceleration and store it in a 48V battery. —Nick Rogers, Executive Director of Product Engineering, Jaguar Land Rover.

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Range Rover Evoque and Land Rover Discovery Sport now available as PHEVs: P300e

Green Car Congress

The new Range Rover Evoque and Land Rover Discovery Sport premium compact SUVs are now available with plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) technology, with an electric-only range of up to 66 km (41 miles) and CO 2 emissions as low as 32 g/km. Range Rover Evoque PHEV.