Kinda looking at the new "F-Type"....
Posted on 09/07/2017 1:45:08 PM PDT by Red Badger
Jaguar Land Rover will make all its new vehicles available in electric or hybrid models from 2020, it said on Thursday, two months after a similar announcement from Volvo.
The JLR group is the latest carmaker to embrace the move away from internal combustion engines in the wake of stricter government proposals after the Paris climate accord.
"We will introduce a portfolio of electrified products across our model range, embracing fully electric, plug-in hybrid and mild hybrid vehicles," JLR chief executive Ralf Speth said.
Sweden's Volvo is also moving away from internal combustion engines, announcing in July that it plans to start phasing out production of conventional petrol-only cars from 2019.
British car manufacturer Aston Martin told the Financial Times in August that it wanted to equip all new models with electric batteries from the mid 2020s.
JLR is set to launch its first fully electric model, the SUV Jaguar I-Pace, next year.
The group, owned by Indian conglomerate Tata, told AFP in November 2016 that it intended to double its production of cars worldwide in future years.
British media reported that JLR's emphasis on electric cars in Britain, where most of its car production is based, could lead to the creation of 10,000 jobs in the country.
France and Britain have both recently said they would end sales of petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040 in a bid to reduce nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution.
One stumbling block in Britain is thought to be costs of providing recharge points on public highways, though Britain's plan promises to install charge points at motorway service areas and large fuel retailers.
Norway—where electric cars topped the sales charts for the first time in June—intends to restrict the sale of new vehicles with combustion engines from 2025.
Jag lost it’s sex when they went from 12 to 8 cylinders. Now they want to become full blown eunuchs.
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New $90,000 plus Jaguar XJL. The car has been in the shop Four times for over a total of 20 days. All kind of electrical problems, most prevalent is with Bluetooth disconnecting or instrument panel blanking out completely. Jaguar has no idea how to fix the issues and refuses to replace the computers. They have asked us to wait for a major software update that in July. This is our fifth Jaguar XJ and by far the worse electronics of any of the over 25 cars I have owned.
Because British electrics have the confidence of the world!
You can always get a generator at home and charge it up using gas...
Would be a cool way for 1960s British rock star to go out.
This is why your light bulbs must change, power company must be given authority to throttle your AC use, etc.
The dirty secret behind all of the other mandates.
Windmills. If the wind blows enough the night before you want to go somewhere . . .
Jaguar is lucky to sell 30,000 units per year in the USA. Electrics won’s sell near that many. And, seeing how they are Jags, a high percentage will be immobile a high percentage of the time.
That is kinda self defeating.................
Does Keith Richards own one?.......................
The McLaren P1, Porsche 918, and Ferrari LaFerrari do rather nicely as hybrids.
Formula One race cars are also hybrids, and no slouches in the performance department.
Jaguar would do well to run in those circles with a hybrid, and I do believe that if they could pull it off, there are people who would want an electric Jag.
Kinda looking at the new "F-Type"....
Here in Florida, they just rust away..................
With Lucas electrical components?!
Installed by Italians!.................
That should improve reliability.
Guess I better keep the Jag I have now. Lol
Better yet you could put the generator in the trunk and charge the vehicle while you’re driving.
They don’t have a great track record with electricity................
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