British carmaker Jaguar Land Rover (JRL) will electrify all its vehicles from 2020. Some will be mild hybrids, others plug-in hybrids, yet others battery-electric. In this video, JRL executives, led by chief Dr Ralf Speth, talk about the company’s future development. … [Read more...] about Jaguar Land Rover heads into the future …
Land Rover responds to clean air critic that ‘diesel is the devil’
Jaguar Land Rover has defended its diesel engine technology after criticism of the fuel from the founder and director of Clean Air London, Simon Birkett. “Diesel is the devil, and we do need to ban it,” Birkett told a panel of automotive experts at the inaugural Jaguar Land Rover Tech Fest, a three-day event in London highlighting the carmaker’s future technology. On the … [Read more...] about Land Rover responds to clean air critic that ‘diesel is the devil’
VW’s all-electric pledge: ‘We’re sending clear signals to the world’
The Volkswagen Group aims by 2030 to have electrified (EV) versions of all 300 models sold around the world, says its CEO Matthias Mueller. And by 2025, the VW brand alone is targeting 33 per cent of the planned three million sales of EVs from the wider VW Group – Audi, Porsche, Skoda, Seat, Bentley, Lamborghini. The move to more EVs has been given new impetus by the … [Read more...] about VW’s all-electric pledge: ‘We’re sending clear signals to the world’
World of Disney and ultimate expedition vehicle …
In the 1980s and ‘90s, Californian Bran Ferren was the president for research and technology at Walt Disney Imagineering. The job took him to remote places scouting for film locations. Getting there often required adapting vehicles for the purpose. This led to an interest in off-road expedition vehicles. In 2001, Ferren began building his own expedition vehicle, based on the … [Read more...] about World of Disney and ultimate expedition vehicle …
Ultimate camper van can travel 3200km without refueling ….
More than 50 years ago, Walt Disney coined the term ‘Imagineers’ for his designers, those wizards who dreamed up weird and wonderful fantasies, the essence of Disney entertainment. One of those Imagineers was Californian Bran Ferren, in the 1980s and ‘90s the president for research and technology at Walt Disney Imagineering. Among other things, the job took him to remote … [Read more...] about Ultimate camper van can travel 3200km without refueling ….