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Jaguar Land Rover seeks $2 billion in British gov’t bailout

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Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) says reports that it is seeking a NZ$4 billion bailout from the British Government are “inaccurate and speculative”– but it is in talks for help as it battles a steep fall in global sales as a result of the coronavirus lockdown. “We are in regular discussion with government on a whole range of matters and the content of our private discussions remains … [Read more...] about Jaguar Land Rover seeks $2 billion in British gov’t bailout

Carmakers finding solutions to problems that don’t exist?

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Where is the automotive industry going next with the development of so-called smart devices? Is it nearing information overload? Findings solutions to problems that don’t exist? Take, for example, inventions from American start-up Byton and Britain’s venerable Jaguar Land Rover (JLR). Byton not long ago revealed its production-ready vehicle the ‘M-Byte,’ notable for the huge … [Read more...] about Carmakers finding solutions to problems that don’t exist?

More ‘fake news’ from Driven and the other motoring sites

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Oh dear, the NZ Herald, the newspaper that insisted for so many years that it was the journal of record, is among those publications so desperate for advertising dollars that it’s becoming a lap dog to those flogging manufactured ‘news’. Its Driven motoring site today had a story that began: “Kiwi motorists could soon be paying for petrol from their car’s touchscreen with … [Read more...] about More ‘fake news’ from Driven and the other motoring sites

Range Rover goes hybrid to meet tough 2020 emissions targets

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Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has said 40 to 50 per cent of its range of vehicles will be electrified by 2020 – and pictured here is the second prototype, a Range Rover Sport. The first was the I-Pace, a battery-electric SUV based on the Jaguar F-Pace and revealed at the Los Angeles motor show last November. JLR claims a range for the I-Pace of 500km. It is shorter overall … [Read more...] about Range Rover goes hybrid to meet tough 2020 emissions targets