Tag: Jaguar Land Rover
Jaguar Land Rover and BMW join forces to develop electric drive systems
Jaguar I-PACE: Image from Wikipedia Jaguar Land Rover and BMW Group today are joining forces to develop next generation Electric Drive Units (EDUs) in a move they hope will support the advancement of electrification technologies. The manufacturers claim the strategic collaboration will build on the knowledge and expertise in electrification…
Jaguar Land Rover self-driving pods light the way
Jaguar Land Rover is trialling an alternative way to guide pedestrians and other road users about where its self-driving vehicle is going, by projecting a light onto the ground in front of it. The British automotive firm has added the technology on autonomous pods developed by Aurrigo for the UK Autodrive project in order to…
Jaguar trials technology to prevent waiting around at traffic lights
Jaguar Land Rover is trialling new Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2X) technology which will connect cars to traffic lights so drivers can avoid getting stuck at red and help free up traffic flow in cities. The Green Light Optimal Speed Advisory (GLOSA) system allows cars to “talk” to traffic lights and inform the driver of the speed they…
Alibaba’s $30 billion Singles Day helps power UK brands including Dyson, Jaguar Land Rover
Forget Black Friday. Alibaba's Singles’ Day is the biggest online sales day and this year it helped power UK brands as sales topped $30 billion. The Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba’s Singles’ Day sales soared to £23.81 billion ($30bn) last Sunday (November 11th). And the international delivery company ParcelHero says the strong demand for quality products means…
Is this the sexiest electric car so far? Jaguar Land Rover unveils E-type Zero and pledges to go all electric by 2020
Forget the Nissan Leaf or even the Tesla Model 3. Jaguar Land Rover is launching an electric version of its classic 1960s E-type and we want one. Now. The electric Jaguar E-type called the E-type Zero Roadster is based on a 1968 Series 1.5 Roadster and features a cutting-edge electric powertrain for 0-60mph in just…