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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018   
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Alledgedly...
Quote from Automotive News, quoting an FT interview! "The Range Rover and Land Rover Defender will get full-electric versions, he said." https://europe.autonews.com/automakers/jag...ells-paper Other snippets: "Jaguar Land Rover is close to announcing plans to source batteries for its electric vehicles from the UK, CEO Thierry Bollore told the Financial Times." "Bollore told the FT that he sees potential for "much more" savings. Asked by the paper if other closures may follow, Bollore said: "Oh yes." "It will bring electric drive units in-house, under plans to make the business more “vertically integrated” for key parts." "Sourcing from a UK plant is the “favourite scenario for us”, Bolloré said, adding that the company has settled on a chemistry for its battery technology and is in final discussions with a handful of battery manufacturers about plant locations. A final decision is expected within months, he said." And more kicking of Speth's tenure: "Current and former executives from the business say morale in the company has leapt since Bollore’s arrival in September, which followed the difficult final years of the decade-long tenure of former boss Sir Ralf Speth." Imagine how good it could get if they got rid of McGovern... On Nitra: "As part of the more modest ambitions, JLR also has no plans to push ahead with any expansion of its Slovakian plant, which was opened in 2018. A site next to the current factory is earmarked by the Slovakian government for use by the car group and had been expected to be developed. It also has no current plans to make electric models at the site, which manufactures the Land Rover Defender and Discovery, Bolloré said." On hydrogen: "Under Speth, the group began exploring using hydrogen in its larger models, which are difficult to convert to battery models because of their weight. Bolloré said the option “could make sense” once efficiency of hydrogen production increases, but that “it would not make sense to use hydrogen today that is very expensive and not very clean”. However, Bolloré promised a battery electric version of both the Range Rover and the Defender. “Our business is completely linked to the batteries.” https://www.ft.com/content/15450fa5-163f-4503-9781-a116edf41839 So does that mean the Defender production is coming home, at least in part? |
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23rd Jun 2021 11:44am |
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| J77 Member Since: 04 Nov 2019 Location: Fife Posts: 3409 
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It’s always been rumoured Discovery was coming home, they may as well bring Defender with it.
Along the same lines but more about Jaguars future https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-car...ew-ev-line 24MY 90 D250 HSE, Tasman Blue |
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23rd Jun 2021 12:50pm |
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