Land Rover Defender Electric
May 9, 2011
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Land Rover South Africa has developed an all-electric Defender. The vehicle was designed to minimise noise and environmental pollution for the safari drivers. The Lithium battery is developed with the UK-based Axeon. The position of the battery pack is in the engine bay where the standard 2.4 diesel engine formerly was situated. A more common place should be under the car, but by putting the battery pack in the engine bay the Land Rover maintains it’s ground clearance and wading height.
Besides the reduction of 295 g/km carbon dioxide emission the car has another great advantage: As the engine produces no sound, the car is able to get close to the animals of the game park.
More information: Land Rover Defender Electric
Jaguar Announced production of the C-X75
May 6, 2011
Today, Jaguar has announced production plans for the Jaguar C-X75.
The Jaguar C-X75 was unveiled at the Paris Motor Show in 2010. At that time it was only a celebration of the 75th anniversary of Jaguar, but now Jaguar announced a limited production of 250 cars. The production will start in 2013 and the car will cost around €900.000,-, so start saving…
More information and specifications of the Jaguar C-X75
The official Jaguar C-X75 introduction video
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The French driver Stéphane Caillet piloted the Peugeot EX1 Concept around the Nurburgring in a staggering time of 9:01.338. This means an average of 138.324km/h. The former record was held by the Mini E Race with a time of 9:51.45.
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