Thread: Goodnight Diesel. ...Land Rover get your EV skates on!

So looks like Jag sales will take a dive in around 4 yrs time

The entire announcement from the JLR CEO:

Reimagine Jaguar | An Announcement From Thierry Bolloré, JLR Chief Executive Officer - YouTube


The guts of it has already been posted on this thread. The rest of it is corporate-speak for “expect job losses”.

I can sort of see EV working for a sports car, like Jaguar, and perhaps the softer RR variants, eg Velar, but it does not sit well with me for RR / RRS / Disco / Defender. They are (or have been) marketed as tough, go anyway, vehicles.

I don’t believe the battery technology is there yet for travelling into remote locations or towing heavy loads. Maybe their plans will evolve as technology does, or LR will “re-imagine”, to use the CEO’s seemingly favourite word, those vehicles as luxury vehicles, targeted at urban drivers, having the 4WD looks (but no longer the capability) to retain their cred. Given that apparently most owners don’t leave the bitumen, perhaps that is not as silly as it sounds.

Haven't electric or hybrid Jags been on the road for a couple of years already?

DL

Originally Posted by 350RRC

Haven't electric or hybrid Jags been on the road for a couple of years already?

DL

Yes it is called the I-Pace Jaguar I-PACE | Our First All-Electric Car | Jaguar

Go Woke go broke.

Lets face it LR only thinks about the European market and zero about Australia.
They have long left the outback touring markets of Africa Australia and the Middle East.

I wonder what the Saudis think of it, although they never bought LR in any volume, always Toyota, who I bet will hedge their bets.

regards PhilipA

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

they get stuck in my diverticules Ian.

haven't eaten nuts since september and I love pistachios

Haven't eaten nuts, or sesame seeds, or tomatos, or anything else with hard seeds or lumps for around 2 years. Diverticulitis cannot be cured, it can merely be managed.

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

Inner city yuppies or a real 4wd with range and towing capacity ?

The quote below answers THAT question fully, ND.

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

to reimagine to benchmark of luxury,” chief executive Thierry Bollore told the Associated Press.

Originally Posted by Tins

Haven't eaten nuts, or sesame seeds, or tomatos, or anything else with hard seeds or lumps for around 2 years. Diverticulitis cannot be cured, it can merely be managed.

Re-sleeving doesn't work? A bit like a 3208 eh?