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Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has pledged to stop building cars powered solely by petrol and diesel. The company hopes that every car built after 2020 will either be fully electric or a hybrid that makes use of both an electric motor and a traditional petrol-powered engine.
"Every new Jaguar Land Rover model line will be electrified from 2020," Jaguar Land Rover boss Ralf Speth said in a statement. "We will introduce a portfolio of electrified products across our model range, embracing fully electric, plug-in hybrid and mild hybrid vehicles."
The move comes just months after rival Volvo Cars confirmed that it would electrify its entire range of vehicles by 2019. Between 2019 and 2021, Volvo plans to launch five new electric vehicles, while every other car in the range will feature some form of hybrid engine. Honda has also promised that all of its new models from 2020 on will have an electrified variant.
(Score: 2) by jmorris on Monday September 11 2017, @05:16PM (3 children)
Since go many government and corporate fleet customers require hybrid and electric, of course the automakers will offer versions with that feature. The questions that matter are whether normal customers become willing to pay the electric premium and whether governments can continue borrowing money to subsidize them to the extent that even a few are willing to buy them.
(Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 11 2017, @05:47PM
lol
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 11 2017, @08:40PM (1 child)
I'm not sure where you are coming from because Land Rovers and Jaguars don't fit the government and corporate fleet vehicle market.
(Score: 2) by jmorris on Monday September 11 2017, @10:41PM
There is a world beyond the U.S. Here in the U.S. the sales of those two brands is statistical noise.