Jaguar Land Rover Begins New Hybrid/EV Research Project

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will begin a £16.3 million, two-year research project into batteries and hybrid technology called Evoque_e in October. The Technology Strategy Board, third-party suppliers and universities in the UK are supporting it. The project attempts to develop a next generation of hybrid and battery technology with the EvoqueLand Rover Range Rover EvoqueUnited Kingdom, 2011 > present128 versions
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as a test bed. Jaguar Land Rover is contributing £4 million to the project.

Over the two-year project, the participants will build three research vehicles from Evoque chassis. There will be a next-generation mild hybrid, a plug-in hybrid and a full electric vehicle.

“The aim of the project is to develop technology platforms which are configurable and compatible within the architecture of an existing production vehicle. The modular technologies include single and multi-speed axle drives; modular battery packs and integrated power electronics, multi-machine, advanced control development and torque vectoring,” said Peter Richings, Jaguar Land Rover Director Hybrids and Electrification.

Specifically, it will attempt to develop smaller electric motors that turn at faster speeds to reduce weight, size and cost but keep reliability. The technology is all supposed to be production ready by the end of the project.

Jaguar Land Rover has just launched its first hybrid vehicle – the Range Rover HybridLand Rover Range Rover 3....United Kingdom, 2014 > present. Three of the cars are currently on a trip from the Land Rover headquarters to the Tata headquarters in Mumbai, India.