Land Rover Reveals More About Diesel Hybrid Range Rover

During the reveal of the next generation Range RoverLand Rover Range Rover (modern) Gen.3 [L405]United Kingdom, 2012 > present13 versions
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said that it would offer the car with a diesel plug-in hybrid. It has begun talking more about the upcoming model and said that the plug-in hybrid Range Rover would be the first vehicle in the JaguarJaguarUnited Kingdom, 1922 > present53 models
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Land Rover range to be a plug-in hybrid. 

“Plug-in hybrids definitely have the most potential. The Range Rover is the logical place to start as buyers of this car are able to afford the technology. It makes sense to put it in the top car and let it filter its way down the range,” said Peter Richings, chief engineer for hybrid technology at Jaguar Land Rover.

Unfortunately, we will have to wait a little while for the diesel hybrid Range Rover. The model is not due to go on sale until after 2015. It also has not discussed the diesel engine's layout. During the Range Rover launch, Land Rover said that it was aiming for 169g/km of CO2 emissions. 

It experimented with a Jaguar XJ_eJaguar XJ_eUnited Kingdom, 2012 > 20121 photo
plug-in hybrid as a concept with a 2.0-liter diesel. That car had a 334ps total and would accelerate to 100km/h in 6.5 seconds and a 250km/h limited top speed. The XJ_e produced 75g/km of CO2 and used 3.2l/100km. It had a pure electric range of 40km and a total range of 1092km.

Jaguar Showing Hybrid XJ at Goodwood

Source: Auto Express