Jaguar Land Rover all electric vehicles from 2025

[Bald Rick]

On news just now ...... JLR to stop making combustion engine vehicles and go all electric from 2025.

Thoughts?

 

[toquark]

Drove a plug in hybrid Volvo last week for the first time. Loved it. Then it ran out of juice after 15 miles and switched to a petrol which was thirsty (35mpg) so not convinced its all that eco friendly.

It was lovely to drive on the battery though, very smooth and quiet.

 

[Bald Rick]

Drove a plug in hybrid Volvo last week for the first time. Loved it. Then it ran out of juice after 15 miles and switched to a petrol which was thirsty (35mpg) so not convinced its all that eco friendly.

It was lovely to drive on the battery though, very smooth and quiet.

Yeah but no hybrids from JLR ..... going all out electric to "help our government meet net carbon zero by 2050"

 

[toquark]

Yeah but no hybrids from JLR ..... going all out electric to "help our government meet net carbon zero by 2050"

To be honest, I was sceptical of the move towards electric vehicles until I drove it. It really was nice to be in and quick. The investment is going into electric so I guess we'll just have to get used to it. I'm a lot more relaxed about it since I've actually driven one.

The argument about how green they really are I think still has many holes in it. It certainly won't be any cheaper for the consumer that's for certain.

 

[Cowabunga]

On news just now ...... JLR to stop making combustion engine vehicles and go all electric from 2025.

Thoughts?

That's if the company even survives that long. They can say anything, but doing is the important thing. They said there was a new Defender coming for fifteen years, but although they have launched a new vehicle with that name at last, it is not what anyone expected a 'Defender' to be, so really they still haven't.

I would love an electric vehicle with quiet high power. Especially one that can tow 3.5 tons for 300 miles or more between charges. My next car is very likely to be electric but unlikely to be a plug-in all-electric Land Rover.

 

[Poorbuthappy]

Drove a plug in hybrid Volvo last week for the first time. Loved it. Then it ran out of juice after 15 miles and switched to a petrol which was thirsty (35mpg) so not convinced its all that eco friendly.

It was lovely to drive on the battery though, very smooth and quiet.

The all electric xc40 looks good,but is serious ££. On a par with the ipace.

 

[Davey]

It's a noble gesture but that's it, I'm sure long before then there will be a change in ownership and a quite scrapping of the statement.

I like the idea of going electric but towing and range mean that's not likely to happen anytime soon.

I do however think people need to be more honest with themselves about the apparent 'green ' credentials of electric cars

BTW if you aren't familiar with Mr Cadogan, probably best not watched with children in the room!

 

[Formatted]

Financial Times have a pretty good write up - https://www.ft.com/content/4a7f386b-121b-450e-936c-e7935daab089

 

[X344chap]

The infrastructure doesnt exist to charge all these vehicles and wont be in place in 2025. Also plenty of rural areas and long distances between towns even if they did have charging points - fine in the centre of London - but impractical in the country especially north of the border until you get batteries lasting longer than 300 plus miles and public charging points easily available. Where exactly do JLR think their market is now?

 

[X344chap]

Financial Times have a pretty good write up - https://www.ft.com/content/4a7f386b-121b-450e-936c-e7935daab089

Paywall

 

[hoff135]

That's if the company even survives that long. They can say anything, but doing is the important thing. They said there was a new Defender coming for fifteen years, but although they have launched a new vehicle with that name at last, it is not what anyone expected a 'Defender' to be, so really they still haven't.

I would love an electric vehicle with quiet high power. Especially one that can tow 3.5 tons for 300 miles or more between charges. My next car is very likely to be electric but unlikely to be a plug-in all-electric Land Rover.

You're in luck, new electric defender has already been built

 

[Red Fred]

Why does my heart sink when I read Land Rover and Electrics in the same sentence?

 

[Cowabunga]

It's a noble gesture but that's it, I'm sure long before then there will be a change in ownership and a quite scrapping of the statement.

I like the idea of going electric but towing and range mean that's not likely to happen anytime soon.

I do however think people need to be more honest with themselves about the apparent 'green ' credentials of electric cars

BTW if you aren't familiar with Mr Cadogan, probably best not watched with children in the room!

Remember that his opinion is from a perspective where Australian electricity is overwhelmingly generated from some of the dirtiest coal in the world. Take it with that and a pinch of salt.

Whatever, electric is the way it is going, like it or not. Hydrogen made from renewable or nuclear electricity may, or may not, eventually be a significant alternative.

 

[Formatted]

Where exactly do JLR think their market is now?

The FT article says they are hedging their bets on hydrogen fuel cell market rather than battery-electric. Burn hydrogen to generate electricity to drive electric motors. Rest of the market is doing traditional battery-electric cars

 

[cattleman123]

The world is going to need all the copper it can get....this is the time to invest in copper guys and gals...Just think about it for 1 min

 

[Davey]

Remember that his opinion is from a perspective where Australian electricity is overwhelmingly generated from some of the dirtiest coal in the world. Take it with that and a pinch of salt.

Whatever, electric is the way it is going, like it or not. Hydrogen made from renewable or nuclear electricity may, or may not, eventually be a significant alternative.

Absolutely but the point still exists that making 'stuff' especially cars and their batteries is far from a green process, even if you do charge it from sunbeams and fairy dust.

I should also say there was a correction posted regarding the recycling of aluminium if anyone is actually that interested?

 

[Robt]

The world is going to need all the copper it can get....this is the time to invest in copper guys and gals...Just think about it for 1 min

sorry to be thick! Whats so special about copper in partiular to this thread? genuinly interested

 

[cattleman123]

The Electric world going forward will need it

 

[Y Fan Wen]

sorry to be thick! Whats so special about copper in partiular to this thread? genuinly interested

Copper cables and copper motor windings.

 

[Exfarmer]

sorry to be thick! Whats so special about copper in partiular to this thread? genuinly interested

every electric motor is full of it