Jaguar Land Rover is hoping for a good result at the RAC Future Car Challenge after entering three of its Jaguar XJ_e PHEV luxury cars.
The event takes place on Saturday, November 3 and will finish at the Regent Street Motor Show in front of an anticipated 250,000 people.
Pete Richings, director, Jaguar Land Rover Hybrids & Electrification, said: "JLR believes that the RAC Future Car Challenge provides a great opportunity to showcase our low carbon technologies, testing them under real-world conditions with 'normal' drivers and assessing their real-world performance alongside other technologies."
JLR has entered the three models which, instead of the five-litre V8 of the standard XJ, utilise a specially developed two-litre turbocharged engine coupled with a 69kW electric motor and a 12.3kWh lithium-ion battery. The Jaguar XJ_e can purr along in all-electric mode for about 25 miles at low speeds. Performance estimates for the Jaguar XJ_e are fuel economy of 73.5 miles per gallon, a top speed of 150mph and 60mph from zero in 6.5 seconds. Tailpipe emissions are 75g/km ? a 70% decrease compared to the standard Jaguar XJ.
"JLR is committed to reducing our carbon footprint. With respect to tailpipe emissions our commitment is to reduce these by 25%. In order to achieve this, Jaguar Land Rover is addressing three areas: parasitic losses (eg improved aerodynamics, rolling resistance, energy usage reduction), vehicle weight (e.g. lightweight materials, advanced structures) and propulsion (eg engine and combustion efficiency, hybridisation and electrification). Hybrids and electrification technologies are key elements and Jaguar Land Rover is developing innovative solutions in this area,? Richings added.
The interest in the RAC Future Car Challenge 2012 reflects changes to the event which provide even more opportunities for manufacturers to get involved with the Challenge and the Regent Street Motor Show. Tom Purves, chairman of the Royal Automobile Club, said: "Sales of alternatively fuelled new cars are much higher than at this time last year and more and more manufacturers wish to showcase their vehicles to the public by entering the RAC Future Car Challenge. Major car makers around the globe have said they will participate in the 2012 Challenge and are currently finalising which models they will enter."
The event, which is owned by the Royal Automobile Club, and sponsored by RAC Motoring Services, was first introduced in 2010 to showcase low energy use vehicles. It features competitors driving electric, hybrid, hydrogen and low-emission conventional petrol and diesel cars on a 63-mile route from Brighton to London. Now recognised as the world's leading low-energy driving challenge, the event is unique in being free to the public to spectate and a real-world test of current and future vehicle technology.
In response to the increasing level of interest in the event, there has been an increase in the number of awards categories. There is now a very wide range of categories for Production Vehicles and Prototype Vehicles. The awards for Production Vehicles and for Prototype Vehicles include Most Energy Efficient vehicles by size and type (saloon, sports car, light commercial vehicle etc.) and best electric, extended range, hybrid, hydrogen and internal combustion engine vehicles.
In another significant innovation for this year's running of the event, a revised 63-mile route has been selected with the finish line moved to Regent Street? where the Regent Street Motor Show will be held. This free motor show provides all-day displays of future technology and even the chance to drive an electric car in Mayfair. The show is a unique platform for manufacturers to display and demonstrate their new and future 'green' vehicles and developments to the public.
Electric car charging experts British Gas return this year as the official energy and electric vehicle charging partner, helping those taking part in the Future Car Challenge to charge their cars easily, quickly and safely.
The RAC Future Car Challenge is one of three flagship events owned by the Royal Automobile Club taking place on the weekend of November 3 and 4, 2012. The other two are the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, the world's longest running motoring event, and the Regent Street Motor Show. Together they make for the largest free-to-spectate annual motoring spectacular in the UK.
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