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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.
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Source: Ars Technica – Jaguar Land Rover to electrify all its cars by 2020