Nick Gibbs

Like many catchy ideas on the path to electromobility, this one is also confronting the hard reality of going from vision to vehicle development and manufacturing.

The concept will be partially funded by a 8.7 million pound ($12.3 million) grant from the UK’s government-supported Advanced Propulsion Centre. JLR said in 2019 it was looking at fuel cells as an alternative to battery electric solutions to  powering its heavier Land Rover SUVs.

Automakers believed the trucks were about to catch on there. They were wrong.

Anders Warming spent six years as design chief at Mini and has also worked as head of exterior design at BMW, and at the German niche brand Borgward.

Other brands such as Alfa Romeo have tried and failed to challenge BMW, Audi and Mercedes, which dominate Europe's market for premium midsize wagons.

The automaker has an order bank of almost 100,000 vehicles as it attempts to satisfy demand for the new Land Rover Defender and plug-in hybrid versions of its vehicles amid microchip shortages.

Ford could make the move to all-electric for its passenger vehicles in Europe sooner than 2030. "It's quite possible that we move faster," Ford of Europe CEO Stuart Rowley said.

Under new leadership, the brand's ambitions are no longer linked to volume and the "British BMW" dream has been laid to rest.

The automaker will begin deliveries of its ES8 large SUV in Norway in September and will install a network of city center stores, charging stations, service centers and battery swap stations in the country.

The departure of Jaguar veteran Julian Thomson comes after Land Rover's former head of design, Gerry McGovern, was promoted to oversee styling at the Jaguar and Land Rover brands.

The UK sports-car maker, owned by China’s Geely, is the latest automaker to commit to an all-electric future as the industry shifts from combustion engines amid tightening emissions regulations.

The gasoline and diesel versions of the van will go into production in 2023 in Romania, with the full-electric model following a year later.

Ford is protecting output of its best-selling models in Europe as the global shortage of microchips worsens, forcing the automaker to severely reduce production.

The Evos is the first vehicle developed under Ford’s China 2.0 strategy that aims to jumpstart the company’s slow sales in the world’s biggest market.

The Q4 E-tron, which comes in two versions, adds an entry-level EV to the brand’s expanding lineup of battery-powered vehicles.