U.K. Car Manufacturing Hit by Jaguar Land Rover Cyberattack
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It has been nearly a year since Jaguar’s massive rebranding announcement, and in that time we’ve seen evidence that the automaker is inching closer to a production-ready Type 00 (or whatever it will officially be called).
Let’s recap: Jaguar is a distressed brand with a prestigious history and a wealthy sibling (Land Rover) willing to share part of an $18 billion R&D lifeline. But that lifeline comes with conditions—namely, Jaguar needs to figure out what an electric, software-defined future could look like.
A four-time Canadian Automotive Journalism Award winner, he is the current President of the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada, where he oversees the Canadian Car of the Year Awards program.
The automaker hasn’t said much about the car lately, but the company has previously said the “electric four door GT” will ride on the new Jaguar Electrical Architecture. The model is also slated to have a range of up to 430 miles (692 km) as well as a fast charging capability that can deliver 200 miles (322 km) in as little as 15 minutes.
Famed British carmaker Jaguar revealed its new vehicle design direction Monday night with the introduction of an all-electric concept car called “Type 00.” The vehicle, pronounced “Type Zero Zero,” features a minimalistic yet somewhat gaudy design.
It's being reported in The Telegraph that Jaguar's infamous recent rebrand, in which the core pillars of the British automaker's brand were tossed out and redone, may itself be on the verge of being tossed out and redone as Jaguar searches for a new ...
The Type 00 will likely never see a wheel turned in anger, but time on the Nordschleife is almost obligatory for new cars.
UK factories built 35.9% fewer vehicles in September after major manufacturer JLR was knocked offline by a cyber incident. Now the sector is accusing Westminster of unfairly taxing its own workers, putting Britain’s economy at risk.