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Feels like JLR has softened their stance on complete electrification of product line. From the September 2019 sales report: From 2020 all new Jaguar Land Rover vehicles will offer the option of electrification, giving our customers even more choice. We will introduce a portfolio of electrified...

Hmmmm .......... I have to say that Ray's LR3 Prospeed roof rack + clamshell rooftop tent is a much better solution than Land Rover's Luxury Defender "wing" that sits up in the wind. In today's world mechanical systems design/modeling is done with CAD software. LR's roof rack is a fail compared...

Would think this would expand to include vehicles. Farmers have been fighting for this for years as the big agricultural equipment manufacturers attempted to force any maintenance back to the dealer. EU recognises "right to repair" in push to make appliances last longer "..........Miles ahead...

Look forward to the TREK series but at the time found it to be watered down and too PC.

Ah, nothing new there. My 70's IH Scout performed the same. Center locking diff. The best 4WD system I personally rode in was a 77 Jeep J20 Quadratrac with a suspension the owner purposely replaced with a 'soft' spring set because the factory 3/4ton springs 'rode too hard' for urban use. Soft...

How the multiple systems can be hosted on the same underlying hardware - QNX hypervisor, the ability to run multiple OS instances that each serve a product feature. For those familiar with OS level hypervisors ........ BlackBerry Unveiled World’s First Safe and Secure Digital Cockpit Solution...

As JLR has already stated, from 2020 all new Jaguar Land Rover vehicles will be electrified. The future of the Luxury Defender ........... New birthplace for Jaguar Land Rover’s electric ‘babies’ ".......To meet the new ‘Destination Zero’ targets, the product creation centre brings design...

Personally? Hands on JLR design? No. System level, mostly, from inception to design to analysis to testing to field support. From avionics to very high performance financial systems. Blackberry's QNX OS has been around for a long time. From Blackberry Passport BB10 smartphones to today's 150...

The more I think about it the real question in front of JLR, given their large investment in control systems and IT, is how do they enable the owner to maintain their vehicle for a decade or more? Trips to the dealer are NOT considered 'support'. Neither are SOTA updates. When something fails...

I get the extent of IP67 and agree that it could be extended to the enclosure if needed. I guess International Harvester could have classified the 'gold box' ignition module as IP67 back in the 70's. It was a stamped metal enclosure potted with epoxy. Let's call it the 'ECU' ! I always carried...

IP67 is a cable and enclosure spec, not a total system spec. While it will help with connectors, the control systems themselves are still industry standard manufacturing. Let's not overstate the effects of IP67.

JLR finally admits that BEV's are a poor choice for products where range is important (likely also realizing that EV's have limited market penetration/sales), now considering fuel cells for future power trains. Wouldn't be surprised to see JLR and BMW co-developing the technology for second half...

Testing never uncovers 100% of the field performance outcomes. It can't as the total number of variable combinations is very large . Ask the driver of the Tesla vehicle that was bricked.

So basically the same as the D5 (dual rads left and right), just positioned higher to accommodate external design differences. If the D5 bumper is $3500 AUD ($2500 USD) then the Luxury Defenders bumper will be even higher cost. This could be a train wreck in the making.

For the automotive industry SOTA is already here, along with all the warts. A JLR deep dive is warranted.

There is a video on the Fireside Chat forum titled Tesla Towing Fail. The guys using a Tesla to tow were looking for a supercharger and found one. While waiting there is a short interview with a guy at one of the charging stations who decided to update his software while waiting for the...

SOTA can be done right or it can be done low cost. Land Rover did say they implemented a dual-bank architecture. Here is a relatively good white paper on SOTA. Would like to see a Land Rover white paper on their implementation. Making Full Vehicle OTA Updates A Reality

The factory bull bars are virtually useless other than leaning on them and will actually transfer impact to the hood and fenders.

There has been a significant jump in complexity over the last 10+ years. From a few ECU's (1 or 2) to 85 ECU's. I'd like to see JLR's definition of "ECU" but 85 seems a little excessive. We've reached a point where each JLR product should be supplied with a diagnostic system which is my point on...

Some points on the banter of old vs new. I get what RedRover is saying about old vs new. I view the new Defender as a Luxury Defender, really a different class. You won't be taking a hose to the inside of the Luxury Defender. So in that sense the Luxury Defender is 'fake', as in losing many of...