Jaguar showed the production Type 01 in New York on Tuesday, claiming up to 400 miles of EPA range and 1,030 PS from three motors. Owners will judge it on the parts they touch every drive, and so far the evidence is launch specs and a ride in the passenger seat.
Perspective Coverage
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- Builder
- Builder 37%
- Operator
- Operator 31%
- Investor
- Investor 32%
Reality
- Evidence50
- Adoption5
- Hype gap+25
- Incentives65
- Confidence55
Honda hands its India car development to Tata Technologies to cut costs by up to 20%
Honda is outsourcing India car development to Tata Technologies, aiming to cut costs up to 20% and halve a five-year design cycle, sources told Reuters. Those sources say Honda turned to the contractor after its Japanese and Indian managers deadlocked over which suppliers to use.
Reality
- Evidence45
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+15
- Incentives
- Not scored
- Confidence50
RBI blocks the deregistration that would have spared Tata Sons an IPO
The September 11 letter leaves Tata Sons holding standalone assets of Rs 2.01 lakh crore against a Rs 1 lakh crore threshold, and the only escape left is becoming a company half that size. Tata Trusts, with about 66%, oppose the float.
Reality
- Evidence32
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+34
- Incentives72
- Confidence38
Four in five Chinese used-car dealers now turn away EVs older than five years
The battery reading that would settle a used EV's price sits behind a diagnostic port dealers rarely bother to plug into, which leaves age and warranty coverage doing the pricing in every market that bought these cars.
Reality
- Evidence62
- Adoption34
- Hype gap−8
- Incentives58
- Confidence61
JLR rebuilds its product plan around 300,000 cars a year
The 4,000 redundancies fund £15bn to £18bn of product investment over five years, and the smaller volume base underneath them loads about a third more of that spend onto every car JLR sells.
Reality
- Evidence60
- Adoption18
- Hype gap+15
- Incentives62
- Confidence45