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Jaguar tells owners of older I-Pace electric SUVs to park them outdoors due to battery fire risk
Read full article: Jaguar tells owners of older I-Pace electric SUVs to park them outdoors due to battery fire riskJaguar is telling owners of about 3,000 electric SUVs to park them outdoors and away from structures due to the risk of battery fires.
Jaguar recalls I-Pace electric vehicles due to fire risk in batteries, tells owners to park outside
Read full article: Jaguar recalls I-Pace electric vehicles due to fire risk in batteries, tells owners to park outsideJaguar is recalling more than 6,000 I-Pace electric SUVs in the U.S. due to the risk of a battery fire, and it's telling owners to park them outdoors.
Luxury car brand Jaguar to go all-electric by 2025
Read full article: Luxury car brand Jaguar to go all-electric by 2025Struggling luxury car brand Jaguar will be fully electric by 2025, the British company said Monday Feb. 15, 2021, as it outlined a plan to phase out internal combustion engines. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, FILE)LONDON – Struggling luxury car brand Jaguar will be fully electric by 2025, the British company said Monday as it outlined a plan to phase out internal combustion engines. Jaguar Land Rover, which is owned by Indian conglomerate Tata Motors, hopes the move will help turn around the fortunes of the 86-year-old Jaguar brand, which for many epitomizes class but has struggled in recent years. Jaguar Land Rover also said that the far more profitable Land Rover brand will produce its first all-electric model in 2024 as it, too, phases out internal combustion engines. The move was welcomed by British Transport Secretary Grant Shapps as “a huge step for British car manufacturing."
Florida man who had $50K in cash arrested in luxury car theft scheme, deputies say
Read full article: Florida man who had $50K in cash arrested in luxury car theft scheme, deputies sayVOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. A Florida man who was driving around in stolen luxury cars with altered vehicle identification numbers and bags of cash inside has been arrested after a month-long investigation, according to the Volusia County Sheriffs Office. Police provided deputies with two license plate numbers believed to be attached to stolen vehicles and when deputies checked the license plate reader system, they said they realized the stolen vehicles had been driving around Volusia County. (Volusia County Sheriff's Office)Wilcher was arrested Thursday as he backed the BMW out of his driveway, records show. Deputies said the BMW and Mercedes were reported stolen out of Georgia and the Jaguar was reported stolen out of Miami Gardens. He has since bonded out of the Volusia County Jail.
Arrest made in mans 2019 shooting death in Palm Bay
Read full article: Arrest made in mans 2019 shooting death in Palm BayPALM BAY, Fla. Nearly a year after a man was shot to death in Palm Bay, an arrest has been made in the case. Palm Bay Police Department officials said Larry Eugene Bell Jr., 36, is now facing charges in connection with the fatal shooting of 61-year-old Bobby Knight Jr. on Agora Circle on Nov. 5. Police said at 1:18 a.m., the suspect vehicle drove away. Hes facing charges of second-degree murder, shooting into an occupied vehicle and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He was already at the Brevard County Jail on unrelated charges when he was presented with the new charges on Wednesday.
Boris Johnson's car hit in fender-bender; no injuries
Read full article: Boris Johnson's car hit in fender-bender; no injuriesAll rights reserved)LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in a minor car crash on Wednesday after a protester ran in front of the vehicle as it left Parliament. Johnsons car braked suddenly and was hit from behind by the support vehicle. The prime ministers office confirmed Johnson was in the car and that there were no reports of any injuries. Photos showed a man being detained by police after the incident. Several groups were protesting outside Parliament in small numbers on Wednesday, including anti-Brexit and pro-Kurdish groups.