Denmark February 2013

Renault Fluence ZE

With 70 cars sold until the end of February, the danish EV market is keeping last year's pace, although this can easily change in the future.

Leader in 2012, the Renault Fluence is suffering with the Better Place business problems, leaving the title of best-selling model to the Nissan Leaf, celebrating a second consecutive month in #1.

Pl	Denmark	Feb	YTD	%	'12Pl
1	Nissan Leaf	12	34	49	4
2	Renault Fluence ZE	11	32	46	1
3	Peugeot iOn	0	4	6	2
TOTAL		23	70	100

Source: www.bilimp.dk

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Jaguar Land Rover investing more in technology and innovation

In its 65th anniversary year, Jaguar Land Rover recently announced plans for further investments in technology and innovation at the Geneva International Motor Show.

This includes the introduction of 8 new or updated products this year and £2.75 billion (US$4.2 billion approx. ) investment in new product development. They are also increasing total investment to more than £500 million (approx. US$755 million) to their state-of-the-art Engine Manufacturing Center in the UK, doubling the number of jobs to 1,400.

The new model releases will include the world's first 9-speed transmission in a passenger vehicle, alongside its new all-electric Defender research vehicles. The Jaguar XFR-, which is their Jaguar's fastest and most powerful sports saloon car, also makes its eagerly awaited European debut alongside the new two-seat sports car, the Jaguar F-TYPE.

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