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Jaguar C-X75 Revealed

The Jaguar C-X75 The Jaguar C-X75 has been revealed tonight ahead of its official reveal in the morning (which you can see Live on Cars UK) and it’s much more than we’d expected. Yes, we expected a pointer to Jaguar’s future, but the C-X75 is something else altogether; it’s a tour de force of all Jaguar believe they can be. True to its heritage, the C-X75 is ground-breaking and glorious.

Alfa Romeo to go all-RWD

And Alfa Romeo's saga of restructuring, postponing and rejiggering continues, swathed in announcements, reports, rumor and innuendo. A few months ago, the product plan at the Italian automaker centered around the existing MiTo and Giulietta (cousins of the 500 and Dart, respectively), the almost-at-hand 4C, the upcoming Giulia sedan and the Duetto, a roadster based on the next Miata. Forget that.

Better Place EV Battery Swap business goes bust

It seemed like a good idea: take the cost of batteries out of the cost of buying an electric car and instead charge EV owners to use ‘Battery Swap’ stations where depleted batteries could be swapped for fully charged ones in the time it takes to fill an ICE car with petrol. But it’s all gone a bit Pete Tong. Better Place – which partnered with Renault in 2009 to make the battery swap technology viable – has failed to find anyone to add to the $750 million already involved in the project and has filed for bankruptcy.