To test the robustness of the new hybrid cars , Hybrid Range Rover , Jaguar Land Rover , choose a pretty extreme way to do the expedition across the line to the British India .
Range Rover traveling team itself started from the headquarters of Land Rover in Solihull , England , then through Europe, Russia , and Asia , to Mumbai , India . This journey through the Silk Route , which is a trade route to connect the eastern , southern , and western Asia to the European region . This traveling a distance of 16 898 km .
Reported by AutoExpress , total of three units of Range Rover Hybrid prototype that follows this expedition also pass through the mountains . For seven consecutive days spent in the highlands between 3,350 to 5,379 meters above sea level , which has low oxygen levels and make it difficult for humans , as well as a car engine .
The purpose of this expedition itself is to enhance engine calibration . As well as the transmission software to ensure flawless performance of diesel engine capacity of 3.0 -liter V6 and an electric motor , which is capable of generating power up to 340 horsepower .
Meanwhile , the results of its British - Indian expedition will be reported to the engineering team at Gaydon England , to be a material improvement of the British SUV hybrid . During this expedition trip , as many as 15 times a leaky tire , wheel four times the damage caused by potholes .
" We were able to develop a calibration suitable for extreme altitudes , so the Range Rover Hybrid will be ready when we want to launch the car in the Chinese market with such conditions . " said Peter Richings , Jaguar Land Rover Hybrids and Electrification Director .
