Jaguar Land Rover to make only electric or hybrid cars from 2020

Carmaker follows Volvo in spelling an end for petrol or diesel-only cars, despite not making any electric vehicles at present

Jaguar Land Rover has become the latest large carmaker to say it will stop building cars solely powered by internal combustion engines, two months after Volvo pledged to do so.

The UK-based manufacturer promised that all new vehicles from 2020 will be fully electric or hybrid, a year later than Volvo’s target, but a big step beyond its unveiling last November of a single electric concept car.

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