Land Rover has celebrated a production milestone, as the 200,000th Freelander 2 was born at the company’s Halewood, Liverpool plant, three years after the first Freelander 2 rolled off the production line.The vehicle in question is a TD4_e dressed in Biscay Blue and is destined for a customer in the UK, the automotive producer’s largest market.
Land Rover has fitted the Freelander 2 with a stop-start system in early 2009, making the vehicle the first SUV in the world to use intelligent stop-start technology. Since then, stop-start has been included in the standard features of all the diesel manual Freelander 2 vehicles and accounts for almost 50 percent of the SUV’s worldwide sales.
"This achievement is thanks to the Halewood workforce, who have continuously driven improvements since the launch of Freelander 2 to maximize customer satisfaction. I'd like to congratulate the Halewood workforce on this team achievement," said Michael Straughan, Halewood Operations Director.
The Land Rover Freelander 2 TD4_e comes with an improved fuel consumption of 0.8 liters (4.5 mpg) and an 8 percent reduction in CO2 emissions over standard EU2 drive cycle. The vehicle’s stop-start systems shuts the engine off when the vehicle is stationary and starts it when the clutch pedal is depressed.
The system uses a special starter motor that is also used as a generator to recover energy through regenerative braking. The electric current resulted from this is stored in capacitors to restart the engine, minimizing the stress on the car’s electrical system.
Land Rover has fitted the Freelander 2 with a stop-start system in early 2009, making the vehicle the first SUV in the world to use intelligent stop-start technology. Since then, stop-start has been included in the standard features of all the diesel manual Freelander 2 vehicles and accounts for almost 50 percent of the SUV’s worldwide sales.
"This achievement is thanks to the Halewood workforce, who have continuously driven improvements since the launch of Freelander 2 to maximize customer satisfaction. I'd like to congratulate the Halewood workforce on this team achievement," said Michael Straughan, Halewood Operations Director.
The Land Rover Freelander 2 TD4_e comes with an improved fuel consumption of 0.8 liters (4.5 mpg) and an 8 percent reduction in CO2 emissions over standard EU2 drive cycle. The vehicle’s stop-start systems shuts the engine off when the vehicle is stationary and starts it when the clutch pedal is depressed.
The system uses a special starter motor that is also used as a generator to recover energy through regenerative braking. The electric current resulted from this is stored in capacitors to restart the engine, minimizing the stress on the car’s electrical system.