{"id":609951,"date":"2024-02-23T21:34:21","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T18:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/man-utds-ratcliffe-unveils-electric-ineos-car\/"},"modified":"2024-02-23T21:34:21","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T18:34:21","slug":"man-utds-ratcliffe-unveils-electric-ineos-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/man-utds-ratcliffe-unveils-electric-ineos-car\/","title":{"rendered":"#Man Utd&#8217;s Ratcliffe unveils electric Ineos car"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35fe3a2e39f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35fe3a2e39f\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/man-utds-ratcliffe-unveils-electric-ineos-car\/#%E2%80%98Huge_electric_car_failings\" >&#8216;Huge electric car failings&#8217;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/man-utds-ratcliffe-unveils-electric-ineos-car\/#%E2%80%98Industry_in_flux\" >&#8216;Industry in flux&#8217;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2024\/a-model-of-the-ineos-f.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2024\/a-model-of-the-ineos-f.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"A model of the Ineos Fusilier 4x4 electric vehicle.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2024\/a-model-of-the-ineos-f.jpg\" alt=\"A model of the Ineos Fusilier 4x4 electric vehicle\" title=\"A model of the Ineos Fusilier 4x4 electric vehicle.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                A model of the Ineos Fusilier 4&#215;4 electric vehicle.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Manchester United&#8217;s new co-owner Jim Ratcliffe unveiled Friday his Ineos group&#8217;s latest 4&#215;4 vehicle, which will come in two electric versions as the British billionaire criticized range limits on &#8216;green&#8217; cars.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                                                    The Ineos Fusilier, whose production should start at a facility in Austria in 2027, rather than 2026 as earlier planned, will be a slightly smaller version of the Ineos Grenadier.<\/p>\n<p>It comes as the group works on a second model also with a military name\u2014the Grenadier Quartermaster pickup truck.<\/p>\n<p>Ratcliffe, 71, earlier this week completed a deal to become co-owner of Manchester United, with a pledge to drive the English football giants to renewed success.<\/p>\n<p>Asked by AFP at Friday&#8217;s launch about his off-pitch plans at United, including a stadium rebuild, Ratcliffe replied: &#8220;The focus with Manchester United is really simple, that&#8217;s performance on the field.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One of Britain&#8217;s richest men thanks to Ineos&#8217; core chemicals business, Ratcliffe has in recent years turned the group into a conglomerate, with ownership of football and cycling teams\u2014and production of vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, he noted that a desire by subsidiary Ineos Automotive to produce zero-carbon cars was hampered by how far they could <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> without a recharge.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Huge_electric_car_failings\"><\/span>&#8216;Huge electric car failings&#8217;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Fusilier would come in two versions, Ratcliffe announced\u2014an all-electric model and the other a range-extender type which would carry a generator-powered battery and fuel tank.<\/p>\n<p>Ratcliffe told a press conference gathered at a central London pub that his personal preference was the latter version.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The big problem I have with the (all-) electric vehicle&#8230; it has two huge failings,&#8221; he said shortly after the blue car&#8217;s unveiling outside The Grenadier pub renamed The Fusilier for the event.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It doesn&#8217;t get you from A to B if you want to go on a decent journey. It does the urban stuff very well&#8230; (but) you can&#8217;t fill it up. Those are two major drawbacks of an electric car.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ratcliffe added, &#8220;My personal strong preference is the same electric vehicle but with a range extender.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                        <!-- TechX - News - In-article --><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Industry_in_flux\"><\/span>&#8216;Industry in flux&#8217;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Ineos said the new model would be developed with automotive supplier, Magna, which will manufacture the vehicle at its Graz facility in Austria.<\/p>\n<p>It was originally thought that the car would be produced in France.<\/p>\n<p>Car enthusiast Ratcliffe, who was a leading business voice in favor of Britain&#8217;s Brexit divorce from the European Union, began producing cars after he identified a gap in the market for a rugged new 4&#215;4.<\/p>\n<p>This after the final Land Rover Defender was produced in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Ratcliffe on Friday said the world&#8217;s auto industry was &#8220;in flux&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People know what the objectives are, which is to reduce the carbon footprint of the world&#8217;s automotive fleet,&#8221; he told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you&#8217;re a car producer in Europe, you have to have a &#8216;green&#8217; offering, you can&#8217;t survive as a large car company without that because the regulations won&#8217;t allow you to.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have to have this offering if we like it or not. 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