British luxury automaker Jaguar Land Rover has filed a major lawsuit against Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD, accusing it of copying the iconic Land Rover Defender’s design with its boxy Ti7 SUV. Following JLR’s legal petition, court-appointed judicial officers raided BYD’s offices in Schiedam and Hoofddorp in the Netherlands to secure key documents and technical evidence.
JLR alleges that BYD not only imitated the Defender’s exterior silhouette but also dismantled a Defender to reverse-engineer its off-roading technology. While the BYD Ti7 closely mirrors the Defender’s side profile, it runs on a plug-in hybrid powertrain and costs significantly less. Both companies have declined public comment as a court in The Hague prepares to hear the dispute, which will determine whether BYD can sell the SUV across European and British markets.
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