LEGO celebrates Land Rover's 75th anniversary with new LEGO ICONS 2023 Land Rover Defender 90

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LEGO and Land Rover lovers are going to enjoy building this new model. Just in time for the automaker's 75th anniversary, the LEGO ICONS 2023 Land Rover Defender 90. This sage green set comes with 2,336 pieces with a design based on the 1983 to 2015 Land Rover Defender. It comes complete with all the accessories you need for an off-road adventure. It comes with a roof rack, engine snorkel, offroad front bumper and working winch, side rails, fire extinguisher, toolbox, traction plates for crossing mud, and more. You can get one for yourself over here. In Canada, it'll be available starting April 4 for CAD 329.99.

Land Rover wants to take autonomous vehicles to all terrains

Self-driving car research is moving along on nice, paved roads. But it hasn’t really made any progress off-road. And that’s what Land Rover is working on. They’re working on all-terrain, self-driving technology that will allow the cars to be used on varied surfaces. This technology makes use of cameras, radar, ultrasonic sound, and lidar to sense the terrain their driving on and adapt accordingly. It can even account for low-hanging branches as well as other obstacles that can ruin the ride or put you in danger.

Another feature is allowing cars to be linked together in an “off-road connected convoy” so the cars will share everything from location to things like suspension and wheel positions. If, for example, the lead car gets stuck, then the others can stop or change course to not fall into a similar predicament. There isn’t any specific timeline yet when we’d see these driverless off-road vehicles but we’d love to see them soon..

Source: Engadget