Jaguar Land Rover to halt production for a week in April due to Brexit disruption

1 month ago

To Build Electric Cars, Jaguar Land Rover Had to Redesign the Factory

Wired

Transforming a car manufacturing plant entering its seventh decade into a futureproof facility, ready for AI-powered autonomous driving, comes with natural challenges. “We had to survey everything and go out with the tape measure,” explains Dan Ford, site director at Jaguar Land Rover’s site in Halewood, Merseyside, England. A fleet of 750 robots, laser alignment technology, and cloud-based infrastructure join …

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1 month, 1 week ago

The EV Transition Is Leaving the UK Auto Industry Behind

Live Mint

Tony Vitty hasn’t worked at the Vauxhall van plant in Luton, north of London, for years. “Currently, there are lots of reasons why you wouldn’t necessarily make cars in the UK, starting with expensive energy and perhaps a lack of incentives,” said Palmer, who chairs EV charging company Pod Point Group Holdings Plc. “If you change the ZEV mandate, it …

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1 month, 1 week ago

UK car production falls for the eighth month after slow take up of electric vehicles and looming fines

The Independent

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1 month, 1 week ago

As Vauxhall’s Luton factory faces closure, is the UK car industry dying again?

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Business minister Jonathan Reynolds has …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

UK to water down electric car making rules as Vauxhall closes factory

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Ford to cut 800 UK jobs as electric car take-up slows

The Independent

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

First glimpse of Jaguar's make-or-break £100k electric car as British firm gears up for EV-only rebrand in 2026

Daily Mail

Jaguar has provided a first glimpse of what it's all-electric future will look like from 2026. Ahead of that announcement, it has revealed first images of the battery model that will spearhead its zero-emission ambitions The electric GT is part of Jaguar's 'Reimagine' strategy to make it a fully electric and more upmarket luxury performance brand – but it is …

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2 months ago

Jaguar Land Rover says aluminium shortages dragging on profits

The Independent

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Jaguar Land Rover doubles its investment in EV 'factory of the future' on Merseyside

Daily Mail

Jaguar Land Rover is doubling its investment in a 'factory of the future' on Merseyside to build electric vehicles. JLR, owned by the Indian conglomerate Tata Group, aims to electrify all its car brands by 2030, and last month said it would invest £18billion over five years to upgrade its factories to produce EVs. Investment: Jaguar Land Rover will plough …

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6 months ago

Jaguar Land Rover India retail sales rise 31% at 1,371 units in Q1

Hindustan Times

Jaguar Land Rover India on Wednesday said its retail sales increased 31 per cent year-on-year to 1,371 units for the first quarter ended June 30, 2024. Sales of both Defender and Range Rover Evoque grew by more than 50 per cent with Defender being the highest-selling model in the portfolio, the company part of Tata Motors said in a statement. …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Electric Range Rover revealed during Arctic Circle testing - here's how much it's likely to cost

Daily Mail

Brand explain why it is currently undergoing testing in -40 degree temperatures The very first all-electric Range Rover is due to be unveiled later this year - but we've already been given an initial glimpse of how the battery-powered luxury SUV will look and perform. The reason for its Arctic Circle testing JLR believes the Range Rover Electric will 'lead …

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9 months ago

Spotlight on decade of Jaguar Land Rover's charitable works

China Daily

The Dream-Building Corner in the Jaguar Land Rover dealership in Beijing's Sihui area. At the Jaguar Land Rover dealership in Beijing's Sihui area, a special section was set up last week. The move came as part of the 10th anniversary of the China Soong Ching Ling Foundation Jaguar Land Rover China Children &Youth Dream Fund, which was established as the …

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11 months ago

Holidays cancelled as firm shuts down due to Brexit and Covid

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1 year, 2 months ago

Step inside Jaguar Land Rover's new EV test facility in Britain's Motor City

Daily Mail

These are the first images inside Jaguar Land Rover's new Future Energy Lab - a state-of-the-art electric vehicle test site in Coventry that will secure 200 jobs for the future and create 150 new roles in the region. Step inside JLR's new EV test facility in Britain's automotive heartland: Company's new £250m Future Energy Lab will allow for 'rapid testing …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Brexit boost as EU agrees to talks on delaying electric car tariffs

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1 year, 3 months ago

Jaguar, Toyota and motorists hail Rishi Sunak's delay on the ban of new petrol and diesel car sales to 2035

Daily Mail

The five-year delay to the ban on petrol and diesel car sales is a huge victory for the Mail's Rethink The 2030 Petrol Car Ban campaign. There was a positive reaction from Jaguar Land Rover, which employs 30,000 at its UK plants and has committed £15billion over the next five years towards producing electric vehicles. Pictured: Rishi Sunak shakes hands …

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1 year, 4 months ago

How Mini backing Britain could force a climbdown on Brexit tariffs

The Telegraph

BMW has helped to jump start Britain’s stalling car industry with a £600m upgrade to its Mini factory in Oxford. It ends months of speculation about the future of Mini manufacturing in Britain and takes the total invested in electrifying the UK car industry in recent years to more than £6bn. The Cowley factory will manufacture electric versions of the …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Brexit boost for UK as Germany backs delay on EU car tariffs

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1 year, 5 months ago

Jaguar Land Rover rakes in biggest profit since 2020

Daily Mail

Jaguar Land Rover hailed its owner Tata's £4billion gigafactory investment as a 'crucial' development for the car industry. JLR, Britain's biggest car company, also reported its best quarterly profit since 2020. JLR delivered its best profit haul since the three months to the end of 2020 The results came after Indian giant Tata Group last week chose Somerset ahead of …

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1 year, 5 months ago

UK to add 9,000 jobs as Jaguar Land Rover builds electric battery ‘gigafactory’

The Independent

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1 year, 5 months ago

Jaguar Land Rover will build huge £4bn electric car battery plant in Somerset in a major boost for Britain's motor industry

Daily Mail

Tata's site in Somerset set to be UK's second battery plant at gigafactory scale Britain has triumphed in the race to build a flagship battery plant for the owner of carmaker Jaguar Land Rover. Britain is poised to triumph in the race to build a flagship battery plant for the owner of carmaker Jaguar Land Rover Rishi Sunak's government has …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Jaguar Land Rover plans annual investment of £3 billion by FY26

The Hindu

Tata Motors' owned Jaguar Land Rover plans an annual investment of £3 billion while targeting a revenue of more than £30 billion by FY26, according to an investor presentation by the company. Jaguar Land Rover, which makes SUVs such as Range Rover, Defender and Discovery under the Land Rover brand and Jaguar luxury cars, expects to have revenue of more …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Jaguar will transform into all-electric luxury brand says Chandrasekaran

Live Mint

Jaguar Land Rover Chairman N Chandrasekaran has said that the company is on track to transform itself into an all-electric luxury brand and the first new cars will arrive in 2025. JLR Interim CEO Adrian Mardell said that the British automaker will start making pure-electric versions of its popular models like Range Rover, Defender and Discovery collections. To this end, …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Jaguar’s evolution into all-electric brand on track; new model launches slated for 2025: Jaguar Land Rover chairman Chandrasekaran

The Hindu

The transformation of Jaguar into an all-electric luxury brand is on track with first new vehicles to be launched in 2025, according to Jaguar Land Rover chairman N. Chandrasekaran. Chandrasekaran noted that the company's efforts to address the supply-chain challenges have started to yield results, enabling it to increase production of the new Range Rover, Range Rover Sport, and Defender …

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1 year, 7 months ago

US: Jaguar Land Rover Recalls 6,400 I-PACE Electric SUVs, Here's Why

News 18

In view to avoid fire-related incidents due to the fault in high-voltage electric car batteries, Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover recalled somewhere around 6,400 units of I-PACE vehicles in the United States. The step has been taken after a report submitted to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, where the company received a complaint about fire-related incidents from almost eight …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Jaguar Land Rover owner set to pick UK for EV battery plant

Daily Mail

Jaguar Land Rover owner Tata Motors is gearing up to select Britain for a multi-billion pound electric car battery plant, claiming the Indian firm would choose it over Spain. Such an investment would also give a boost to the British car industry, days after major automakers including Vauxhall owner Stellantis and Ford warned that looming post-Brexit trade rules risked making …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Car industry woes ‘nothing to do with Brexit’, says business secretary

The Independent

Business secretary Kemi Badenoch has claimed the automotive sector’s fears it cannot make electric vehicles in the UK “isn’t to do with Brexit”. Sunak told reporters in Japan UK was in talks with EU on car industry Stellantis has called on the government to reach an agreement with the EU to maintain existing rules until 2027 – rather than 2024’s …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Sunak tries to delay Brexit rules in bid to save thousands of UK car industry jobs

The Independent

Rishi Sunak’s government is understood to be lobbying the EU to delay a change in manufacturing rules in the Brexit trade deal after Vauxhall’s parent company warned it could shut its UK factories. It comes as Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said “we need a better Brexit deal” with the EU to ensure firms such as Vauxhall can continue to …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Tata Group leans toward UK over Spain for battery plant: Report

Live Mint

Britain is close to winning a major battery plant for electric vehicles as Tata Group, the parent company of Jaguar Land Rover, leans toward choosing it over Spain. The plant — to be based in Somerset, England — would make batteries for Jaguar Land Rover’s planned range of fully electric models that are due from 2024. Stellantis NV, which is …

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1 year, 7 months ago

How a Brexit stitch-up left Britain’s car industry on the brink

The Telegraph

They were meant to create a homegrown electric vehicle industry and wean manufacturers off their dangerous addiction to China. But as the dust settles, car import rules agreed between Britain and Brussels in the wake of Brexit look less like a farsighted, mutually beneficial agreement – and more like an existential threat to the UK's struggling companies. The plan was …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Boris Johnson’s Brexit car crash has wrecked our automobile industry

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1 year, 7 months ago

Jaguar Land Rover back in the black as boss longs for tax cuts

Daily Mail

Decision time: Tata's gigafactory will make batteries for JLR vehicles Jaguar Land Rover's boss yesterday said it would be 'lovely' to see corporation tax fall to zero – as its parent company considers where to build a gigafactory. The car maker's chief executive Adrian Mardell said a decision by Indian group Tata on whether to site the battery plant in …

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1 year, 8 months ago

JLR to Invest 15 Billion Pounds in EV Push, Electric Range Rover Launch in 2025

News 18

Jaguar Land Rover is set to accelerate its transition to an electric-first, modern luxury automobile brand by 2030. The plant will manufacture the first of JLR’s next-generation medium-sized luxury SUVs, which will be an electric vehicle. The automaker also revealed that its Engine Manufacturing Centre in Wolverhampton, which currently manufactures the Ingenium internal combustion engines, will produce electric drive units …

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1 year, 8 months ago

JLR's electrification drive puts Tata Motors' financial milestones on hold

Live Mint

Tata Motors Ltd has seen a 21% increase in share value so far this year, as investors react positively to the better-than-expected performance of its UK-based subsidiary, Jaguar Land Rover Automotive Plc. The automaker's ambitious electric vehicle plans, which include a GBP15 billion investment in electrification over the next five years, have bolstered investor confidence. Nomura analysts emphasize the need …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Jaguar Land Rover to plough £15bn into electric car plants

The Telegraph

Jaguar Land Rover has promised to spend £15bn on re-tooling its factories in Britain for electric vehicles, despite uncertainty about battery supply. The British car manufacturer said it would be rebranding itself as simply JLR as part of a major overhaul announced on Wednesday. Despite truncating the iconic Land Rover in its name, chief commercial officer Lennard Hoornik insisted the …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Government must help UK car makers 'step up to compete' for EV production

Daily Mail

The UK's ability to compete internationally in electric vehicle production is at risk if it does not respond urgently to large-scale US and European Union initiatives to support industry, an automotive industry body has warned today. The UK´s ability to compete internationally in electric vehicle production is at risk unless the Government urgently responds to fierce competition, an automotive industry …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Jaguar Land Rover owner demands subsidy for its steel plants in return for gigafactory deal

The Telegraph

Jaguar Land Rover owner Tata has tied the construction of a gigafactory in the UK to a Government bailout of its ageing steel mill in Port Talbot, leaving the battery factory project in doubt. A Whitehall source told the Telegraph that Tata has insisted it will not commit to building a UK battery factory to support electric car production until …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Brexit to blame for collapse of Britishvolt, says ex-Tory leader

The Independent

Brexit is to blame for the collapse of the British electric car battery start-up Britishvolt causing hundreds of job losses, according to former Conservative leader Lord William Hague. If you’re going to succeed with batteries, you’re going to need big manufacturers to be in the same market using those batteries.” Lord Hague added: “So that’s part of the damage that’s …

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2 years ago

Jaguar Land Rover sees Q3 free cash flow above $485 million

Live Mint

Jaguar Land Rover on Monday forecast free cash flow for the third quarter at more than 400 million pounds, after reporting a 15% rise in wholesale volumes for the period on strong demand and improved chip supply. The British automaker, in its earnings statement for the second quarter, had forecast a positive cash flow for the second half of fiscal …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Car Production in UK Still at Half of Pre-COVID Capacity: Report

News 18

United Kingdom’s car production numbers went into the green in October following a fall noticed in September. Recently released data suggests that car manufacturing in the UK in October rose by 7.4 percent to climb up to 69,534 units. Despite production registering year-on-year growth since 2021, production is down by 48.4 percent compared to October 2019, when a total of …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Increase in car production as industry returns to growth

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2 years, 2 months ago

UK car production back in reverse as supply woes persist

Daily Mail

Production of cars in the UK fell in September for the first time in five months, with outputs slipping six per cent as the sector continues to bear the brunt of high energy costs, supply-chain snags and component shortages. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said 63,125 units were made in British vehicle factories last month - that's nearly …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Jaguar Land Rover retails, wholesales increase in second quarter; chip shortage still a concern

India Today

Jaguar Land Rover on Friday reported a rise of 12% in retails and 4% in wholesales for Q2 FY23 in comparison to the previous quarter. This was mitigated partially by further prioritisation of production to the highest margin products, while new agreements with semiconductor suppliers are expected to enable sales improvements in the second half of the fiscal year," the …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Workers to strike after GKN plans to shut last UK car parts factory

Daily Mail

Workers at GKN’s last remaining British car parts factory have announced all-out strikes in protest against the Birmingham site’s closure. The engineer, which was bought by corporate raider Melrose in 2018, claims the Erdington plant is loss-making and shedding business due to the switch towards electric vehicles. GKN, which was bought by corporate raider Melrose in 2018, claims the Erdington …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Car industry under threat without more support for battery production, peers warn

The Independent

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3 years, 6 months ago

Ford to shut some N. American plants for few weeks on chip shortage

The Hindu

Ford Motor Co said on Wednesday several of its North American factories will be shut for a few weeks in July and August due to a global shortage of semiconductors. "While we continue to manufacture new vehicles, we're prioritising completing our customers' vehicles that were assembled without certain parts due to the industry-wide semiconductor shortage," Ford said in a statement. …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Jaguar Land Rover to develop hydrogen-powered concept car

The Hindu

Luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover announced it is developing a hydrogen-powered concept car based on the new Land Rover Defender SUV, with testing slated to begin later this year. “We know hydrogen has a role to play in the future powertrain mix across the whole transport industry, and alongside battery electric vehicles, it offers another zero-tailpipe emission solution for the …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Jaguar Land Rover to Begin Testing Hydrogen-Powered Defender SUV Later this Year

News 18

Jaguar Land Rover is developing a prototype hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle based on the new Land Rover Defender, with testing scheduled to begin this year. The FCEV concept is part of Jaguar Land Rover’s aim to achieve zero tailpipe emissions by 2036, and net-zero carbon emissions across its supply chain, products and operations by 2039, in line with the …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Electric cars on UK roads predicted to outnumber diesels by 2030

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Jaguar Land Rover to halt production for a week in April due to Brexit disruption

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