Jaguar Land Rover Creates Three new Tech Hubs to Develop Autonomous Cars in Europe

Jaguar Land Rover is creating three new tech hubs in Europe to develop autonomous driving systems for the next generation of its modern luxury vehicles. The new hubs are situated in Munich Germany, Bologna Italy, and Madrid Spain, with the locations chosen because of the availability of digital engineering skills in the area.

They will create nearly 100 new engineering jobs.

The new hubs are in addition to existing JLR tech hubs in Portland US, Budapest Hungary, Shannon Ireland, Shanghai China, Bengaluru India and Manchester in the UK.

Collectively these hubs employ over 1100 engineers, forming part of JLR’s nearly 9,000 strong global engineering force.

The creation of the three new tech hubs marks the progression of JLR’s multi-year partnership with NVIDIA, a leader in artificial intelligence (AI) and computing.

Under the partnership, JLR engineers are working to develop and deliver next-generation automated driving systems, digital services, and experiences for clients.

Thomas Müller, Product Engineering Director at Jaguar Land Rover, says: "We are harnessing talent in autonomous technologies around the world to develop new autonomous technologies for our future products which will deliver a truly modern luxury experience for our clients. Software is essential for us to deliver a fully connected experience for our clients and creating global engineering hubs will enable seamless hybrid working across several locations and ensure we harness the best talent for our business.”

Under the partnership, JLR engineers are working to develop and deliver next-generation automated driving systems, digital services, and experiences for clients.