JLR to Invest £500 Million to Transform UK Plant Into EV Production Facility

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has announced a £500 million investment to transform its historic Halewood facility in the UK to support the parallel production of electric vehicles (EVs), alongside existing combustion and hybrid models. The site has been extended by 32,364 sqm to produce JLR’s medium-sized electric luxury SUVs on the new Electric Modular Architecture (EMA) platform.

As JLR looks to introduce advanced AI-powered autonomous driving and connected services into its next generation vehicles, the facility now features new Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) calibration rigs, capable of measuring ADAS responsiveness to ensure each vehicle leaves with the safest level of calibration for future autonomous driving.

The Halewood site was originally built in 1963 to produce the Ford Anglia.

 As part of JLR’s Future Skills Programme, the company is investing £20 million each year across all of its sites to enable employees to gain skills in new systems, technologies and processes central to the future of automotive manufacturing and engineering.

JLR plans to electrify all its brands by 2030, with the aim of achieving carbon net zero across our supply chain, products, and operations by 2039.

Barbara Bergmeier, Executive Director, Industrial Operations, JLR, says: ‘’Halewood has been the heart and soul of JLR in the Northwest of England for well over two decades, producing vehicles such as the Range Rover Evoque and Discovery Sport. Halewood will be our first all-electric production facility, and it is a testament to the brilliant efforts by our teams and suppliers who have worked together to equip the plant with the technology needed to deliver our world class luxury electric vehicles.’’

Jaguar Land Rover is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Motors Limited, part of Tata Sons.