Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is investing £500m in its factory in Halewood, Merseyside for the production of electric vehicles.
The 61?year?old plant is being expanded and upgraded to enable the parallel production of internal combustion, hybrid and pure electric models. It currently makes the Range Rover Evoque and Discovery Sport.
The car maker has already spent £250m on extending the site by 32,364 square metres to produce medium?sized electric luxury SUVs on the new Electric Modular Architecture platform.
Technology installed at the factory includes new EV build lines, 750 autonomous robots, ADAS calibration rigs, laser alignment technology and the latest cloud-based digital plant management systems.
A further £250m will be injected over the coming years as the site continues to evolve.
Originally built in 1963 to produce the Ford Anglia, Halewood will eventually become JLR’s first all?electric production facility.
JLR intends to electrify all its brands by 2030, and aims to achieve carbon net zero across its supply chain, products and operations by 2039.
