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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jasper Jolly

Jaguar Land Rover to ramp up EV production with £15bn investment

A Jaguar I-Pace electric vehicle (EV) at the Auto Shanghai show in China.
The award-winning Jaguar I-Pace electric vehicle (EV) at the Auto Shanghai show in China. Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters

Jaguar Land Rover has said it will invest £15bn over five years as Britain’s largest car-making employer upgrades its factories to produce electric vehicles, including its first UK-made battery car.

The company will shift production to electric cars at its plant at Halewood on Merseyside, while its factory making internal combustion engines in Wolverhampton, in the West Midlands, will focus on producing electric motors and associated parts.

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