JLR invests in the electrification of its products

The Halewood JLR facility will get an update to help with electric vehicles.   Photo: JLR

Jaguar Land Rover has announced a NZ$1. billion n investment to transform its historic Halewood facility to support the parallel production of electric vehicles, alongside existing combustion and hybrid models. 

Located outside of Liverpool, UK, the factory was originally built in 1963 to produce the Ford Anglia, Halewood is being transformed for the electric era.

With £250 million (NZ$520m) already invested, the transformation has involved over one million hours of construction work over the last 12 months. The site has been extended by 32,364 sqm to produce Jaguar Land Rover’s medium‑sized electric luxury SUVs on the new Electric Modular Architecture (EMA) platform.

“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,” said Barbara Bergmeier, Executive Director, Industrial Operations JLR.

“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.

The historic plant has been fitted with technology including new EV build lines, 750 autonomous robots, ADAS calibration rigs, laser alignment technology for perfect part fitment and the latest cloud-based digital plant management systems to oversee production, creating the ‘factory of the future’.