Automotive giant pumping half a billion pounds to prepare its Merseyside plant for electric vehicle production Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has announced a huge £500 million investment in the transformation of its historic factory in Halewood . The automotive giant is pumping huge amounts into the site, which was originally built in 1962. The company , which is a major employer in Merseyside, is preparing its plant to prepare for the production of electric vehicles.
JLR has already invested £250m and commissioned one million hours of construction work over the last 12 months. The site has been extended by 32,364 sq m to produce JLR’s medium-sized electric luxury SUVs. The famous factory has been fitted with technology including new EV build lines, 750 autonomous robots, ADAS calibration rigs, laser alignment technology and the latest cloud based digital plant management systems to oversee production.
A further £250m will be injected into the factory in the coming news. The works already carried out will enable the parallel production of internal combustion, hybrid and pure electric vehicles at Halewood. JLR plans to electrify all of its brands by 2030, with the aim of achieving carbon net zero across its supply chain, products and operations by 2039.
Halewood will eventually become the company's first all-electric production facility. The work already carried out to transform the plant includes a new body shop capable of producing 500 vehicle bodies per day, the construction .