By 2020, JaguarLandRover (JLR) claims it will offer customers the
option of electrification on half of all its new cars.
JLR says it is working
towards a cleaner future, with ultra-clean diesels and petrol engines, BEVs,
PHEVs and MHEVs all in its strategic plans.
The
production version of the I-PACE Concept electric five-seat performance car
will be revealed later in 2017 and will be on the roads in 2018 with a
predicted range of more than 500km on the NEDC cycle (220 miles EPA).
Joe
Eberhardt, president and chief executive officer of Jaguar Land Rover North
America, declared: “Jaguar Land Rover is
dramatically increasing its presence in the US marketplace. Jaguar is the
fastest-selling brand in America this year and Land Rover is building on sales
records when we were the fastest growing luxury brand in the US in 2015.”
Last
year, JLR confirmed plans to double the size of its advanced engineering and
design centre in the UK. This expansion will house highly skilled product
development engineers and support the company’s creation of high-tech,
ultra-low emissions vehicles for customers around the world.
The UK is
the cornerstone of JLR’s business and remains the centre design, engineering
and manufacturing capabilities. Over the past five years Jaguar Land Rover has
employed more than 20,000 people, taking its workforce to almost 40,000. It has
invested more than £12 billion in new product creation and capital expenditure.
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