Range Rover launches first fully electric model
Summary
Range Rover has introduced its first fully electric vehicle after a one-year delay. The launch is part of Jaguar Land Rover’s plan to modernize its factories and workforce despite recent financial challenges and supply problems.Key Facts
- The new Range Rover Electric will be made in Solihull, England.
- Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has trained about 10,500 workers to build electric cars.
- JLR is upgrading its factories, including new battery and electric drive unit production lines.
- The company faces lower profits and supply issues after a 2023 fire at a supplier in Norway.
- JLR had a cyber attack last year that stopped production for over a month.
- The business is restructuring and cutting fewer than 300 jobs this year.
- JLR’s Electric Propulsion Manufacturing Centre in Wolverhampton now makes batteries and electric motors as well as traditional engines.
- Company leaders describe the new electric Range Rover as the result of 10 years of careful engineering.
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