JAGUAR LAND ROVER owner to choose UK for EV battery plant

Jaguar Land Rover owner

Tata Motors has chosen Britain as the destination for its multi-billion-pound electric vehicle battery plant.

According to reports, the Indian motor company was also considering Spain as the location for its brand-new EV battery plant before selecting the UK. The new plant could employ 9,000 people in Somerset, southwest England.

Tata Motors is also investing heavily into electric vehicle manufacturing in the UK. In April, Jaguar Land Rover announced plans to invest £15bn into its vehicle programmes, with its Halewood site in Merseyside to become an all-electric manufacturing facility. The company’s Engine Manufacturing Centre in Wolverhampton is also to be renamed to the Electric Propulsion Manufacturing Centre.

JLR will also open its pre-order books for the first all-electric Range Rover later this year, with a ‘next generation’ medium-size SUV to be fully electric as well.