Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has announced a £500 million investment to upgrade its Halewood factory for electric vehicle (EV) production.
This investment will transform the historic Merseyside facility, enabling it to support the manufacturing of electric vehicles alongside existing combustion and hybrid models.
The upgrade is part of JLR’s broader £15 billion global investment in electric vehicles, first announced in 2023, and includes plans to produce the first emission-free model at Halewood by early 2025.
JLR has already invested £250 million into the plant, enhancing its car production lines, machinery, workforce, and digital technologies. An additional £250 million will be allocated over the coming years for further improvements.
The company stated that the factory upgrades will include the installation of robots, the development of a new body shop capable of producing 500 vehicle bodies daily, and the addition of new ovens for drying paint.
Although JLR has not revealed which electric model will be the first to be manufactured at Halewood, the investment will allow the production of electric versions of the Range Rover Evoque and Discovery Sport, alongside their combustion and hybrid counterparts.
JLR, owned by India’s Tata Motors, is also investing £18 billion in its “Reimagine” program, which aims to make its entire vehicle lineup fully electric by 2030.
Barbara Bergmeier, JLR’s Executive Director of Industrial Operations, highlighted that Halewood would become the company’s first “all-electric production facility.”
She emphasized the plant’s importance, noting it has been the “heart and soul” of JLR in northwest England for more than two decades.