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Industry Focus Areas, Motorized Vehicle

Jaguar Land Rover, Daimler production scaled back due to global chip shortage

April 22, 2021

Via: CNBC

LONDON – The global chip shortage is continuing to wreak havoc at some of the world’s biggest carmakers. Britain’s Jaguar Land Rover announced Thursday that it has been forced to stop car production for a “limited period” at its Castle […]


Industry Focus Areas, Motorized Vehicle, Regulations

JLR seeks to block U.S. imports of Porsche, Audi, Lamborghini and VW crossovers

November 20, 2020

Via: Automotive News

Jaguar Land Rover filed a complaint on Thursday to block U.S. imports of Porsche, Lamborghini, Audi and VW crossovers it says are using its patented Terrain Response technology without permission. JLR, owned by India’s Tata Motors, said in its filing […]


Design & Planning, Industry Focus Areas, Motorized Vehicle, Process

Jaguar Land Rover loses court battle over Defender trademark

August 4, 2020

Via: Automotive News

Jaguar Land Rover lost a UK court bid to get the trademark rights for the shape of its iconic Defender SUV, freeing billionaire Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos Group to go ahead with the Grenadier off-road vehicle. A London court on Monday […]


Industry Focus Areas, Motorized Vehicle

Jaguar to test wireless charging of I-Pace taxi fleet

June 24, 2020

Via: Automotive News

Jaguar Land Rover is teaming up with Oslo, Norway, Momentum Dynamics, an America company in Malvern, Pa., and others to test a wireless electric vehicle charging system that could eventually cut the cord out of the plug-in battery chargers in […]


Industry Focus Areas, Motorized Vehicle

Jaguar Land Rover CEO asked to delay retirement, report says

April 14, 2020

Via: Automotive News

Jaguar Land Rover CEO Ralf Speth has been asked to delay his retirement to help the automaker get through the coronavirus pandemic, Bloomberg reported. JLR parent Tata Motors said in January that Speth would retire from his position in September. […]


Industry Focus Areas, Motorized Vehicle, Process, Production

Jaguar Land Rover warns of car shortage after Brexit production shutdown

November 11, 2019

Via: Automotive News

LONDON — Jaguar Land Rover’s Brexit-related production shutdown at its UK plants will leave the automaker short of cars to sell in its current financial quarter. The week-long shutdown, which started Nov. 4, was planned to offset any potential disruption […]


Industry Focus Areas, Motorized Vehicle, Regulations

Jaguar Land Rover to close UK factories for a week over Brexit

September 26, 2019

Via: Automotive News

GAYDON, England — Jaguar Land Rover will halt production at its British factories for a week in November, joining BMW and Toyota in plans to help mitigate any immediate disruption from a no-deal Brexit. CEO Ralf Speth said JLR had […]


Industry Focus Areas, Motorized Vehicle

BMW and Jaguar Land Rover to jointly develop electric car parts

June 5, 2019

Via: Reuters

Both carmakers are under pressure to roll out zero-emission vehicles to meet stringent anti-pollution rules, but have struggled to maintain profit margins faced with the rising costs of making electric, connected and autonomous cars. “Together, we have the opportunity to […]


Industry Focus Areas, Logistics, Motorized Vehicle, Process

Where did Jaguar Land Rover’s extra $1B come from?

May 29, 2019

Via: Automotive News

If a company suddenly has $1 billion in cash, does it matter where it comes from? For Jaguar Land Rover, it should. In its latest results, JLR posted around 1.4 billion pounds of free cash flow ($1.77 billion). That’s a […]


Design & Planning, Industry Focus Areas, Motorized Vehicle, Process

Jaguar Land Rover plans to cut 5,000 jobs, paper says

December 17, 2018

Via: Automotive News

The UK luxury automaker, owned by India’s Tata Motors will outline the measures in January as part of a three-year cost-cutting program, the paper said, citing several unidentified people close to the company. JLR has been hit hard due to […]


Industry Focus Areas, Motorized Vehicle

Jaguar Land Rover to appoint new Director of Manufacturing

May 3, 2018

Via: Manufacturing Global

Wolfgang Stadler, the firms current Director of Manufacturing, will be retiring, and is to be succeeded by Grant McPherson. McPherson currently holds the position of Director of Quality and Automotive Safety at JLR, which he has had since 2013. “He […]