% 10k/yr EV production to avoid EU emission fines, Austria site leased after UK Trade-Union wage dispute %
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/international/tata-jlr-plans-to-build-first-electric-car-in-austria/article6971779.ece Tata JLR plans to build first electric car in Austria Reuters London, Mar 8: Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is set to build its first all-electric car in Austria. The luxury car-maker’s Jaguar brand could begin production of the vehicle next year. JLR’s electric debut would be the latest in a string of launches after its new XE “baby Jag” and F-Pace sports utility vehicle, as well as a new factory in China and one under construction in Brazil. The company is believed to be devising plans for a small production line in Austria, making about 10,000 cars a year, by leasing space in an existing factory, according to The Sunday Times. Jaguar wants to build an electric vehicle, in part to sidestep looming European Union emission fines. Manufacturers are racing to produce electric and hybrid cars, with Germany’s BMW enjoying surging sales of its i8 and i3 petrol and electric plug-in hybrids. The Tata Group, which paid $2.3 billion in 2008 to buy JLR from Ford and has more than doubled the workforce to 32,000. The company now sells almost half-a-million cars. The firm is also exploring plans for a factory in America. “Jaguar Land Rover continues to evaluate opportunities in a range of markets to increase our global manufacturing footprint in the future,” the company said in a statement. Discussions on all manufacturing plans remain commercially confidential. No decision has been taken on future manufacturing locations, it said. [© thehindubusinessline.com] http://auto.ndtv.com/news/jaguar-land-rover-working-on-an-all-electric-car-745162 Jaguar Land Rover Working on an All-Electric Car? By: Kritika Sethi | March 09, 2015 The latest name to join the race that all-electric cars seem to have become isJaguarLand Rover(JLR). TheTata Motors-owned British carmaker is believed to gearing up to make its first all-electric car in Austria, with the vehicle's production set to begin next year. British newspaper, The Sunday Times, claims the company is considering a small production line in Austria, where it will make about 10,000 cars a year. Interestingly, the move seems to have been timed well to avoid imminent European Union emission fines. That said, JLR's apparent decision to take the plunge into the all-electric car market comes as no surprise considering that all major carmakers have been rushing to make electric and hybrid cars. Though JLR now sells about half-a-million cars across the globe, it seems to be in no mood to slow down just yet. Case in point, the baby Jag aka Jaguar XE, the F-Pace SUV, the new factory in China, and another one in Brazil, which is under construction. Furthermore, the British luxury carmaker is also looking at a factory in US. [© NDTV Convergence Limited 2015] http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/auto/news/passenger-vehicle/cars/tata-jaguar-land-rover-plans-to-build-first-electric-car-in-austria/articleshow/46493852.cms Tata Jaguar Land Rover plans to build first electric car in Austria 8 Mar, 2015 ... http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/tata-jlr-plans-to-build-first-electric-car-in-austria-115030800520_1.html Tata JLR plans to build first electric car in Austria Press Trust of India | London March 8, 2015 ... http://en.newhub.shafaqna.com/IN/566232-Tata-JLR-plans-to-build-first-electric-car-in-Austria Tata JLR plans to build first electric car in Austria Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is set to build its first all-electric car in Austria. [March 8, 2015] ... http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=subject%3Aevln+subject%3Ajaguar+NOT+subject%3Are&days=0&sort=date Read more Jaguar EVLN items on evdl [dated] http://www.autonews.com/article/20150224/OEM01/150229923/jaguar-land-rover-is-indeed-looking-at-n.a.-plant-tata-says Jaguar Land Rover 'is indeed looking' at a North American auto plant Lindsay Chappell February 24, 2015 ... http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/business/business-news/jlr-eyes-foreign-factory-after-8673677 JLR eyes foreign factory after UK pay row fallout February 2015 By Jon Griffin Car manufacturer is said to be on the hunt for new factory sites in Turkey and Austria following the recent pay disputes in the UK with trade unions For EVLN posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=subject%3Aevln+NOT+subject%3Are&days=0&sort=date {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Jaguar-to-build-their-first-EV-in-Austria-tp4674238.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
