Jaguar Land Rover, BMW Group to collaborate for developing electric vehicles
Both Jaguar Land Rover and BMW Group have considerable knowledge and expertise in electrification. While Jaguar Land Rover has I-Pace, BMW has i3. Jaguar I-Pace has won 2019 World Car of the Year, 2019 World Car Design of the Year and 2019 World Green Car trophies at the 2019 World Car Awards.
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- A team of experts from both the companies will engineer the EDUs.
- The EDUs will be manufactured by each company in their own production facilities.
- Jaguar Land Rover will develop the units at its Wolverhampton-based Engine Manufacturing Centre.
According to Jaguar Land Rover, a team of experts from both the companies will engineer the EDUs, with both partners developing the systems to deliver the specific characteristics required for their respective range of products.
Both Jaguar Land Rover and BMW Group have considerable knowledge and expertise in electrification. While Jaguar Land Rover has I-Pace, BMW has i3. We have already driven BMW i3Sand you can read our review of the electric here. Jaguar I-Pace has won 2019 World Car of the Year, 2019 World Car Design of the Year and 2019 World Green Car trophies at the 2019 World Car Awards.
The EDUs will be manufactured by each company in their own production facilities. Jaguar Land Rover will develop the units at its Wolverhampton-based Engine Manufacturing Centre (EMC), which was confirmed as the home for the company’s global EDU production in January 2019. Employing 1,600 people, the EMC will be the centre of propulsion system manufacturing offering ample flexibility between clean Ingenium petrol and diesel engines and electric units. Complementing the EMC will be the recently announced Battery Assembly Centre at Hams Hall, near Birmingham, through the supply of electrified powertrain systems to Jaguar Land Rover’s global vehicle plants.
“The transition to ACES represents the greatest technological shift in the automotive industry in a generation. The pace of change and consumer interest in electrified vehicles is gathering real momentum and it’s essential we work across the industry to advance the technologies required to deliver this exciting future,” Jaguar Land Rover Engineering Director Nick Rogers said.
“We have proven we can build world-beating electric cars but now we need to scale the technology to support the next generation of Jaguar and Land Rover products. It was clear from discussions with BMW Group that both companies’ requirements for next-generation EDUs to support this transition have significant overlap making for a mutually beneficial collaboration,” he added.
Source: indiatoday.in
