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JLR to build cars in Austria
- 02/07/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover has signed up Austrian contractor Magna Steyr to build future vehicles, as its own UK plants are currently working close to full capacity. The vast majority of cars they made last year, rolled off production lines at the JLR plants in Castle Bromwich, Solihull and Halewood. The [...] -
JLR monitors brain waves
- 17/06/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Jaguar Land Rover has revealed a range of new road safety technology research projects that are being developed to reduce the number of accidents caused by drivers who are stressed, distracted and not concentrating on the road ahead. The Jaguar Land Rover ‘Sixth Sense’ research projects utilises advanced [...] -
JLR showcases smartphone controlled Range Rover
- 16/06/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Jaguar Land Rover has revealed some of the prototype technologies that its UK-based research team are developing to deliver autonomous driving in the future. A Remote Control Range Rover Sport research vehicle demonstrates how a driver could drive the vehicle from outside the car via their smartphone. The [...] -
Injured ex-military secure employment
- 12/06/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Jaguar Land Rover’s Invictus Games work placement legacy programme has seen the first five successful participants being offered a permanent position at the company. The bespoke training programme is designed to help rehabilitate wounded, injured and sick ex-personnel and aid transition into civilian careers. [...] -
JLR announces pothole project
- 10/06/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Jaguar Land Rover is researching a new connected car technology that will allow a vehicle to identify the location and severity of potholes, broken drains and manhole covers. The company will then share this data in real-time via the cloud with other vehicles and with road authorities to help them prioritise [...] -
Youngsters gear up for engineering careers
- 10/06/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Jaguar Land Rover has opened a brand new £650,000 Education Business Partnership Centre at its Engine Manufacturing Centre near Wolverhampton. The company is in partnership with Staffordshire County Council, South Staffordshire Council, Wolverhampton City Council and Wolverhampton College. The new Education [...] -
JLR reports full year results
- 27/05/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Jaguar Land Rover Automotive plc has reported its full year results for the 12-month period to March 31, 2015. The company delivered its fifth successive year of solid growth, robust financial results and continuous investment in its future. With a balanced regional distribution of sales, retails of 462,209 [...] -
JLR recognises top ten suppliers
- 08/05/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Jaguar Land Rover has recognised its top ten direct production suppliers at the company’s inaugural Supplier Excellence Awards. Companies from Corby to Cairo were presented with trophies by British actress, Joanna Lumley, at a ceremony held in the West Midlands, the heart of the company’s UK [...] -
JLR to launch ‘Innovation Incubator’
- 07/04/2015
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Jaguar Land Rover has announced a new initiative to support the development of future infotainment technologies in the US. Jaguar Land Rover will now launch an ‘Innovation Incubator’ project in Portland, Oregon, to encourage, promote and support new software-based automotive technologies that are being [...] -
JLR doubles Coventry centre
- 25/03/2015
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Jaguar Land Rover is to expand its advanced engineering and design centre at Whitley, Coventry, doubling its footprint at the location. The latest multi-million pound investment by Jaguar Land Rover will house highly-skilled product development engineers and support the company’s creation of high technology [...]
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