Jaguar Land Rover to close UK plant at Castle Bromwich
- The production development of electric cars is made inevitably to the detriment of thermal cars, but their price being much higher than their equivalent with thermal engines, we can say that some of the customers will prefer to keep their vehicle longer or acquire a second-hand vehicle (even electric) rather than ordering a new electric car, at least as long as the restrictions on the circulation of thermal vehicles are not generalized in all countries in Europe.
- This phenomenon, which was very quickly materialized at Smart (which eliminated the marketing of its combustion engine cars with a quick sharp decrease of sales) may cause a general drop in car registrations over the next few years, and therefore a decrease in the volume of automobile production, with a marked aging of the vehicle fleet. It may moreover go against the objectives of reducing emissions from automobiles. This is the reason why several carmakers have announced a reduction in their production capacities and others are considering following the same path.
- The Jaguar Land-Rover group (a subsidiary of the Indian group Tata Motors) recently announced that depending on the planned generalization of electric motorization on its models (60% at Land Rover and 100% at Jaguar in 2025), it would reduce soon its production capacities, notably by closing its plant in Castle Bromwich (UK), which currently produces the Jaguar XE, XF and F-Type. These three models should be finished in 2022 or 2023. The JLR group will then have only two plants in Great Britain: Solihull and Halewood, and one in Slovakia at Nitra.
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