Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has revealed that it will invest £15 billion to electrify its UK manufacturing operations over the next five years.

The Tata-owned OEM revealed today (April 19) that its Halewood plant in Merseyside would become an all-electric manufacturing facility with its Engine Manufacturing Centre in Wolverhampton also set to be renamed Electric Propulsion Manufacturing Centre under the new plans.

It comes as JLR prepares to launch a fully electrified Range Rover, a new £100,000 four-door Jaguar GT car and agency model retail alongside a major ‘House of Brands’-themed restructure of its car retail network.

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