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JLR Reengineers The Dashboard Safety ‘Backbone’ In Its Next Generation Vehicles To Cut Over 50,000 Tonnes Of CO2 Annually

Stuart Mitchell

Luxury automotive manufacturer JLR has reengineered one of the most structurally important but carbon intensive components within its future vehicles ‑ the instrument panel crosscar beam.  The crosscar beam, which spans the width of the vehicle behind the dashboard, is a critical structural backbone in a vehicle’s cockpit, playing a key role in passenger safety, protecting occupants and mounting airbags, while reducing noise and vibration to keep the cabin calm and refined. Traditionally made from magnesium or steel, the new crossbeam structure is a composite material comprising fibre‑reinforced plastic and…

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JLR Drives Over £100m Of Value From Reuse Initiatives To Cut Waste As It Transforms Its Industrial Operations For Electrification

Stuart Mitchell

JLR is reducing waste across its industrial operations in the UK and Europe through a £100m reuse, refurbishment, repurposing and recycling drive.   As its electrification transformation progresses to the next stage, with the upcoming launch of Range Rover Electric, JLR’s industrial operations are readying themselves for the next generation of electric vehicles and undergoing a revamp across all facilities. As a result, tens of thousands of pieces of equipment and tools – spanning from entire production lines to screwdrivers – have been put back in circulation, when possible, after…

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JLR Launches Charitable Foundation To Empower Youth To Reach Their Full Potential

Stuart Mitchell

JLR recently announced the creation of the JLR Foundation, a charitable foundation dedicated to empowering children and young people to reach their full potential and catalyse positive social and environmental change. JLR is committed to donating millions to the JLR Foundation, pledging up to £2.5 million to support its charitable work in the first year, with plans to increase funding annually as the Foundation grows. The charity will use the funds to award grants to charitable organisations and NGOs that benefit children and young people through initiatives that further their…

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JLR invests £500 million into creating EV factory of the future in Merseyside

Stuart Mitchell

JLR has announced a £500 million investment to transform its historic Halewood facility to support the parallel production of electric vehicles, alongside existing combustion and hybrid models.  Originally built in 1963 to produce the Ford Anglia, Halewood is being transformed for the electric era. With £250 million already invested, the transformation so far has involved over one million hours of construction work over the last 12 months. The site has been extended by 32,364 sqm to produce JLR’s medium‑sized electric luxury SUVs on the new Electric Modular Architecture (EMA) platform.…

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JLR Powers Up Zero Emissions Charging On The Go With First Battery Energy Storage System Using Second-Life Range Rover Batteries

Stuart Mitchell

JLR has partnered with energy storage start-up, Allye Energy, to create a novel Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) to provide zero emissions power on the go. A single Allye MAX BESS holds seven second-life Range Rover and Range Rover Sport PHEV battery packs that are simply removed from the vehicles and slotted into customised racks, without unnecessary additional processing. Each BESS can store 270kWh of energy at full capacity, enough to power the average UK household for nearly a month. The BESS, which is the first to use JLR’s second…

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