Automotive giant pumping half a billion pounds to prepare its Merseyside plant for electric vehicle production
Jaguar Land Rover has announced a huge £500 million investment in the transformation of its historic factory in Halewood . The automotive giant is pumping huge amounts into the site, which was originally built in 1962. The company , which is a major employer in Merseyside, is preparing its plant to prepare for the production of electric vehicles. JLR has already invested £250m and commissioned one million hours of construction work over the last 12 months.
The work already carried out to transform the plant includes a new body shop capable of producing 500 vehicle bodies per day, the construction of a new automated painted body storage tower capable of storing 600 painted vehicle bodies and the purchasing of 40 New Autonomous Mobile Robots introduced to assist employees with the fitting of high-voltage batteries.
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