Jaguar I-Pace
Jaguar I-Pace
Jaguar I-Pace
Jaguar I-Pace
Jaguar I-Pace

UK Guarantees Jaguar Loans After Pledge to Make Electric Cars

July 15, 2019
The news provided a much-needed boost for a British automotive industry that’s been rocked by job cuts and plant closures.

Jaguar Land Rover Automotive Plc won a 500 million-pound ($626 million) loan guarantee from the U.K. government, just over a week after announcing a new range of electrified cars will be made at a plant in central England.

The guarantee to JLR by the U.K. Export Finance agency was granted to support the design, manufacture and export of electric cars, Prime Minister Theresa May said after a round-table meeting of auto-industry representatives in Downing Street on Monday.

JLR, a unit of India’s Tata Motors Ltd., will invest hundreds of millions of pounds transforming its Castle Bromwich site near Birmingham after previously committing to electrified options of all new models from 2020. The first electric vehicle off the production line will be the ninth generation of Jaguar’s flagship XJ saloon.

The news on Castle Bromwich, which safeguards thousands of workers, provided a much-needed boost for a British automotive industry that’s been rocked by job cuts and plant closures. Brexit, a slowdown in China and flagging demand for diesel-powered vehicles have taken a toll on JLR, which said in January it would slash 4,500 positions worldwide to conserve cash.

May met senior auto-industry figures including representatives from Ford Motor Co., BMW AG, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. and Peugeot parent PSA Group’s Vauxhall arm.

By Alex Morales and Christopher Jasper

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