Jaguar Land Rover wants to build electric cars in Britain

• Eastern Eye Staff
• 26 November, 2016

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By: Eastern Eye Staff

BRITAIN’S biggest carmarker Jaguar Land Rover said it wants to build electric cars in Britain in what would be a further boost to the UK automotive sector after the Brexit vote. The Indian-owned carmaker built just under a third of Britain’s 1.6 million cars last year and showcased its first electric car earlier this month, which will be built in Austria. But chief executive Ralf Speth suggested that the Indian-owned automaker, which operates three car plants in central and northern England, could bring further production to Britain. “We want to build our EVs (electric vehicles) in the West Midlands, in…

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