Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) will spend half a billion pounds upgrading a factory for electric vehicle production, it has been announced. The manufacturer said the investment would transform its historic Halewood facility on Merseyside to support the production of electric vehicles,

The inauguration ceremony was attended by Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu MK Stalin, N Chandrasekaran, Chairman of Tata Sons and Tata Motors and other dignitaries.

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) 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.

JLR says the Merseyside plant will become "the factory of the future" but it is yet to decide which all-electric model it will produce there first, as global demand for EVs remains on rough ground.

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), a subsidiary of India-based Tata Motors Limited, plans to invest £500m ($669 million) to revamp its electric vehicle (EV) factory in Halewood, a small town outside Liverpool.

The future of electric vehicles in the UK has been boosted by Jaguar Land Rover announcing a massive £500million funding package to transform its historic Halewood facility. The investment aims to create the "EV factory of the future" and support the parallel production of electric cars alongside existing combustion and hybrid models.

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,