Jaguar Land Rover shifts production of Discovery to Slovakia
Britain’s biggest car maker may cut jobs as it retools its plant near Birmingham to produce a new generation of electric cars
London — Britain’s biggest car maker, Jaguar Land Rover Automotive, is moving all production of its Land Rover Discovery to Slovakia from a plant near Birmingham, which will be retooled to accommodate a new generation of electric cars. The company, owned by Tata Motors, will create a new factory platform at its Solihull, UK plant that will enable the production of cars in electric, petrol and diesel versions, said people familiar with the matter, asking not to be named because the information isn’t public. Discovery production will be moved from the beginning of 2019, meaning job cuts at the Solihull plant are possible before it ramps up staffing again, the people said. The investment, worth hundreds of millions of pounds, according to the people, could cut both ways. While some agency-employed plant workers may lose their jobs, the decision to build electric cars at Solihull marks a major commitment to UK manufacturing amid uncertainty over Brexit. After its makeover, the plant wil...
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