Car-maker Jaguar Land Rover pins hopes on UK trade deal with Europe
BRITAIN’S BIGGEST car-maker Jaguar Land Rover said it is hopeful that exporters in Britain will be able to trade in Europe after Brexit without bureaucracy and red tape because politicians on both sides will want to do the best for their countries.
The firm made the comment as it announced that all new Jaguar Land Rover cars will be available in an electric or hybrid version from 2020 as it speeds up plans to electrify its model range.
Jaguar Land Rover is the latest car-maker to move away from internal combustion engines.
The company’s first fully electric model will be the Jaguar IPace, which will go on sale next year.
Jaguar Land Rover’s chief executive Ralf Speth said: “Every new Jaguar Land Rover model line will be electrified from 2020, giving our customers even more choice.
“We will introduce a portfolio of electrified products across our model range, embracing fully electric, plug-in hybrid and mild hybrid vehicles.”
The announcement from Jaguar Land Rover, which is owned by Indian conglomerate Tata, follows a similar pledge from Volvo, which plans for all its new cars to have an electric motor from 2019.
Earlier this year the Government announced proposals to ban the sale of conventional combustion engine cars and vans by 2040 as part of efforts to tackle air pollution and climate change.
Jaguar Land Rover, which increased production by 11 per cent last year to 544,000, also said it will develop a driverless car dubbed “Future-Type”, which features a talking steering wheel that can “summon your car, play music, book you a table and even knows what’s in your fridge”.