Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has been manufacturing cars for the last seventy years, so it is safe to say it has a well-tuned system when it comes to building vehicles.

However, to create its new Range Rover Electric, it had to transform its plant in Halewood, Merseyside. 

It spent £250 million upgrading the site, with work beginning in late 2020. Among its updates was the introduction of 750 robots, which site director Dan Ford describes as “our version of the Terracotta Army”.

The plant also features laser alignment technology and calibration rigs, which test the vehicles’ advanced driver-assistance systems.

It has also been expanded by 32,364 square metres. Around 3,500 employees work on the factory floor, as well as the robots. 

Additionally, there is a £10 million automated painted body storage tower, which can stack up to 600 cars, and 40 new autonomous mobile robots are used to fit high-voltage batteries to the vehicles. 

All in all, it is capable of making 500 car bodies a day, and due to the JLR’s commitment to go green, there is likely to be a huge demand for its Range Rover Electric model. 

The government’s recent mandate, which stipulates 22 per cent of all new car sales must be zero emission, came into effect in 2024, which means EV production is about to be ramped up and Range Rover’s new site is prepared for it.

Range Rover Electric is already being tested for its release in 2025. It has been driven in extreme temperatures to see whether it can cope with the soaring 50C heat in the UAE and the freezing cold temperatures of -40C in the Arctic Circle, with its battery managing to survive both conditions. 

Although new cars are increasingly becoming electric, you can still find plenty of second-hand classic Range Rovers. Simply update them with a used Rover V8 engine for sale, and you will be able to enjoy its traditional manufacturing.