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New facility in Coventry dedicated to electric vehicle drive units to create 350-plus jobs

JLR (formerly Jaguar Land Rover) has opened a new facility in Coventry dedicated to developing electric car drive units.

The new Future Energy Lab at Whitley – one of JLR’s engineering centres – features test rigs for electrical systems, including cold-weather chambers, and capacity for drive-unit production.

JLR says the battery-electric Range Rover is among the new cars currently undergoing testing at the facility, ahead of its launch next year.

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