Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is expanding its global digital capability by opening three new tech hubs in Europe. The hubs are being set up to develop autonomous driving systems for JLR’s next generation of vehicles, and the new hubs are to be situated in Germany, Italy, and Spain. They join existing JLR tech hubs in the USA, Hungary, Ireland, China, India and the UK.

Collectively these hubs employ over 1100 engineers, forming part of JLR’s nearly 9000-strong global engineering force. The hubs will provide services and feed data into the Advanced Product Creation Centre in Gaydon in the UK.

“We are harnessing talent in autonomous technologies around the world to develop new autonomous technologies for our future products which will deliver a truly modern luxury experience for our clients,” said Thomas Müller, Product Engineering Director at Jaguar Land Rover.

“Software is essential for us to deliver a fully connected experience for our clients and creating global engineering hubs will enable seamless hybrid working across several locations and ensure we harness the best talent for our business.”

The creation of the three new tech hubs marks the progression of JLR’s multi-year partnership with artificial intelligence (AI) and accelerated computing company NVIDIA. Under the partnership, JLR engineers are working to develop and deliver next-generation automated driving systems, digital services, and experiences for clients.

Source: Motor Trader e-Magazine (Mar 2023)

14 Mar 2023