Jaguar plans to go all electric by 2025.
The Jaguar and Land Rover company plans to go all
electric by 2025. However, it has dropped plans to build
an electric version of its XJ saloon at the Castle
Bromwich plant, meaning the company will eventually stop
making cars. Overall, the company intends to spend 2.5bn
pounds on new technology each year. Due to the pressure
of climate change, countries are pressuring car
manufacturers to eventually become all electric.
However, the problem for a lot of car manufacturers like
JLR, is the fact that making electric cars requires more
advanced and expensive infrastructure. JLR will find it
hard to afford the infrastructure and it will propose a
serious strugle.
Jaguar is also planning to invest in hydrogen fuel cell
technology. Fuel cells provide electric power, without
producing tailpipe emissions(water is the only
by-product). However, to be fully
environmentally-friendly, the hydrogen will also need to
be produced from renewable sources. As mentioned before,
car manufacturers are under huge pressure to produce
fully electric cars which meet good standards. To
tighten the restriction on making electric cars, the UK
plans to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel fulled
cars by 2030.