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Designing, developing and building electric cars any car, for that matter is an expensive game. So it makes complete sense for carmakers to work together, to share know-how and, more importantly, divide costs. Jaguar Land Rover and BMW are doing just that. From next year the two companies will team up to develop electric drive units (EDU), based on BMW"s Gen 5" system that will be fitted to the forthcoming iX3 electric SUV. Engineers from both companies will jointly develop EDUs in Munich, but production will be split Jaguar says it will build its EDUs at its factory in Wolverhampton, which employs some 1.600 people. The EDUs will also be tailored "to deliver the specific characteristics required for [each manufacturer"s] respective range of products".
Date written: 5 Jun 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15918
Designing, developing and building electric cars any car, for that matter is an expensive game. So it makes complete sense for carmakers to work together, to share know-how and, more importantly, divide costs. Jaguar Land Rover and BMW are doing just that. From next year the two companies will team up to develop electric drive units (EDU), based on BMW"s Gen 5" system that will be fitted to the forthcoming iX3 electric SUV. Engineers from both companies will jointly develop EDUs in Munich, but production will be split Jaguar says it will build its EDUs at its factory in Wolverhampton, which employs some 1.600 people. The EDUs will also be tailored "to deliver the specific characteristics required for [each manufacturer"s] respective range of products".
Date written: 5 Jun 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15918
