Jaguar Land Rover invests £1.5bn to build greener lightweight models

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Manufacturer set to expand Solihull site to manufacture aluminium vehicle architecture designed to make its models more fuel efficient

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has announced it is to invest £1.5bn on designing new lightweight, energy efficient models, creating 1,700 new jobs in the process. The company today confirmed plans to extend...

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