JLR may follow Jeep, Suzuki with exports from India

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JLR may follow Jeep, Suzuki with exports from India

British carmaker JLR (formerly Jaguar Land Rover) will lend its upcoming electric vehicle (EV) platform to parent company *****’s namesake brand, with the Indian carmaker to build a model for each brand on the subcontinent.

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reports the as-yet unnamed JLR model will launch in 2025, and its Electrified Modular Architecture (EMA) will be shared with a “high-end” ***** – allowing the former to take advantage of reduced costs, and the latter to provide a more upmarket offering.

“We’re able to bring the cost attitude of ***** Motors with the design sophistication of JLR,” ***** Group chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran told Autocar India.

“If we can do that, we will be in a sweet spot. Then you get the benefit, accruing two different ways, and the volumes go up, which justifies the investment into the [EMA] platform.”

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JLR’s Electrified Modular Architecture (EMA) was originally due to launch later this year, but has been pushed back due to

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As reported earlier this year, the next-generation

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are expected to use EMA, though JLR is yet to confirm launch dates for the trio.

According to Mr Chandrasekaran, the EVs could be exported overseas from its Sanand plant where the production version of the unique ***** Avinya will be made, however just where to hasn’t yet been confirmed.

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“***** Motors will talk about their exports in the next 12 months. We have ******* aspirations, let me put it that way, for JLR and ***** Motors,” Mr Chandrasekaran said.

While some Land Rover models are currently built in India, they’re not exported to Australia and are only sold in the local market.

Indian-built vehicles currently sold in Australia include Mahindra’s lineup, as well as the

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. Jeep until recently also sourced ***********-market

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SUVs from the subcontinent.

JLR’s potential Indian expansion comes only a handful of months after it was announced it would

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for a new line of EVs for China, set to be built on a platform developed by Chery.

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