Jaguar Land Rover installs electric vehicle charging points at Gaydon facility

Jaguar Land Rover has installed 166 smart charging outlets for electric vehicles at its Gaydon engineering centre.

The outlets are for use by employees to encourage uptake of electric vehicles, with the car manufacturer saying that research shows 40% of electric car charging in Europe takes place at work.

Charging points will also be installed in the visitors’ car park.

The 7kW AC smart charging stations, supplied by NewMotion (a Shell company), can add 22 miles of range to an all –electric Jaguar I-PACE every hour and 176 miles in total during an eight-hour day.

The stations are cloud-connected and integrated with the NewMotion public charging network, so employees can charge at stations across Europe using a single card. Users can also monitor and track charging throughout the day with a smartphone app.

Every new Jaguar and Land Rover model line will be electrified from 2020, says JLR.

Mick Cameron, head of E-Mobility at JLR, said: “We hope that by providing a network of electric charging points to staff and visitors at our Gaydon engineering centre we can help encourage the uptake of alternative fuels amongst our employees. It’s all part of our commitment to acting more sustainably – our UK facilities are already powered by 100% renewable electricity and we believe the new charging points will help our employees to tread lightly on their daily commute.”

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