Jaguar Land Rover turns on Britain’s largest EV smart charging site

JLR has installed no fewer than 166 electric car charge points at its engineering site at Gaydon. It's the first step to making all its UK sites EV-friendly

Jaguar I-Pace and Range Rover Sport charging at GaydonJaguar Land Rover is claiming a UK electric car record for its Gaydon engineering facility. It says the biggest electric car smart charging site in Britain has now gone live.

It contains no fewer than 166 smart charging outlets, for use by engineers, employees and visitors. 

The collection of 7kW AC smart chargers can, say JLR bosses, add 22 miles of range to an I-Pace every hour: that means eight hours of range in a single working day.

Jaguar I-Pace charging at Gaydon

The electricity is cost-neutral for employees, and it’s sourced from 100 percent renewable energy (as, interestingly, is all the energy used by JLR UK facilities).

JLR is getting Gaydon set up because, said its head of e-Mobility Mick Cameron, “every new Jaguar and Land Rover model line will be electrified from 2020.

“We hope that by providing a network of electric charging points to staff and visitors, we can help encourage the uptake of alternative fuels amongst our employees.”

JLR charging points at Gaydon

Research suggests that 40 percent of electric car charging across Europe currently takes place at work. However, 75 percent of EV users in Britain are currently unable to charge their cars at work. 

JLR intends for its landmark move to be the first phase in rolling out chargers across all its UK sites. This will, says the firm, enable even those who don’t have home-charging facilities to drive an electric or electrified Jaguar or Land Rover as a company car.

The JLR announcement comes as Britain’s largest rapid-charging site of 50kW EV units opens near junction 14 of the M1. 

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Richard Aucock
Richard Aucockhttps://www.richardaucock.co.uk/
Richard is director at Motoring Research. He has been with us since 2001, and has been a motoring journalist even longer. He won the IMCO Motoring Writer of the Future Award in 1996 and the acclaimed Sir William Lyons Award in 1998. Both awards are run by the Guild of Motoring Writers and Richard is currently vice chair of the world's largest organisation for automotive media professionals. Richard is also a juror and Steering Committee director for World Car Awards and the UK juror for the AUTOBEST awards.

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