High Volume E-Machine Supply from the UK (HVEMS-UK)

Jaguar Land Rover is building a prototype factory to test how to manufacture electric motors at high volume in the UK. This matters because the UK currently lacks the production capacity and supply chain for electric drive units—the motors that power electric vehicles. Without this capability, automakers must import these components from abroad, adding cost, carbon, and vulnerability to supply disruptions. The project addresses a gap between small-scale laboratory research and full-scale mass production, where manufacturing methods for electric motors remain unproven at UK volumes. The project will create a “make-like-production” facility where Jaguar Land Rover and its suppliers can experiment with prototype machine tools and assembly systems. If successful, this would establish a domestic supply chain for electric motors, allowing the company to continue reducing vehicle emissions while keeping manufacturing and jobs in the UK. The facility is designed to de-risk future investment in full-scale production lines. This is applied industrial research with a clear commercial goal: to give Jaguar Land Rover the confidence and knowledge to commit to UK-based electric motor production. The immediate impact would be on manufacturing processes and supply chains—systems most people never see, but which determine whether electric vehicles are built here or abroad.