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Latest images of the Jaguar Land Rover Engine Manufacturing Center in

Jaguar Land Rover’s brand new engine manufacturing center is just another piece in the puzzle of the amazing turnaround they’ve had and one less item they have to rely on others to manufacture for them.

A little blast from the past – nice seeing Rover cast into both, 1971 on the left and 2014 on the right:

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Here’s some info about it from an earlier JLR Press Release, pictures to follow

Jaguar Land Rover’s new Engine Manufacturing Centre in the UK is essential to support the company’s long-term strategic growth plans and will be the home for a new generation of technologically advanced, lightweight 4-cylinder low emission diesel and petrol engines.

Reinforcing Jaguar Land Rover’s commitment to manufacturing and innovation in the UK, the company will increase its investment in the facility to in excess of £500 million. This will almost double the number of highly skilled engineering and manufacturing jobs at the plant, taking the total number of people who will be employed at the site to almost 1,400.

Speaking at the show, Jaguar Land Rover’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr Speth said:"Jaguar Land Rover’s new Engine Manufacturing Centre in the UK is a clear demonstration of our business strategy guiding our investment plans."

"Not only does it bring our engine supply back to our production doorstep, but it gives us significant new resource as we continue to innovate with new products and markets."

The new family of engines is currently under development at Jaguar Land Rover’s advanced research and development facility. It will strengthen and expand the company’s engine range supporting future product development plans. Jaguar Land Rover will deliver high performance engines with class-leading levels of refinement and significant reductions in vehicle emissions, allowing it to compete even more effectively and attract new customers globally.

The state-of-the-art facility is the first in the company’s history to be entirely designed and specified by Jaguar Land Rover. At almost 100,000 sq m, the plant will include an engine testing centre alongside the manufacturing and assembly halls. The building will meet the highest standards of sustainable production and will feature a variety of energy efficiency technologies.

The new Engine Manufacturing Centre will open later this year with the first engines coming off the production line in 2015.

Michael2014-02-17T19:20:50-05:00February 20, 2014|

JLR Head of Connected Technologies and Apps, Peter Virk in most detailed video interview about InControl yet!

Telematicsupdate.com – Jaguar Land Rover and customer-centric approach to apps

It’s clear the bullet points they’re trying to get across and we do get some great bits of info.

Michael2014-02-17T19:27:45-05:00February 17, 2014|

Jaguar Land Rover’s Dr. Ziebart “Producing cars to get you from A to B in style” Tech Talk Video

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Another shot of what’s coming to the JLR’s ICE system, it’s getting closer!

The video is about 20 minutes, it’s a really interesting watch.

Official PR:

At a media event on the eve of the Delhi Show, Dr Wolfgang Ziebart, Group Engineering Director, Jaguar Land Rover, shared his vision for technology and engineering.

Dr Ziebart explained how key global trends like the growth of the Megacity, an expanding and more affluent world population, as well as trends in connected consumer technologies will bring with it opportunities, as well as challenges for automotive businesses like Jaguar Land Rover.

Dr Ziebart said: "The cars Jaguar Land Rover will develop in the future will reflect a range of challenges and opportunities. We are going to deliver new models that are smarter, more connected and cleaner than ever before.

"With the sensors and computing power we are developing we will enhance the capability of the driver. For the first time we have the technology to realise the vision of achieving zero accidents. I’m confident that we are only a decade or two away from being able to avoid accidents completely.

"However, our customers tell us that any Jaguar Land Rover autonomous car solution in the future still needs to involve the emotions. Whether you are driving a Jaguar or a Land Rover you want an emotional connection and a thrilling drive – with the ability to drive autonomously when required. A smarter car should not be about taking away driving pleasure – it is about enhancing the driver experience. Our engineering team is working on this today."

Michael2014-02-05T18:03:00-05:00February 5, 2014|

More comments on the new Jaguar Land Rover InControl systems

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Still trying to get some solid visual examples of what we can expect once the new system does roll out, until then some of the research I’ve done has been interesting.

In the official PR, one of the first bullet points was:

System transfers the app interface from the phone to the in-car infotainment touchscreen, and is upgradeable as new apps become available

That got me thinking back to May 2011 when Jaguar announced their Connect and View technology which literally displayed the screen from a USB connected Blackberry device on the touchscreen of the Jaguar XJ demonstrator. The thing that really got me interested back then was the use of VNC to handle the remote video. It’s a program I used often at the time to do remote control of various computers. Their choice of Blackberry was very Land Rover – just slightly off the mark, although this was way off.

Here’s Peter Virk talking about it to Engadget at the time:

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He’s moved up the ranks of JLR since then and is now Head of Connected Technologies and Apps. Here’s his Experience listing from LinkedIn:

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Head of Connected Technologies and Apps.

Jaguar Land Rover

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; Automotive industry

July 2013 – Present (7 months) Warwickshire, UK

• Managing the innovation and delivery of Connected Infotainment and CE Apps programmes
• Defining the Strategic Direction for Medium and Long Term (2020+)
• Creation of Jaguar Land Rover’s App SDK’s
• Leading JLR’s strategy for HTML5 development
• Developing the core skills capability to deliver innovative experiences
• Driving Apps updates into the field based on a fast and flexible roadmap of feature delivery
• Developing links with University bodies and Overseas Tech Centre’s to enable innovation and market specific solutions
• Defining new Revenue and Business Models for App development
• Driving strategic partnership developments within the CE, App and Connectivity domian

Infotainment Technical Specialist – Apps, CE & Connected Infotainment

Jaguar Land Rover

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; Automotive industry

March 2012 – Present (1 year 11 months) Warwickshire, UK

Infotainment Technical Specialist – Group Leader
Responsible for Jaguar Land Rover’s current and future strategies on:
• Smartphone Infotainment Apps
• Embedded Connected Infotainment Apps
• Innovation and Technology Insight Specialties
• Recruited and created a new department ‘Connected Technologies’ within JLR for brought in mobile Apps and embedded Apps (HTML5) – driving a 5 year feature plan
• Transformation from the traditional feature driven approach to intelligent customer enabling experiences
• Management and recruitment of technical diverse teams
• Technical interface between JLR’s Infotainment and Connected Car organisation
• Lead JLR’s first SDK, mobile App development
Speaker at international conferences
• Connected In-Vehicle Infotainment Global Summit – Sept 2012 – Vehicle-Centric Apps
• IPQC conference – April 2011 – OEM Case Study: An OEM approach to smartphone connectivity
• Blackberry World – May 2011 – Press event, launch of JLR’s Connect and View technology

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Lots of little bits there and lucky for us there are plenty of other JLR Infotainment people on LinkedIn as well – with more peaks of what’s to come. One acronym that’s popping up all over is NGI or Next Generation of Infotainment. I’m assuming that’s what we’re seeing with these latest InControl system or is it?

And a few more bullet points from another LinkedIn profile:

• HTML5 Application Developer for Connected Infotainment Project for Jaguar Land Rover at JLR Product Creation Centre in Gaydon, Warwickshire
• Designing HTML5 Infotainment and mobile applications with CSS3 and Javascript
• Responsive design and cross-platform application development
• HTML5 Animation
• Prototyping and deployment of HTML5 based applications

It’s an interesting way JLR is going for user interfaces. Can’t wait to see how it turns out.

Sorry if this post was all over the place, I just wanted to get a bunch of info posted for future reference.

Michael2023-06-08T14:46:26-04:00January 10, 2014|

Jaguar Land Rover Announces Plans To Work With Intel To Deliver Next Generation In-Vehicle Technologies

This is good news, just too bad it didn’t come in time for the “All-New” vehicles in 2013 & 2014.

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Collaboration with Intel enhances Jaguar Land Rover’s research into future vehicle infotainment
Jaguar Land Rover to further strengthen its technology focus with new R&D centre in Portland, Oregon
The new centre has been located to enhance collaboration on research and product development with Intel and other leading IT businesses

Jaguar Land Rover will enhance its research and product development on future vehicle infotainment technologies through a new collaboration with Intel and the opening of a new Technology R&D centre in Portland, Oregon.

Jaguar Land Rover’s new research facility on the West Coast will help lead the development of future vehicle infotainment systems and will be responsible for collaborative work with a number of technology partners. The location of the centre has been chosen for its proximity to the technology industry hubs in Silicon Valley and Seattle, where Jaguar Land Rover has been developing collaborative partnerships with the world’s leading IT businesses and creative and technical talent.

Jaguar Land Rover and Intel have already begun work on multiple levels across engineering, research and marketing as Jaguar Land Rover progresses its ambitions to deliver the best in-car infotainment experience. The close proximity of Jaguar Land Rover’s new research facility to Intel Labs is enabling a collaborative relationship on research projects. Multiple programs are underway to explore and develop next-generation digital vehicle prototypes with in-vehicle cockpit experiences that connect car, device and cloud. The insights gained from the research programs along with alignment on engineering efforts will speed development on new innovative in-vehicle experiences.

Dr Wolfgang Ziebart, Jaguar Land Rover Engineering Director, said: "Our aim is to innovate and develop the ultimate user experience for our customers and by taking a collaborative approach with both technology start-ups and large organisations such as Intel, we will push the boundaries of future infotainment technology.

"Working with Intel will help both partners define and develop platforms and systems appropriate for premium global brands like Jaguar and Land Rover. This will ultimately develop unique and innovative technologies that will continue to drive the appeal of our products. Our research and the partnerships we are developing in the US will help us ensure our new products remain innovative and globally competitive."

Elliot Garbus, vice president and general manager, Automotive Solutions Division, Intel Corporation, said: "Consumers expect their in-vehicle experiences to be an integrated part of their digitally connected lifestyle; this requires enhanced levels of connectivity and intelligence in the car. As part of our work with Jaguar Land Rover, we are exploring innovative ways to inform, entertain and assist drivers and passengers in a safe way; speeding development of unique experiences from the car to the cloud. Our goal is to accelerate opportunities for new types of in-vehicle services and applications in the Internet of Things."

Creating the new technology centre in Portland and the collaborative partnerships it supports will accelerate the creation of the next generation of in-car technologies, features and software for future Jaguar and Land Rover models. The Portland facility will be Jaguar Land Rover’s first dedicated software R&D operation and will lead the optimisation for automotive applications of a range of new advanced technologies that are currently being developed on the West Coast.

The new ‘Open Software Technology Centre’ in Portland, which will open in 2014, will complement the established Jaguar Land Rover infotainment team based at the company’s product creation facility in Gaydon, UK. It will employ a team of around 30 infotainment specialists, including 16 highly experienced software engineers. Facilities will include a multimedia creative suite, innovation spaces, development laboratory and a six-bay vehicle workshop.

In the future, the Portland technology centre will also complement the long-term research projects that will be undertaken by the Jaguar Land Rover R&D team at the National Automotive Innovation Campus (NAIC) at the University of Warwick when it opens in 2016. These research projects include electrification, smart & connected cars and Human Machine Interface.

Michael2013-11-22T01:46:23-05:00November 22, 2013|

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