JLR Picks Tata's Agratas As Battery Supplier For Future 450-Mile EVs

JLR, the company that used to be known as Jaguar Land Rover, has announced details about its battery sourcing strategy for next-generation models.

The automaker told investors on June 12 that its future EVs will offer a driving range of up to 450 miles thanks to battery cells sourced from Indian company Agratas Energy Storage Solutions. JLR and recently founded Agratas are both owned by India's industrial conglomerate Tata Group. Agratas, which is reportedly looking at both the UK and Spain as a location to build a cell plant in Europe, is expected to initially manufacture the batteries at a facility it is currently setting up ain Gujarat, India. The factory is expected to have an initial capacity of 20 Gigawatt-hours, which could double in the second phase of expansion.

The Indian company will be responsible for the cell design and manufacturing, while JLR will oversee the design and production of the cell pack., JLR said at the company's investor day event in London that batteries from Agratas would have a much higher energy density than those in its only EV, the

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