JLR is heavily reliant on the Chinese market at the moment. US manufacturers are already reporting trading difficulties due to coronavirus, I fear for what it might do to JLR's financial situation.
JLR is heavily reliant on the Chinese market at the moment. US manufacturers are already reporting trading difficulties due to coronavirus, I fear for what it might do to JLR's financial situation.
Of course it'll fit, you just need a bigger hammer.
https://www.itv.com/news/2021-02-15/...7-41lQsQCIaT4w
Jaguar’s fleet will be all-electric “from 2025”. Land Rover’s will take longer to go green - the first battery electric vehicle won’t be produced until 2024.
JLR is developing fuel-cell technology that uses hydrogen gas to generate electricity to power cars and produces zero emissions. So far, so positive. Climate change demands that we live our lives in radically different ways and JLR, sensibly, plans to march in pace with the times.
But the transformation required is considerable. As it stands, 57% of the cars it sold last year were pure petrol or diesel engines. The company has made it clear where it wants to end-up, it hasn’t really said how it will get there. We have the destination but not the roadmap.
Bollore said JLR will make fewer models and use fewer platforms in future. He speaks of prioritising “quality and profits over volume” and of “right sizing the business”. These are pretty clear indications that JLR will produce fewer cars going and will need fewer people as a result.
“I doubt sometimes whether a quiet and unagitated life would have suited me - yet I sometimes long for it.”
- Lord Byron.
The idea of using hydrogen as a fuel source has been banded around for a while, but nobody seems to have done much about it until now.
I foresee redundancies ahead.
I also think they're making a big mistake trying to be trailblazers. Developing technology to use in mainstream autos is expensive. Far better to be second and survive, than be first and bankrupt yourself doing it. And I also think that they need to differentiate the two brands far better than they currently do. But hey, what do I know?
Of course it'll fit, you just need a bigger hammer.
More jobs are going. I wonder how much the spotty sprogs with 'Management Consultant' degrees got paid for that idea: https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/ne...educe-19857207
This has been done many times over the years. Each time the older ones with the experience go, leaving massive knowledge gaps. In order to fill the gaps, new roles are created... and we go full circle!
The new boss ought to take a leaf out of Michael Edwardes book and run basic intelligence and social skills tests on the management grades. Many are highly qualified but lack the ability to manage.
Of course it'll fit, you just need a bigger hammer.
I've seen that done many times!
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