Wholesale, retail volumes up 30% and 29%, respectively
Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover on Friday reported 29 per cent rise in retail sales in the first quarter ended June 30 at 1,01,994 units, as compared to the same period a year ago. The growth reflects continuing improvement in chip and other supply constraints, Tata Motors said in a regulatory filing. Wholesales, excluding those of Chery Jaguar Land Rover China JV, were at 93,253 units in the first quarter, up 30 per cent as compared to the year-ago period. "The order book remained strong with over 1,85,000 client orders at quarter end, reducing from 2,00,000 at March 31, 2023 in line with expectations, as chip and other supply constraints continue to improve," the company said. Range Rover, Range Rover Sport and Defender demand remains particularly strong, representing 76 per cent of the order book, it added.
The plant is set to make batteries for Jaguar Land Rover's planned range o fully electric models that are due from 2024.
The integration of AI technology will allow JLR to monitor its supply chain in real-time, enabling proactive measures to tackle potential global supply issues
The transformation of Jaguar into an all-electric luxury brand is on track with first new vehicles to be launched in 2025, according to Jaguar Land Rover Chairman N Chandrasekaran. Addressing shareholders in the company's Annual Report for 2022-23, he noted that the British automaker is set to transform into a modern luxury vehicle business. Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Motors since 2008. Chandrasekaran noted that the brand faced a difficult business environment last fiscal with several headwinds like shortage of electronic components. The British brand had to contend with the shortage of semiconductors and challenges in energy supplies in the aftermath of the war in Ukraine, leading to a battle against inflationary pressures, Chandrasekaran said. "In this context, I am pleased that the company is progressing well in its transformation journey and is set to become a modern luxury vehicle business, with sustainability at its heart," he informed
The programme will leverage TCS' Co-Innovation Network in Israel, to identify local technology offerings and scale them to global mobility solutions and services
Higher volumes needed to offset the near term pressure on financials
Jefferies, in a report this month, noted that JLR had been focusing on improving profit and cash flow with an emphasis on selling higher-margin SUVs
Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover on Wednesday said it will invest 15 billion pounds (about Rs 153 crore) over the next five years to enhance its industrial footprint, introduce new models and to bolster technology in its range. The British brand said its Halewood plant in the UK will become an all-electric production facility and its next generation medium-size SUV architecture, electrified modular architecture (EMA), will now be pure-electric. JLR Chief Executive Adrian Mardell reaffirmed the business' commitment to its Reimagine strategy, which will reposition the company as an electric-first, modern luxury carmaker by 2030, as the automaker makes stride towards its financial goals of achieving a net cash positive position by FY25 and double-digit EBIT by 2026. "Two years ago, we launched our Reimagine strategy and since then we have made great progress, including launching two new critically acclaimed modern luxury Range Rover and Range Rover Sport models, joining the Defender
Tata Motors' wholesales of 107,386 units at JLR for Q4FY23, comes as a positive development as, during the last call, the company had guided for wholesales at over 80,000 units
Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover on Tuesday said it is partnering with Tata Technologies to accelerate its digital transformation. As part of the collaboration, Tata Technologies will deliver end-to-end integrated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) to transform Jaguar Land Rover's manufacturing, logistics, supply chain, finance and purchasing modules by bringing data and knowledge from multiple departments into one single source. The first phase will include Jaguar Land Rover's (JLR) UK core production facilities, with solutions subsequently deployed to other global locations. "The partnership with Tata Technologies will allow us to accelerate the transformation of our core ERP infrastructure to deliver the efficiency and usability we require for the future and our transformation objectives," JLR Executive Director of Industrial Operations Barbara Bergmeier said in a statement. Tata Technologies MD and CEO Warren Harris said the collaboration will help JLR to build innovative an
The initial sale in the engineering unit of luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover's owner will comprise a 23.6% stake, according to a filing
Appointment comes at a time when JLR is facing supply chain issues hampering its production
Strong order book, improved chip supply and softening commodity prices major factors
Earlier this month, JLR said it might miss a target of becoming net-debt free by next year as the supply-chain crisis crimped output
The total income in the December quarter of FY23 stood at Rs 15,967.16 crore, up 27.82 per cent from Rs 12,491.52 crore YoY
Tata Motors Q3 preview: The company, which is scheduled to report its earnings on Wednesday, January 25, could see margin expansion on the back of operating leverage benefits, and fall in input costs
Shares of Tata Motors jumped 6 per cent on Tuesday after the company-owned Jaguar Land Rover reported a 15 per cent increase in wholesales to 79,591 units for the third quarter ended December 2022. The stock rallied 6.07 per cent to settle at Rs 413.05 apiece on the BSE. During the day, it climbed 7.26 per cent to Rs 417.70. On the NSE, it gained 5.91 per cent to end at Rs 412.50 per share. It was the biggest gainer among the Sensex and Nifty components. The company's market valuation also zoomed Rs 7,859.89 crore to Rs 1,37,185.89 crore on the BSE. In volume terms, 19.60 lakh shares of the firm were traded on the BSE and over 5.40 crore shares were traded on the NSE during the day. In the broader market, the 30-share BSE Sensex tanked 631.83 points or 1.04 per cent to settle at 60,115.48. The company's retail sales for the third quarter stood at 84,827 units, up 5.9 per cent compared to the year-ago period, it said in a regulatory filing on Monday. Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) said
The company owned by Tata Motors said that it reflects gradual improvement in chip supplies
The loss-making manufacturer, owned by India's Tata Motors, will cut production of the Range Rover Velar and Jaguar F-Pace models that are made in Solihull