Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) will remain in Tesla's manufacturer pool for European Union CO2 emissions for 2022, a move that's likely designed to help the firm avoid paying fines for missing its targets.
Under EU rules, car firms are required to achieve increasingly tough average CO2 emissions targets for their car fleets. Any that misses its target faces a heavy fine of €95 (£77) per vehicle per g/km.
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Funny how other manufacturers are able to get over the semiconductor shortages now. But Bollore, the world's worst automotive CEO, simply decided to kill off Jaguar. I've read on here how they've effectively stopped building any of their cars. That's why the sales figures for Jaguar are a disaster, and that disaster gives Bollore more reason to kill it off!
Jaguar should have added more entry levels to their brand. Look at the 3-Series BMW with their three cylinder engines. Or even that all the other marques have a small hatchback offering. Jaguar doesn't. Now that's where they're being it - because they don't have the fleet of lower emissions cars.
That is where Bollore should have been concentrating his efforts, to expand the range on offer and walk Jaguar through a hybrid period to full electrification. Not believing that he can instantly turn it in to Tesla. Others have already tried that and failed with various startups.
What is the point of fleet emissions regulations, when they can be so easily bypassed, without breaking any rules?
I know someone who works at JLR and he was saying that they have recently done some promotional work for one of the models: They were intending it to be set in London, but found it was cheaper to ship everything and everyone out to Poland to do the filming, making the surroundings appear like London. Closing the areas of London was just too expensive. Cheaper, but not exactly considerate of your carbon footprint, you wonder how many other decisions JLR make like this.