As part of the recent deal between JLR and BMW, Jaguar Land Rover will be using BMW petrol and diesel engines along with sharing electric technology as well.
Jaguar Land Rover and BMW had recently agreed upon a deal to develop electrified powertrains together. Now, according to sources from Autocar UK, this deal between JLR and BMW is set to expand to include internal combustion engines as well.
According to sources, the two brands have now agreed on terms for a “more far-reaching deal involving petrol, diesel and hybridised drivelines” for a wide range of models. BMW will be supplying internal combustion engines to JLR including their in-line four and six cylinder engines “both with and without electrically-assisted hybrid functions”.
The idea behind this move is to allow Jaguar Land Rover to focus its research and development resources on electric technology in partnership with BMW and to reduce its ongoing investment in petrol, diesel and hybrid engines. And as for BMW, they would only benefit by adding volumes in supplying engines to JLR apart from brands in the BMW family itself (BWM, Mini and Rolls Royce) besides also safeguarding existing research and development.
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Interestingly, this news of JLR acquiring engines from BMW has come at such a time when regulatory authorities in major global markets are also increasing the emission standards, particularly for CO2 and NOx levels to keep air pollution under check. This naturally raises the spendings manufacturers have to undertake to engineer cleaner petrol, diesel and hybrid powertrains.
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Joining hands on the collaboration of both electric cars and traditional cars with internal combustion engines, BMW and JLR will now share development costs while also reaping the rewards of increased economies of scale. Last month, the two companies had announced that they would jointly be investing in research and development, engineering and procurement of powertrains for volume production electric cars.
