BMW and Jaguar Land Rover Join Forces on Electric-Car Technology

BMW AG and Jaguar Land Rover Plc will collaborate on their next generation of electric cars, following similar moves by other automakers that have teamed up to share the burden of developing the expensive new technology.

Jaguar Land Rover, owned by India’s Tata Motors Ltd., will cooperate on BMW’s fifth generation of electric drive technology, the companies said in a statement on Wednesday. It forms the backbone of a BMW electric model offensive set to start next year with the introduction of an electric X3 sports utility vehicle.