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JLR says winter testing brought engineers, hotel spending and EV trials to International Falls
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JLR site manager Ron Sutherland told the KEDA board that winter testing brought 57 visiting engineers, about $70,000 in hotel spending and more than $30,000 in restaurant revenue to the area, and described expanded EV charging and local hiring tied to the program.
Ron Sutherland, site engineering manager for JLR, told the KEDA board the company’s cold-weather testing season was busy and financially important for the local economy. “We had a fairly busy winter up here this year,” Sutherland said, reporting 57 visiting engineers with an average stay of about eight days and more than $70,000 in hotel spending and over $30,000 in restaurants during the season.
Sutherland described vehicle testing that included new Jaguar and Range Rover electric models and a JLR electric test car that logged about 16,000 miles this winter. He said the…
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