Jaguar Land Rover: Thomas Müller becomes Head of Development

Müller's predecessor Rogers left the company in December 2021. As Chief of Product Development, Müller will henceforth take responsibility for the technical development of all new Jaguar and Land Rover models – including hardware and software. According to his own statements, he relies on agility:

"By fully implementing agile principles, automating development processes, and applying innovative product development methods, we will launch a new generation of electrified Jaguar and Land Rover models that embody our modern luxury philosophy."

Müller now has a good twenty years of experience in the automotive industry and has so far focused on chassis, ADAS, and autonomous driving. After holding several leadership positions in Technical Development at Audi, he was most recently Executive Vice President for Research and Development in the area of ADAS and autonomous driving at Volkswagen's software subsidiary Cariad.

What does that mean?

Jaguar Land Rover still seems to be working internally on its restructuring: although Rogers vacated his position at the end of 2021, Müller is only now following – but brings valuable expertise with him. It remains to be hoped that he can make the British company as agile as he envisions.