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Ineos Automotive Ltd is British manufacturer of off-road vehicles based in

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, operating since 2016. It belongs to the multinational conglomerate

Ineos Ineos Group Limited is a British multinational conglomerate headquartered and registered in London. it was the fourth largest chemical company in the world, with additional operations in fuel, packaging and food, construction, automotive, ph ...

History

Ineos Automotive Ltd was founded by Sir Jim Ratcliffe, chairman of the multinational chemicals company

. Ratcliffe came up with the idea of building a replacement for his Land Rover Defender and approached

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to buy the tooling to continue production after the original model ceased at

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after 67 years in January 2016, but the firm declined. Ratcliffe later decided to initiate a project to design and build a similar vehicle under the codename ''Projekt Grenadier''. The vehicle is named after Ratcliffe's favourite pub,

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, in

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, where the initial idea was considered, and where a promotional presentation was shown. The first information about the

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model was revealed in July 2020, and the interior design of the passenger cabin and technical specifications were presented a year later, in mid-2021. The technological partners of the project include

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, as well as

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providing engine supplies. Originally, production of the Grenadier was to start at the end of 2021 at the specially built Welsh plant in

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. After receiving an offer from

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to buy the

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factory in Hambach, France, Ineos finally agreed to locate the production of its off-road vehicle in this place. Ultimately, production of the Grenadier began in October 2022. After starting mass production and sales of the Grenadier, Ineos Automotive is focusing on the development of alternative drive sources for the off-road car in order to expand the range of versions in the future. In October 2021, the British company confirmed that it had entered into a partnership with the

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to build a hydrogen fuel cell-powered Grenadier. In 2022, the company also revealed that it was considering developing a fully electric version of the Grenadier, which was further developed two years later, when in February 2024 a prototype of the second Ineos model was presented, a fully electric or hybrid, clearly smaller

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. The start of production of the serial model was scheduled for no earlier than 2027, but was cancelled in early July 2024.

Senior leadership

* ''Chairman'': Sir Jim Ratcliffe (since February 2017) * ''Chief Executive'': Lynn Calder (since December 2022)

List of previous chief executives

# Dirk Heilmann (2017–2022)

Models

Current

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* Grenadier Quartermaster

Cancelled

* Ineos Fusilier

References

External links

*{{official website, url=https://www.ineos.com/businesses/ineos-automotive/ Ineos Automotive Car manufacturers of the United Kingdom Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 2016 2016 establishments in England