Jaguar has diversified its production from just one plant in the UK back in 2015 to four plants in three countries.* Castle Bromwich was the sole plant in 2015. In that year the F-Type replaced the XK sports car. The timeline follows from here.
2016: The F-Pace was assigned to Solihull's Land Rover facility. The XFL started up in JLR Changshu, China.
2017: Changshu was added the XEL and the E-Pace went to the contract manufacturer Magna Steyr in Graz, Austria.
2018: The i-Pace was added to the Graz assembly, becoming the largest producer of Jaguar vehicles. The E-Pace became the third model at Changshu.
2020: The XJ ended its long run and the replacement car is unexpectedly not released.
*There is also some assembly in India but that is included in the source plant of the model. The 2021 year is from January to March.
The decision not to put the E-Pace into Castle Bromich seemed a poor decision as it would have provided much-needed volume at that plant. Perhaps at the time, it wasn't possible to add another model to the assembly line.
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