Jaguar exposes I-Pace electrical car as it prepares to take on Tesla
J aguar has confirmed that it will build an electrical car, and has exposed a concept called the I-Pace that shows how it could look.
The I-Pace is making its debut at the LA motor display and will go on to be Jaguar’s very first unspoiled electrified vehicle. It will take the form of an SUV to rival the recently launched Tesla Model X, albeit with a sleeker profile if this concept is anything to go by (and rumours suggest that it is).
It is claimed that the fresh car will have a range from a single charge of three hundred ten miles, and will be able to accelerate from 0-62mph in about four seconds, meaning it will rival all but the very quickest of sports cars.
T he all-wheel-drive I-Pace will use a pair of electrified motors that will produce close to 400bhp and 516lb ft of torque, all powered by a ninety kWh lithium-ion battery pack. Jaguar boasts that it will have “precise, agile driving dynamics as yet unseen on an electrical vehicle”.
Similar to Tesla’s initiative with the Model3 electrified car, Jaguar is inviting potential customers to register their interest online at its website. Using a similar method, Tesla secured more than 400,000 pre-orders for the Model3, despite it not being ready for delivery until the end of 2017.
J aguar’s five-seat SUV will go on sale the following year – the price is yet to be announced – and is said to have been created as a result of the company’s design and engineering teams tearing up the rule book to “create a bespoke electrical architecture, matched with dramatic design”.
I an Callum, Jaguar’s Director of Design, said: “The I-Pace Concept represents the next generation of electrical vehicle design. It’s a dramatic, future-facing cab-forward design with a beautiful interior – the product of authentic Jaguar DNA, electrical technology and contemporary craftsmanship.”
H e added: “The interior of the I-Pace Concept is finished with beautiful, premium materials and an unwavering attention to detail. Via the interior you will detect a host of beautiful details to surprise and delight. From the expansive panoramic glass roof to the sporting, beautifully finished seats, every feature bears the hallmark of British craftsmanship.
“And there is digital craftsmanship too, with two touchscreens serving up information when and where you need it, limiting distraction and improving the driving experience”
O n the practical side, Jaguar says that a rapid charge on a fifty KW DC charger will take just over two hours, delivering a range of at least two hundred twenty miles, and as much as three hundred ten miles.
I n addition, because electrified cars can be so efficiently packaged (the batteries sit under the floor of the car and the electrical motors are much smaller than a conventional engine) the I-Pace has more room inwards than Jaguar’s recently launched SUV, the F-Pace, despite being smaller on the outside. That includes five hundred thirty litres of luggage space in the boot, plus more under the bonnet of the car.
P lacing the batteries in the base of the car has the added benefit of keeping its centre of gravity low, to the benefit of treating, which suggests the I-Pace should live up to Jaguar’s claim of agile driving dynamics.
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Jaguar exposes I-Pace electrical car as it prepares to take on Tesla
Jaguar exposes I-Pace electrified car as it prepares to take on Tesla
J aguar has confirmed that it will build an electrified car, and has exposed a concept called the I-Pace that shows how it could look.
The I-Pace is making its debut at the LA motor display and will go on to be Jaguar’s very first unspoiled electrical vehicle. It will take the form of an SUV to rival the recently launched Tesla Model X, albeit with a sleeker profile if this concept is anything to go by (and rumours suggest that it is).
It is claimed that the fresh car will have a range from a single charge of three hundred ten miles, and will be able to accelerate from 0-62mph in about four seconds, meaning it will rival all but the very quickest of sports cars.
T he all-wheel-drive I-Pace will use a pair of electrical motors that will produce close to 400bhp and 516lb ft of torque, all powered by a ninety kWh lithium-ion battery pack. Jaguar boasts that it will have “precise, agile driving dynamics as yet unseen on an electrified vehicle”.
Similar to Tesla’s initiative with the Model3 electrical car, Jaguar is inviting potential customers to register their interest online at its website. Using a similar method, Tesla secured more than 400,000 pre-orders for the Model3, despite it not being ready for delivery until the end of 2017.
J aguar’s five-seat SUV will go on sale the following year – the price is yet to be announced – and is said to have been created as a result of the company’s design and engineering teams tearing up the rule book to “create a bespoke electrified architecture, matched with dramatic design”.
I an Callum, Jaguar’s Director of Design, said: “The I-Pace Concept represents the next generation of electrified vehicle design. It’s a dramatic, future-facing cab-forward design with a beautiful interior – the product of authentic Jaguar DNA, electrified technology and contemporary craftsmanship.”
H e added: “The interior of the I-Pace Concept is finished with beautiful, premium materials and an unwavering attention to detail. Via the interior you will detect a host of beautiful details to surprise and delight. From the expansive panoramic glass roof to the sporting, beautifully finished seats, every feature bears the hallmark of British craftsmanship.
“And there is digital craftsmanship too, with two touchscreens serving up information when and where you need it, limiting distraction and improving the driving experience”
O n the practical side, Jaguar says that a rapid charge on a fifty KW DC charger will take just over two hours, delivering a range of at least two hundred twenty miles, and as much as three hundred ten miles.
I n addition, because electrical cars can be so efficiently packaged (the batteries sit under the floor of the car and the electrified motors are much smaller than a conventional engine) the I-Pace has more room inwards than Jaguar’s recently launched SUV, the F-Pace, despite being smaller on the outside. That includes five hundred thirty litres of luggage space in the boot, plus more under the bonnet of the car.
P lacing the batteries in the base of the car has the added benefit of keeping its centre of gravity low, to the benefit of treating, which suggests the I-Pace should live up to Jaguar’s claim of agile driving dynamics.
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