Jaguar To Make Half Of Its New Cars Electric By 2020

But not for much longer. Instead, it’s a new dedicated electric vehicle architecture, and Jaguar says that allowed its designers and engineers to tear up the rule book on vehicle layout.

It will be Jaguar’s first electric vehicle and only its second SUV ever.

The automaker, owned by India’s Tata Motors (NS:), unveiled the all-electric Jaguar I-PACE Concept SUV at the Los Angeles Auto Show. With this development that the JLR’s Special Vehicle Operation division is working on, they also confirmed that they are looking for a higher-performance version of I-Pace. For instance, the I-Pace, which we mentioned above, is powered by two electric motors which will draw electricity from a liquid-cooled battery system, which has been developed by the company itself.

The move by Jaguar is a response to those conflicting pressures, executives said.

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) will have an electric option for half of its new cars by the end of 2020, the UK’s biggest carmaker revealed on Wednesday. The Jaguar I-Pace will be an all-wheel-drive platform, where it is touted to come with an estimated driving range of 220 miles, which is pretty decent actually. The Tesla Model X competitor has inspired design from its predecessor Jaguar F-Pace that is already delivering successful sales.

According to audience members present, the overall design, implementation, and explanation of the Jaguar I-Pace was almost perfectly executed in VR and offered a never-before-experienced sense of product engagement and immersion.

Hedging losses and a one-time provision related to new customer quality programmes at Jaguar Land Rover saw the automaker’s overall net profit for the three months ended September 30 come in at 8.5 billion rupees ($125.3 million).

The I-PACE targets the same wealthy, environmentally aware consumers now driving Tesla’s Model X SUV.

0-100kmph comes up in around 4 seconds and importantly, the I-Pace can manage a claimed travel-range of around 500km on a full charge. He has also predicted the largest shift in the history of vehicle design as stylists are breaking free from common packaging demands.

“Electric motors provide immediate response with no lag, no gearshifts and no interruptions”, said Ian Hoban, Jaguar’s Vehicle Line Director.