The Jaguar I-Pace was unveiled at Los Angeles Motor Show a few days ago.
The I-Pace is the company’s second SUV which also happens to be Jaguar’s first electric car. The prototype was unveiled just a month after Jaguar debuted in Formula E, the electric car racing championship.
Jaguar unveiled its I-Pace in a very unusual way by means of virtual reality: the concept was floating in 3D space as millions of viewers were watching on two continents simultaneously.
The five-seat production car is “the next generation of electric vehicle design”, according to design director Ian Callum. The I-Pace is equipped with dual electric motors that will be able to launch the vehicle from 0 to 60 mph in just 4 seconds.
Jaguar is promising a range of 220 miles per charge and a spokesman for Jaguar claims that with an average daily commute of 30 miles, “the customers will need to charge their car once a week.” The vehicle features a 90kWh lithium-ion battery that can be replenished fully in only two hours on a 50-kW fast charger. The battery can be charged to 80 percent in around 90 minutes.
The new Jaguar I-Pace has the potential of becoming a serious rival of Tesla Model X when it goes on sale in the second half of 2018.
According to USA Today
