It’s a busy week for news about automobiles, thanks to the Geneva auto show going on in Switzerland. CleanTechnica is fortunate to have its own correspondent, Maarten Vinkhuyzen, on the ground there this week and he has already begun filing reports from inside the hall.
Put a Jaguar I-Pace up against Tesla Model X. Ask both cars to accelerate to 60 and then come to a complete stop in the shortest possible distance. Which car will win?
The I-PACE is important not because it finally gives the Tesla Model X a run for its money but because it will appeal to drivers who might otherwise buy an SUV with an internal combustion engine. That means it represents an important step forward in the transition from gas to electric powered vehicles.
That’s it. The long wait for Jaguar’s electric i-Pace SUV is now over. We officially know what it is, what it looks like, what it will do, and when.
The Jaguar I-PACE will finally be fully unveiled on March 1st — via a global, online broadcast to begin at 19:00 CET — a new press release has revealed. Accompanying this will be the opening of ordering and the official announcement of pricing.
Initial pricing for the Jaguar I-Pace in the European market has now been revealed (via Autoblog.nl), showing numbers roughly in line with what most observers were expecting. The model is expensive but “affordable” for those who shop in the luxury SUV segment, in other words.
Jaguar will begin a support series for Formula E beginning in October 2018. It will feature specially prepared I-PACE electric SUVs and will be called the eTROPHY series.
In anticipation of the model’s launch next year, Jaguar recently showcased its all-electric I-PACE Concept on the streets of London (for the first time), giving us a look at the real-world face of the highly anticipated model.
The stylish Jaguar I-Pace all-electric SUV concept was revealed last week, accompanied by the announcement that Jaguar would be releasing a production model based closely on the concept vehicle by the end of 2018.
Despite all of the talk about how “the Germans are coming for Tesla” (mostly from Germans), it appears that it may well be the British that actually get there first. At least, in the high-priced luxury SUV sector anyways. (Yes, I’m aware that Jaguar is actually owned by the Indian firm Tata Motors now.)
