Jaguar and Method E introduced a brand new partnership in the present day to launch a brand new all-electric race sequence to happen throughout the identical race weekends because the Method E championship.
The sequence will use the I-Tempo, Jaguar’s upcoming first all-electric automobile.
It’s referred to as ‘The Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY ‘ and it’s designed as a ‘Arrive and Drive’ package deal provided for as much as 20 drivers at every race, together with a unique VIP Driver at each venue.
For the primary season beginning subsequent yr, there can be 10 races going down on the identical weekends on the similar metropolis circuits because the Method E races.
Alejandro Agag, Founder and CEO of Method E, stated concerning the announcement:
“Jaguar has been a welcome addition to Method E and a improbable advocate for electrical avenue racing. I’m delighted that along with the Panasonic Jaguar Racing group competing on the Method E grid, we can be including to our race day schedule with a aggressive new assist sequence for season 5. The Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY will deliver extra leisure for followers in-between classes and can be an extra testomony to the advances in battery know-how and thrilling electrical efficiency. I hope Jaguar will permit me to deliver my race go well with and helmet… and perhaps get behind the wheel myself!”
Jaguar says that the championship will assist the launch of the manufacturing model of the I-Tempo, which is predicted to subsequent yr,
As we beforehand reported, the I-PACE is a sport SUV outfitted with a 90 kWh battery pack with a variety of “over 500 km” NEDC-rated. Apparently, the automaker has now confirmed “a focused vary of roughly 220 miles on EPA check cycles”.
They launched just a few pictures of the race model of the I-Tempo:
Electrek’s Take
We’re already fairly excited concerning the I-Tempo as Jaguar’s first entry the all-electric automobile market. The automobile has already been praised for its design and its specs ought to make it a strong entry within the sport SUV section.
The brand new race sequence needs to be an fascinating technique to showcase the automobile.
Method E had nice success, however the truth that drivers want to vary their vehicles through the race did little to dispel EV-related points like vary nervousness.
Jaguar plans for the races to final solely half-hour so it shouldn’t be a problem for them they usually can get away with if it’s not the primary occasion.
Apparently, Jaguar appears to have crushed Electrical GT to the punch. The race sequence hoped to be the primary all-electric race championship with manufacturing electrical vehicles – utilizing the Tesla Mannequin S P100D, which is dubbed the “quickest manufacturing automobile on the planet.”
They had been alleged to launch this yr, however we haven’t heard a lot about them since they crashed their check automobile.
As a substitute, it appears to be like Jaguar may have the newest new entry within the electrical motorsport world as they declare that they are going to be “the world’s first all-electric worldwide race sequence for production-based vehicles.”
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