Jaguar is making ready to launch its first all-electric automobile, the Jaguar I-Tempo, later this yr.
Now the British automaker is reportedly already planning to launch its second all-electric automobile as quickly as subsequent yr.
The I-Tempo is an SUV, however the second automobile could be a sedan taking the type of an all-electric Jaguar XJ, in accordance with a report from Autocar.
They reported:
“Autocar has discovered that the choice has been taken to interchange it, regardless of the harder marketplace for luxurious saloons within the face of the rising reputation of luxurious SUVs. Nevertheless, it’s being changed not with a like-for-like mannequin however with one which reinvents the very concept of a luxurious saloon as an electrical automobile and may act as a high-tech flagship for Jaguar.”
The automobile would launch by the top of the yr and attain the market in 2019, in accordance with the publication.
Electrek’s Take
Jaguar seemed to be fairly critical about electrical automobiles since they introduced that they are going to add electrical powertrains to all new vehicles by 2020.
However with these sorts of bulletins from automakers, it might probably usually imply a give attention to hybrids, which is why it’s encouraging to see this report, if true, that they’re already planning a second all-electric automobile proper after the I-Tempo.
At first, we thought the I-Tempo could possibly be coming on the $50,000 vary, however latest leaks confirmed that it’s probably going to be nearer to $75,000 earlier than incentives. It might make the automobile compete with the Tesla Mannequin X, albeit being smaller.
Now it seems to be like in addition they intention to compete with Tesla’s Mannequin S via an all-electric model of the Jaguar XJ. Apart from Tesla’s personal automobile within the phase, the Jaguar XJ competes with different giant luxurious sedans just like the BMW 7 Sequence and Mercedes-Benz S-Class, but it surely could possibly be the primary to go all-electric.
