Jaguar is about to ship the I-Tempo to the US and within the meantime, it’s having some enjoyable of its personal with the all-electric automobile on US race tracks.
The British automaker claims a brand new manufacturing EV file lap time on the Laguna Seca race monitor in California – form of beating Tesla autos within the course of.
I say ‘form of’ as a result of it may be controversial relying on what you think about a “manufacturing EV”. The driving force may also make a giant distinction.
Jaguar put skilled race automobile driver Randy Pobst in a Photon Crimson 2019 Jaguar I-PACE HSE First Version with “no modifications in any way” and he accomplished his file lap in 1:48.18.
We reported simply final month that a Tesla Mannequin S P100D breaking that very same file with a 1:47.62 time, nevertheless it went form of below the radar as a result of Lucid Motors was driving the automobile as a part of the event program for its personal automobile.
Now Jaguar says that the automobile featured some mild modifications and subsequently, it could possibly declare the file with the I-Tempo, which is honest since I doubt that Lucid Motors goes to contest it.
You’ll be able to watch Pobst’s full file lap with the I-Tempo on Motortrend’s channel:
Electrek’s Take
Good on Jaguar. The I-Tempo presents some spectacular efficiency as an SUV – in the event you can name it that.
That stated, I’m fairly assured that this file goes to be overwhelmed once more within the coming months.
We have now seen Tesla house owners getting occasions round 1:48 with inventory autos for years. When you have been to place a professional driver behind the wheel of a inventory Mannequin S P100D or a Mannequin 3 Efficiency, I’m fairly certain they might beat that point.
We reported final month on a Tesla Mannequin 3 RWD with small mods getting a time of 1:48.667.
However it doesn’t take something away from the I-Tempo, which I feel goes to do effectively within the US.
