With Jaguar’s current announcement of their System E ‘I-type’ race automobile and one among their electrical ‘F-Tempo’ SUV prototypes being noticed within the wild, the UK-based firm continues to be in EV information this week, this time with some reviews about detailed data on the all-electric compact SUV, unofficially dubbed the ‘E-Tempo’, that’s now anticipated to hit the market in 2018.
In line with Autocar, the E-Tempo, that is predicted to be revealed later this 12 months, is predicted to have many inner similarities to the F-Tempo (just like the noticed all-electric prototype), however the design will probably be a little bit bit totally different with a “decrease roof-line and much more dramatic styling.” Additional, the all-electric compact SUV appears to be like like it will likely be based mostly off a former platform by Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) that was proven final 12 months.
Some attention-grabbing structural implementations that JLR seeks to incorporate will probably be an aluminium building and a battery pack that covers the entire ground of the car (very like Tesla’s skateboard platform) that can undoubtedly add elevated rigidity upon affect from a crash in addition to giving the automobile a low heart of gravity for higher dealing with and a decreased likelihood of rolling over.
We are able to solely assume that they’re planning on going with this kind of platform due to its versatility and ease of constructing totally different automobiles on high of the identical base.
Specs which were gathered are listed beneath:
- All-wheel drive
- Electrical Axle Drive (EAD) which is able to supposedly be cheaper to supply however final 30% longer than typical designs
- No less than a 70 kWh battery pack has been reported within the prototype, however anticipated to be bigger within the manufacturing automobile so as to get a max vary of round 280-300 miles
- 114 bhp within the entrance motor (single-speed transmission), 195 bhp within the rear (two-speed gearbox) for a mixed 308 bhp.
- No data on if, or to what diploma, autonomous driving tech will probably be within the E-Tempo but
Whereas Jaguar is a bit late in creating and constructing electrical automobiles, we are going to proceed to welcome any new or current firm that understands the significance in transitioning to electrical automobiles.
Featured Picture: Jaguar F-Tempo, as we wouldn’t have an official rendering of the E-Tempo, the 2 ought to have related design components
