Jaguar has confirmed the development of its first electric vehicle

Jaguar has started to develop its first electric car. The car will appear on the global markets in the next two years.
As told in the New York International Auto Show the brand design director Ian Callum, "the company Jaguar is preparing a surprise for fans of the brand", which will be released in the next two years. This new product will not be equipped with a gasoline engine.




According to unofficial data, the first electric cars Jaguar will crossover. The main competitors of new items will be the Audi Q6 e-tron and the Tesla Model X. Collect the SUV, likely to be at the Magna-Steyr plant in Graz (Austria).

According to preliminary data, the car will be built on the basis of Range Rover Evoque. Stock news travel around 500 kilometers. The size of the car is noticeably inferior to F-Pace. The drag coefficient of air flow at the Jaguar crossover would be less than 0, 28.

The first electric cars Jaguar Land Rover can get the name I-Pace and I-Type. The corresponding trademarks have been registered by the company last month.

Earlier, the British company involved in the tests on the basis of elektrovnedorozhnika Defender model. Instead of the standard diesel engine and gearbox installed under the hood of an electric motor which is giving 70 kW (94 hp) and 330 Nm, coupled with a 300-volt lithium-ion battery with a capacity of 27 kW.

The Land Rover say that in typical off-road conditions at low speeds, the battery can last up to eight hours without recharging. Charging the battery in 4 hours from the rapid charger 7 kW and 10 hours from the charger 3 kW.