The I-Pace has all-wheel drive, which is easy to deliver with electric cars and dedicated front and rear motors. The F-Pace can be specified with 18, 19, 20 and 22in wheels.
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Jaguar design director Ian Callum told Top Gear that the I-Pace was a concept vehicle, and it was getting closer to the final version of the product. (NASDAQ:TSLA) is making a lot of progress towards being the leader in the electric auto industry, the competition is not sitting by idly either.
Sitting high on its front haunches (an unusual deviation from Jaguar’s bootylicious roots), it nonetheless projects a brand-appropriate athletic, muscular stance, with its cab-forward design presenting an opportunity by not having an engine to worry about. The vehicle has mid-size crossover proportions, with a length of 184.2 inches and a long wheelbase of 117.72 inches.
These enormous 23-inch wheels will probably hit the cutting-room floor before it goes on sale.
Amid all the excitement, and shock, over Jaguar’s announcement of its EV performance SUV, the I-Pace, the company has let slip that it won’t actually be the first electrified Jaguar that comes to market, with a plug-in hybrid set to launch next year.
The battery is positioned beneath the floor and between the axels, which lowers the vehicle’s center of gravity, thereby reducing yaw inertia.
While our previous coverage of the Jaguar I-Pace was pretty substantial, and featured a lot of press images, there’s nothing quite like seeing a vehicle in normal “everyday” circumstances to get a better idea of what it is. The integral link is a multi-link design that allows engineers to tune both the longitudinal and lateral stiffness.
One variant that arrived in Thailand features a 2.0-liter Ingenium diesel engine trim level of the 2017 Jaguar F-Pace, capable of exuding 180 horsepower that is mated to an eight-speed automatic transmission.
The I-Pace’s battery electric architecture has been created with applications in other derivatives and model lines in mind. The cantilevered centre console is trimmed with looping metal struts that give access to a storage space below. The rear cargo hold has 18.7 cubic feet of space.
Jaguar’s I-PACE Concept at Milk Studios on November 14, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.
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Traders said, however, that with no clear outcome on the tussle expected for a while, that Tuesday’s 8 percent share decline was entirely earnings-driven.
