Jaguar E-Type Zero

cros13

So Jaguar has officially announced their first production EV.
And it's the E-Type Zero.

220kW (~300hp) AC induction motor
40kWh pack
270km real world range
0-100km/h in 5.5 seconds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDl1Zly2kaw

Not a one off. They will actually be selling it under the Jaguar Classics brand.

On the negative side, it has J1772, no DC rapid and Piers Morgan likes it.

listermint

This is fantastic looking

duffman3833

they should put an old fashion gear lever instead of that button thing to change gears, keep the vintage look
but fantastic car, id buy one

Pugzilla

duffman3833 wrote: »

they should put an old fashion gear lever instead of that button thing to change gears, keep the vintage look
but fantastic car, id buy one

Electric cars don't normally have gears.

duffman3833

Pugzilla wrote: »

Electric cars don't normally have gears.

not a manuall, like a lever one to select gears like below

unkel

Maybe we should have a thread for exotic / classic cars converted to EV. A most lucrative business in the US, and there are many successfully converted cars out there. No doubt this trend will be coming our way too eventually.

gctest50

duffman3833 wrote: »

not a manuall, like a lever one to select gears like below

......

That's an automatic selector - that kind of automatic belongs in a forklift or something, gruesome pos

wtf were they thinking putting it in an etype anyway ?

goz83

I'm not their target market, that's for sure.

reboot

Great opportunity missed by designers, with the introduction of EVs, Zoe almost indistinguishable from a Clio, with Leaf now 7 years old. Even Tesla not really a head Turner, and similar to the Mazda RX 8?
" Who killed the electric car" the story of GMs EV 1, a cute two seater sports car , we haven't seen them since, pity.

goz83

reboot wrote: »

Great opportunity missed by designers, with the introduction of EVs, Zoe almost indistinguishable from a Clio, with Leaf now 7 years old. Even Tesla not really a head Turner, and similar to the Mazda RX 8?
" Who killed the electric car" the story of GMs EV 1, a cute two seater sports car , we haven't seen them since, pity.

TBF most people don't want their car to be distinguishable by fuel type. I don't want to look at a can "know" it's an EV because of its looks. The Leaf 2 is pretty "normal" looking. That's a big reason why it will sell better.

reboot

Not so much" look at my car it's electric",but more let's start over, where can we put the motor, no more cat or exhaust, starter motor, fuel tank etc,Clean sheet of paper, what can you come up with. I know, let's make it look like a Clio , shame on designers .

cros13

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMTEZcglCAA

reboot

cros13 wrote: »

So Jaguar has officially announced their first production EV.
And it's the E-Type Zero.

220kW (~300hp) AC induction motor
40kWh pack
270km real world range
0-100km/h in 5.5 seconds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDl1Zly2kaw

Not a one off. They will actually be selling it under the Jaguar
I reflect how Nikola Tesla wasn't interested in pursuing his wireless communication around the world, ( some folk still think Marconi invented radio)
Elon Musk owned a Jaguar E type that was always breaking down.
Sometimes smart people don't always join up all the dots. Did we really need valves for 40 years, or could we have thought of joining two cats whiskers, sorry if crossing threads, or loosing some.