ONELIFE #34 – English

N A V I G A T O R
first Formula E season. The reason behind
entering the championship is simple, according to
Jaguar Land Rover’s Group Engineering Director
Nick Rogers: “Electrification is the future.”
The excitement and energy of the Formula E
track isn’t happening in a vacuum. When you’re
working at the frontier of new technology, timing
splits and chicanes have real-world resonance.
What happens out on the racetrack helps spark
development in another area of transport:
electric road cars. Here too, everything points
toward an electrified future: In the Netherlands
one in 10 cars on the road is electric-powered; in
Norway one in four. Indeed, on a global scale,
things are moving quickly, with the number of
electric cars across the globe increased by a
factor of 100 from 2010 to 2015 and the
International Energy Agency hoping to have
20 million electric vehicles traversing the world’s
highways and byways by 2020.
In late 2016, the characteristic curves of the
new Jaguar I-PACE Concept joined those
ground-breaking cars. The electric sports SUV
concept car stems from Jaguar’s first forays into
electrification, and is a way of bringing the
lessons learned from Formula E to the daily
commute. Its expansive battery has a range
greater than 500km, meaning the average user
will not need to recharge more regularly than
once a week. Removing the combustion engine
found in traditional cars and replacing it with a
compact electric drivetrain allows the I-PACE
Concept to combine a sports silhouette with
the space of an SUV, seating five comfortably.
The concept car is a pure Jaguar and a true
driver’s car thanks to the twin electric motors
producing 700Nm of torque instantly, allowing
the car to reach 100km/h in around four
seconds. No wonder that Ian Callum, Jaguar’s
Director of Design, has called the I-PACE
concept “a whole new vehicle that takes Jaguar
design to the next level.”
The I-PACE Concept will soon take the leap
from the drawing board to the production line, as
a road-ready I-PACE will be available from mid-
2018. The world of cars is changing fast – and
Jaguar Land Rover is at the forefront, right where
it matters.
Common grounds: The I-TYPE
(left) and the I-PACE Concept
(below) represent Jaguar
Land Rover’s first steps into
electrification, with ambitions
spanning from the racetrack
to everyday use
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