The Jaguar I-Pace (stylised as I-PACE) is a battery-electric

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produced by Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) under their

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marque. The I-Pace was announced in March 2018, European deliveries began in June 2018 and North American deliveries started in October 2018. Amid slowing sales and a change in corporate vision, Jaguar has announced that the I-Pace will be discontinued by 2025.

Development

The Jaguar I-Pace was designed by

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. The

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version of the car, described as a five-seater sports car, was unveiled by JLR at the 2016 Los Angeles Motor Show and shown on-road in London in March 2017. The I-Pace is built by contract manufacturer Magna Steyr in

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, Austria, and the production version of the I-Pace was revealed in Graz on 1 March 2018. It was subsequently showcased for its first public appearance in its production version at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show. Some of the electric drive technology has come out of the Jaguar I-Type electric

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racing car programme.

Overview

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liquid cooled lithium-ion battery. Each motor delivers and of torque, for a total power of and total torque of . The 062mph (0100km/h) time is 4.8 seconds, and the top speed is electronically limited to 124mph (200km/h). The battery contains 432 pouch cells. It can charge from 0 to 80 per cent in 85 minutes using 50kW DC charging, or 45 minutes using a 100kW charger. Home charging with an AC wall box (7kW) achieves the same state of charge in 10 hours. As the I-Pace was initially released with a single-phase 7kW AC charger, a one-hour charge, would add around of range. Later 2021 models had 11kW AC charging, at single-phase or three-phase, depending on market. The car comes with a smartphone app called ''Jaguar Remote'', which can locate the car, report on its locking, alarming and charging status, and start its battery preconditioning or cabin heating/cooling.

Awards

The I-Pace has won 62 international awards. In March 2019, it won the

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award, the first Jaguar to win the award. In April 2019, it became the 2019 World Car of the Year, and won Best Design and Best Green Car awards.

Safety

In December 2018, the European New Car Assessment Programme (NCAP) awarded the Jaguar I-Pace a 5-star safety rating.

Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy

Racing car

The Jaguar I-Pace has a race-prepped version called the I-Pace eTrophy, a development of the I-Pace by Jaguar's Special Vehicle Operations.

Racing series

In September 2017, Jaguar announced their single-make racing series for the I-Pace, called eTrophy, after the racing car of the same name. On 24 August 2018, the Jaguar I-Pace set a new EV lap record at the Laguna Seca race circuit in California.

Sales

These are the total sales in two of its markets; not included are the sales figures in other markets or the thousands sold to Waymo (as detailed below).

Partnership with Waymo for autonomous ride service

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In 2018,

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selected the Jaguar I-Pace for use in its autonomous ride-hailing service, placing an order for up to 20,000 vehicles. In May 2025 Waymo announced it had 1,500 autonomous vehicles (primarily the I-PACE) in operation in four American cities, and would equip "over 2,000" more I-PACEs with its Waymo Driver hardware.

Wireless charging project

In June 2020,

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project in

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gave 25 I-Pace vehicles to taxi company Cabonline, which will use the vehicles to test the charging infrastructure on taxis in the Norwegian capital. Ralf Speth, JLR's then chief executive, said, "The taxi industry is the ideal test bed for wireless charging, and indeed for high-mileage electric mobility across the board.".

References

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