Jaguar I-PACE was named the Car of the Year at the European Car of the Year Awards 2019 (ECOTY). This is the first year when Jaguar won the industry-wide prize at European level.
The European Car of the Year jury consists of 60 profile journalists from 23 countries, and the award recognizes technical innovation, design, performance, efficiency and price-quality ratio.
Designed and developed in the UK, Jaguar I-PACE has a real worldwide sales success with over 8,000 deliveries to customers so far - 75% of them in Europe.
I-PACE has received 55 world-wide awards since its launch a year ago, including the Year of the Year in Germany, Norway and Great Britain, EV of the Year offered by TopGear Magazine, Green Car of the Year in China and the ECOBEST Award offered by Autobest.
The Jaguar i-Pace is powered by two electric motors distributed between the front and rear trains, each developing up to 200 horsepower and 348 Nm, a total of 400 horsepower and 696 Nm. Designed and developed by Jaguar Land Rover engineers, these electric motors are particularly compact, with an outside diameter of 234 mm and a length of only 500 mm.
In terms of performance, the i-Pace promises to bring down the 0 to 100 km / h in 4.8 seconds and offers a top speed of 200 km / h.
In terms of autonomy, the manufacturer claims more than 500 kilometers according to the European NEDC cycle, more than 350 kilometers according to the US EPA cycle and 480 km in the WLTP cycle.
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