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| Subject: Jaguar says all of its new cars will be offered with electric engines by 2020 including its iconic E-Type sportscar Thu Sep 07, 2017 9:02 pm | |
| Jaguar is accelerating back to the future with a fully electric version of its legendary E-Type sports car as it sets out its ‘green’ plans to electrify every new model in its range from 2020.
The British car firm has taken a 1968 version of its elegant roadster dubbed ‘the world’s most beautiful car’ and given it an automotive heart transplant – removing its powerful petrol engine and replacing it with a zero emissions electric motor and plug-in battery.
But although it is 80kg lighter and faster than the original, the battery-powered leaping-cat loses its traditional roar. Is it superb or sacrilege? You decide.
Future Jaguar buyers will get the chance to buy into some form of electrification, however, as the car maker also said all its new cars from 2020 will be offered with either a hybrid or pure electric version of each model.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/cars/article-4858940/Jaguar-electric-2020-reveals-E-Type-Zero.html |
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