Jaguar is taking a different approach in its plan of producing nothing but battery-electric vehicles. Whereas most other brands are slowly making the transition over the coming years if not decade, Jaguar has confirmed it will cease production of its gas-powered models before introducing a new lineup comprised exclusively of BEVs.
The British marque has been preparing for its EV transition over the past three years. In the U.S., its current lineup includes the XF, E-Pace, F-Pace, F-Type, and I-Pace. According to a recent interview with Road & Track, Joe Eberhardt, President and CEO of Jaguar Land Rover North America, revealed that the company intends to cease production of its current models before transitioning to an all-electric lineup.
“The majority of our products cease production in June, but they will be on sale for a much longer time,” said Eberhardt.
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“We will have a production schedule that enables us to have a continuous supply of vehicles until the new cars come… We’re trying to time it so we have enough volume to take us through to the launch of the new product and have a clean handover,” he added. “Whether it will be as perfectly planned as that, we’ll see – maybe we’ll sell out more quickly, or maybe it will take a little longer to sell through the current inventory. But the plan is to sunset the current product portfolio and then launch the new ones.”
As it moves to an all-EV line-up, Jaguar acknowledges that it will sell fewer vehicles than it has in the past. In 2017, it sold almost 180,000 cars and SUVs globally but that figure may hover around the 50,000 mark when its first three new-age EVs hit the market.
These three models will be underpinned by the Jaguar Electric Architecture (JEA) and start with a four-seat GT set to be unveiled this year before hitting the market in 2025. This new model will be the most powerful Jaguar ever and have a range of up to 430 miles (692 km). The second JEA-based EV will arrive in late 2025 while the third will debut in 2026.
