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Jaguar has unveiled Type 01, the most technologically advanced and powerful Jaguar in the brand’s history. A luxury four-door GT that never arrives unnoticed.
Type 01 inspired a celebration of contemporary culture across New York. This was a one-of-a-kind premiere, from large-scale digital displays in Times Square, DUMBO and the Lower East Side, to its dynamic arrival for an exclusive gathering at STORIED in West Chelsea, zip code 10001.
Type 01 is defined by exuberant proportions, with its low roofline, long bonnet, sleek silhouette and dramatic presence. Starting from a single line and a blank sheet of paper, it is the most aerodynamic and powerful Jaguar road car. A bold, one-of-a-kind that breaks convention, with a clear lineage to the great Jaguars of the past including the E-type and XJS.
Beneath Type 01’s clean surfaces is a bespoke Jaguar Electric Architecture which offers more than 1,000PS, always with power in reserve, for a drive that is unmistakably Jaguar. Powered by an 850-volt electrical architecture, it delivers a 400-mile range (EPA) and adds 200 miles in 13 minutes using 350kW charging. Type 01 represents a new standard of power, aerodynamics and technological advancement for Jaguar.
Type 01 inspired a celebration of contemporary culture across New York. This was a one-of-a-kind premiere, from large-scale digital displays in Times Square, DUMBO and the Lower East Side, to its dynamic arrival for an exclusive gathering at STORIED in West Chelsea, zip code 10001.
Type 01 is defined by exuberant proportions, with its low roofline, long bonnet, sleek silhouette and dramatic presence. Starting from a single line and a blank sheet of paper, it is the most aerodynamic and powerful Jaguar road car. A bold, one-of-a-kind that breaks convention, with a clear lineage to the great Jaguars of the past including the E-type and XJS.
Beneath Type 01’s clean surfaces is a bespoke Jaguar Electric Architecture which offers more than 1,000PS, always with power in reserve, for a drive that is unmistakably Jaguar. Powered by an 850-volt electrical architecture, it delivers a 400-mile range (EPA) and adds 200 miles in 13 minutes using 350kW charging. Type 01 represents a new standard of power, aerodynamics and technological advancement for Jaguar.
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00:00We approached the architecture in quite a unique way, so it was really clear early on that what we wanted
00:04to deliver from a design proportions, but also importantly for a driven character, we couldn't do that from any internal
00:11or actually external architecture that existed, so it had to be all new and it had to be bespoke to
00:16Jaguar, so that was a really, really clear statement that we made early on and a real commitment to delivering
00:22the next great Jaguar.
00:24So there's some key highlights in this architecture that are really important, so there's some headline figures, we've got a
00:30tradition of using aluminium in Jaguar, we've done that again, that's about driving efficiency into the structure, so this is
00:35a high percentage, it's 73% aluminium, also importantly to deliver that driven character, we absolutely focused on making sure
00:43that we put stiffness into the structure, so this is the stiffest Jaguar that we've ever made, so torsional stiffness
00:49is a really important metric,
00:51and this is 51.7 kilonewtons per degree, so that is epically stiff, but that gives us the foundation to
00:59make sure that we can then drive the driven character that we want into the car to make it a
01:03shoe Jaguar, so some really important aspects and highlights of the architecture.
01:08Yeah, so within this architecture we really had to think about how we delivered the space and the driving position
01:13for a true GT. Real challenge in doing that, the car is only 1.4 metres tall, and then you've
01:22obviously got to get those HV systems distributed throughout the floor, so a real challenge to deliver that space.
01:27To enable that we had to approach it really differently, so around Row 2 we've actually split the battery pack
01:33and we've put a void in the battery pack which is giving that space back to the Row 2 occupants,
01:38so you've then got a really comfortable posture in Row 2.
01:41Really importantly though, when all of those classic Jaguars that we've driven, and also important as to be a true
01:46GT, you want to sit in the car, you don't want to sit on the car, and again that is
01:50hard to deliver in a bed with battery packs under the floor, so in that same void that we've given
01:56space for the Row 2, we also mount the Row 1 seat into the area, so actually the rear of
02:01the seat sits below the battery cell height, and then we install it at a 6 degree angle to give
02:06us that real sitting feel.
02:08We didn't just stop there on that one, we actually then said, let's make sure that our structural height of
02:13our seats, so what we call the block height, is the slimmest we've ever done, so we challenged that, and
02:17we've got it down by 83 millimetres, but not compromised in any of the seat features, so that really enabled
02:22that sit in feel.
02:24We've put that void in the battery pack, that's taken away space for energy, so you've really then got to
02:29think about how we get enough energy on board to deliver the performance in the range that we wanted for
02:35a true Jaguar GT.
02:37So to enable that, we've actually done an industry first structural design on the front of the car, that allows
02:44us to run 32 battery cells forward of the bulkhead behind the front wheel, so we use that long luxury
02:53gap on the car to actually run HV systems, so that recovers that energy that we had taken out of
03:00the car rightly to give the space to the Row 2 occupant and get that seat low.
03:04So that's an industry first and something we're really proud of, and we've enabled that with a unique structure which
03:09we call the tri apex node, a high pressure aluminium die cast which enables us to change the way the
03:16energy is managed through the car, and use that forward space for HV elements such as the battery cells but
03:23also the battery management system.
03:26We had to think about the driving experience and what were the initial targets that we set for the team
03:31to make sure this was a true Jaguar GT.
03:35So we needed to make sure the car had ample power, so we basically said we wanted at least 1000
03:40horsepower.
03:42We wanted to think about how we delivered that power in a different way but having that power on board
03:46was important.
03:48We also want to make sure that this car has got that GT nature, it's got the range that you
03:52might want in the car.
03:53So we really targeted 400 miles plus, but not 400 miles just on any cycle, we challenged ourselves against the
04:00toughest cycle which is EPA 5 cycle to achieve that.
04:02And then we really then also focused on how we set the car up to make sure that it was
04:07usable at highway speeds.
04:09So we've really thought about how we've chosen gear ratios to make the car actually really efficient for the customer
04:15at highway speeds that you would use a GT in.
04:18So that real approach and those initial targets were really important to define the hardware and what we were targeting
04:24for the final production car.
04:26So if you think about the propulsion system that we need to put in this car to enable the driven
04:31character that we wanted,
04:33it's one of the key things that we set out is to say we want power in reserve.
04:36So we mentioned that 1000 horsepower, but it's then what is the propulsion system that ultimately enables that.
04:43So we've got a tri-motor set up, the jewel in the crown is the rear motor which is the
04:47twin machine.
04:48That is really torque dense. So it's 51 Newton meters per kilogram.
04:55It is a really impressive machine with huge torque density, but also true torque vector and control,
05:00which then allows us to deliver that power in quite a refined way.
05:05And then other key bit of the element is that power in reserve is you've got to think about how
05:09you tune the system to deliver that power.
05:11So yes, it's fast 0-60, but that isn't the area that we wanted the strength.
05:16We wanted it in that mid range speed to have that true GT character.
05:19And that's quite a different way of tuning a BEV, but that was important for us because it was true
05:23to that Jaguar DNA.
05:25With any propulsion system and any true GT, you've got to think about charging as well.
05:29So we've really focused on that. So we've got high fast charging on the car.
05:33We run an 850 volt architecture to deliver the power, but all importantly, to allow us to be flexible on
05:39charging.
05:39So we're always twin sided charge ports.
05:42We deliver up to 350 kilowatts on DC, but we can also do all of the native AC charging.
05:49So seven kilowatts for UK, 19.5 kilowatts for US, but also 22 kilowatts in three phase markets around Europe.
05:57So really thinking about how we deliver that charging is important.
06:00And it is enabled by that high voltage architecture that's in the car.
06:05What does that charging speed give to the customer?
06:07So it was important to us that we really got convenience in the car.
06:11So to put that into context for you, 350 kilowatt DC charge, we can put 200 miles into the car
06:16in 13 minutes.
06:17So that's a real convenient experience for the customer to keep those true GT journeys going.
06:22To enable that power that I've spoken about and to enable that charging capability,
06:26you've really got to think about the cell that you use.
06:28But you've also got to think about that cell that you choose in the battery pack to enable those proportions.
06:33So the cell we've chosen is a large format prismatic, but it's quite cleverly designed.
06:38So its vents are on the side of the pack, which then means we can really use the height in
06:44the battery pack to deliver an efficiency in Z.
06:49So efficiency in height. So for its overall height, 88% of that actual height of the battery pack is
06:57actually energy on board.
06:58So that's a really efficient cell and a much more efficient approach than a cylindrical cell in terms of getting
07:04that energy on board.
07:05But it's down to that unique design, having the terminals and the vents on the side of the prismatic cell.
07:11So you think about the driven character of the car that's so important for us, particularly as this is a
07:16Jaguar,
07:16which is really important to deliver that character in the car.
07:21We really wanted the ride to have great levels of isolation, great levels of comfort,
07:26but also come with great levels of control, which is what we see from those Jaguars of the past.
07:31So we enable that by having that really stiff structure and we then basically enable that with some technology choices.
07:38So we're on four corner air suspension, but it's multi chamber air so we can tune the spring rate.
07:44And then we're on twin valve active dampers, which give the team the opportunity to tune the car and the
07:48character.
07:49But really importantly as well, the mass distribution in the car allows us to manage the roll gradient in a
07:57way that can feel quite natural,
07:58but also then gives it that real Jaguar character and that mass distribution is enabled by the car being a
08:04bear,
08:04which was really important for us to deliver that driven character in the car.
08:07Yeah. So I've spoken about that Jaguar DNA and for us that was really, really important.
08:12So how we then set the targets that we wanted, the feelings that we wanted for the vehicle dynamics in
08:16this car was quite unconventional.
08:18You know, we went back and drove those legends of the past and really understood them in terms of, you
08:23know, how did they handle road surfaces?
08:25What was the, what was the role gradient light, the pitch gradient light?
08:29What's the steering feel like that sets the subjective targets that we then turned into objective metrics to ensure that
08:36we delivered the character.
08:38So it was defined by our, the Jaguar greats of the past, not by any reference to any current facing
08:46potential competition.
08:47So it was a very different way of approaching it.
08:50And that gives you some freedom, but it also gives you some challenge, but we've delivered something pretty impressive.
08:55So we think about the range of the car, a key factor for the range of the car, particularly when
09:00you're aiming for something like a GT and we're going at those sort of high speeds.
09:04And we want those customers to have that real world range.
09:08You absolutely have to focus on aerodynamics. It's really important.
09:12You know, it can be up to two thirds of the overall losses on the car, particularly at motorway speeds
09:19or highway speeds.
09:20So a massive focus for us. It came in, that focus also came to make sure that we held the
09:26design of the car.
09:27So we've actually made this the most aerodynamic Jaguar ever.
09:30It is a 0.23 drag coefficient, which is really impressive when you look at the car, particularly impressive when
09:38you look at how we've held the design.
09:39So the attention to detail that the team have put into delivering the aerodynamics has been phenomenal.
09:45And it's a really, really impressive result. And say again, the most aerodynamic Jaguar ever, which is a great achievement.
09:51If you wanted to summarize what we've achieved with this architecture and how we've approached Type 01, we've delivered the
09:56most powerful Jaguar ever, the stiffest Jaguar ever, the most refined Jaguar ever, and really importantly, the most aerodynamic Jaguar
10:04ever.
10:04But we've done all of that as an engineering team without taking compromise to the design. Design is fundamentally important
10:11for a Jaguar.
10:12Now, you know, I'm going to value it for a year and a half year to go to the next
10:124th.