It's all electric (581kW (780hp) and 1600Nm) but can charge via twin turbines - yes, of the jet engine variety! Ove advantage of them is that (again, apparently) they can run on just about any fuel out there; it it burns they'll run on it.
Normally Jaguar isn't really my thing, but this, well, this is different :)
I'd hate to stand behind that thing at a traffic light (though I'd love to sit in it ;)), unless they bring down the EGT somehow that's going to be decidedly unsafe.
That's one slick car! But I'd like to see a more consumer oriented prototype aimed at the mainstream market along the same principles.
The Jaguar / Land Rover companies are actually a subsidiary of Tata, an Indian company.
Whoa that's super cool. Coupling a turbine to electric seems to get around one of the problems of turbines in land vehicles. Basically, fuel efficiency at low speed is atrociousness . It was one of the arguments against the Abrams tank when it first came out, and it's only really through your ridiculously super developed logistics system (really, it's one of the shining examples of what the US Military can do super well) that you can keep your tanks running at will.
It's all electric (581kW (780hp) and 1600Nm) but can charge via twin turbines - yes, of the jet engine variety! Ove advantage of them is that (again, apparently) they can run on just about any fuel out there; it it burns they'll run on it.
Normally Jaguar isn't really my thing, but this, well, this is different :)