Jaguar’s roughly $130,000 Type 01 EV packs 1,015 horsepower

Jaguar’s Type 01 sends up to 1,015 horsepower through three electric motors and carries a starting U.S. price of $130,500, the numbers that frame the brand’s first production car on its new electric architecture. The four-door grand tourer made its world debut in New York on Oct. 6, with a press release following on Oct. 7.

Order books open in early 2027, and the first customer deliveries are expected in the second half of that year.

Three Motors, 1,007 lb-ft

Jaguar’s U.S. press release specifies one 260-kilowatt motor at the front and two 310-kilowatt motors at the rear, good for up to 1,015 horsepower (1,030 PS) and 1,007 pound-feet (1,365 newton-meters) of torque. Zero to 60 mph takes 3.1 seconds, and the run from 62 to 112 mph takes another 4.0 seconds. Weight distribution is 50:50 and the drag coefficient is 0.23. The metric power rating of 1,030 PS is the same output expressed in the units Jaguar uses for European markets, and the 1,007 pound-feet of torque matches the 1,365 newton-meters on the UK side of the announcement.

The wording is “up to,” and Jaguar’s UK release frames the acceleration slightly differently, quoting 0 to 62 mph (0 to 100 km/h) in 3.2 seconds. Both releases give the same 4.0-second figure for 62 to 112 mph. A prototype preceded the New York premiere, and a JLR release from July lined up its dynamic UK debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed; InsideEVs notes an early preview at JLR’s Gaydon campus in England.

118 kWh on an 850-Volt Architecture

The usable battery is 118 kilowatt-hours. Jaguar’s range claim is up to 400 miles, a manufacturer estimate made on the optional 21-inch wheels, with up to 320 miles at a sustained 75 mph; the U.S. page tells buyers to check EPA estimates with a local retailer instead of presenting a certified number. The UK version of the announcement adds an expected figure of up to 450 miles on the WLTP cycle and says both are pre-certification estimates.

Charging runs at up to 350 kilowatts on DC, adding as much as 200 miles in as little as 13 minutes or taking the battery from 10 to 80 percent in about 22. The car is NACS-compatible in the United States with access to Tesla’s Supercharger network, the onboard AC charger handles up to 19.2 kilowatts, and the battery carries an eight-year, 100,000-mile warranty. Carscoops describes the pack as an NMC battery, and Jaguar’s UK release says the company expects customers to complete up to 99.7 percent of journeys without interruption, a figure JLR derives from its own customer data and not from independent testing.

$130,500 and Glover’s Warning

The “roughly $130,000” figure that Carscoops carried is a rounding of Jaguar’s own starting MSRP of $130,500, which InsideEVs and The Autopian both repeat. Jaguar’s release does not say whether the figure includes destination charges, and the UK release states no price at all, which is why outlets have printed different sterling numbers for the same car.

Rawdon Glover, Jaguar’s managing director, has been unusually blunt about the buyer. He told InsideEVs that Jaguar does not anticipate the car being for everyone, and added that buyers will be motivated by desire and want and not by need. In the press release he calls the Type 01 the foundation of the brand, one that makes no compromise between design and engineering.

The car itself is a big one, at 208 inches long and 55 inches tall, with 23-inch wheels as standard and over 15.9 cubic feet of cargo space, or more than 35 cubic feet with the rear seats folded. Inside are a 24-inch OLED driver display, a 7-inch central touchscreen and a 38-speaker Meridian sound system, and the turning circle measures 37.7 feet wall to wall. The Type 01 has no rear window. The Autopian notes the tailgate carries no glass, and Jaguar’s press release describes the rear end as having a monolithic quality.

Andrew Wheel, JLR’s design development director, said the Type 01 will never arrive unnoticed, and Matt Becker, the vehicle engineering director, described a car that delivers refinement, performance and engagement together with power in reserve. Jon Darlington, the architecture chief engineer, called it a capable luxury grand tourer that is agile at low speeds and stable at higher ones.

Jaguar says the car was designed, engineered and crafted in the United Kingdom, that it is the first production Jaguar built on the Jaguar Electric Architecture, and that more than 360 patent applications were filed along the way.

The 400-mile number is where the buyer’s real-world result is least certain: it assumes the smaller 21-inch wheels rather than the standard 23s, and Jaguar’s own page says the EPA estimate is still to come.

This article was produced with the assistance of AI and reviewed by Morning Overview editors prior to publication.

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