The electrified car tuning frontier is just now opening, and
Jaguar Land Rover Specialty Vehicle Operations (SVO) is more than eager to take
an early first step.
It will be a challenge, but SVO engineers are eager to meet
roadblocks that lay ahead, John Edwards, head of Jaguar Land Rover's
personalization and performance arm, said in a recent interview.
He told Motoring in a report published Saturday that despite
the challenges, SVO will develop a range of performance cars based on
forthcoming electrified cars from Jaguar Land Rover, including battery-electric
cars.
A potential starting place for SVO is the Jaguar
I-Pace. When asked if an SVO-tuned I-Pace is in the works, Edwards smirked
and said "possibly."
Any future SVO-tuned electric cars will still likely wear
SVO's "SVR" performance badge, according to the report, which makes
an I-Pace SVR quite possible. Jaguar will also take the I-Pace racing in
its own one-make series
alongside Formula E.
Edwards commented that the rules of electric car performance
aren't yet cast in stone like the internal combustion engine, and it will give
engineers plenty of freedom to define what a purely electric SVO nameplate can
accomplish. Besides additional power, he said electric cars could push a
redefinition of a "performance car."
Ahead of any I-Pace SVR will be the regular Jaguar I-Pace.
The electric crossover will boast an estimated 240-mile range and
produce 394 horsepower and 512 pound-feet of torque from two electric
motors.
The I-Pace will reach dealerships in the second half of 2018
with a $70,495 starting price.
source: https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1115717_jaguar-land-rover-svo-ready-to-tackle-ev-tuning
by Sean Szymkowski
http://www.boscheuropean.com
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