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It’s all rather grown up JAGUAR I-PACE
By Motoring Editor, Fiona Shafer, Managing Director of MDHUB
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A year on from my first experience of reviewing an electric car, the range anxiety inducing Audi e-Tron, l would never in my wildest dreams have believed just how much attention we are all suddenly paying to them. This is due to the global pandemic and the brutally obvious effect, the lack of car emissions have had on our environment. One could confidently argue that one of the positive and disruptive outcomes of this time, has been the accelerated pace of our engagement with the electric vehicle market, whilst simultaneously highlighting the inadequacies in the UK charging network. So, my excitement at looking forward to reviewing my first car in seven months was tempered slightly when presented with a brand spanking new, Jaguar I-Pace 400 PS Electric SE. Having reviewed the F Pace SVR and Convertible, I was familiar with the Jaguar performance stable and above all else, I was especially curious as to
how this performance would translate within an electric landscape. Would my range anxiety be off the scale or would I finally become a happy convert? So, I bring good news ... It is by far the best electric car that I have driven to date. The part that made me smile greatly, was the astonishing linear acceleration – from 0-60 mph in 4.5 seconds – which felt so much quicker and quieter due to being electric. I almost had a sense of wonder at the experience which was only tempered by the fact it was so fast that I became slightly alarmed at how
