I need an "American" translation for "Skegness" in order to truly understand the meaning....

 

I think that plan is a bit pre mature, Unless they can build an EV that looks like an XK or F type. I don't see this ending well. Jaguar will likely lose what little market they had.

 

Tacky seaside town?

 

After looking as a special or two on YouTube about hydrogen ICE's, I think it would be good for companies to look at hydrogen - if you can make power like an F type with that sort of engine.....it is clean and possibly cheap....and would "SOUND" a lot better than an EV likely will.... Sound matters a lot. Not sure how the infrastructure would handle it...but it would figure it out.

Hoping efuel happens on this end.

 

Here is some speculation on the Electric F-Type, I could get behind a car with these specs but they are likely over optimistic, still...

 

Although I drive a "Green" car, ie: british racing green, I'll be buying & driving a V8 gas-powered car for at least the next 10 - 15 years.
If Jag stops making them, I'll go back to my previous gas-powered Vettes...

 

I drive a black F-Type and a black XJL, but only because they have IC engines. I have owned 5 jaguars and consider myself a fanatic/addict/enthusiast...but, the moment Jaguar no longer offers IC engines, will be the last Jaguar I own. With 1 exception...depending on how they "reimagine" their flagship saloon. If it's truly a "Jaguar" and not a bmw lookalike, I would consider it. I continue to hold out for a return of the 6.0L V12 (w/supercharger for modernity).

 

well..... time will tell..... our F-Type will be in demand more and more....... " Shell's Blue Fuel is my fuel of choice now.... and will evolve to support the Green Movements.......... this whole electric thing is nuts and will become a big % of cars about town, but the ongoing costs will weight in and then the glamor will
be gone.... $$$$$, and so many have no real grown up local independent Dealer shops, body repair... act. to support them.....
Tesla will soon transition to Independent Dealers if it is to maintain it's strong position in the American markets.... Power of the Entrepreneur's , Brand Loyalty
note: the total number of car makers worldwide from pre-Ford was ~ 1,500 worldwide and then faded....... down, down, and down.........

 

OMG! Never thought of that!

 

I'm expecting to take delivery of my Lucid AGT sometime in the next few months, 800 HP daily driver with 500 miles of range and fast charging that will give you over 300 miles in 20 minutes.

 

Here in California where the push for electric cars is greatest, we already have a problem with rolling blackouts (or brownouts as I think they're called). California has over 31,000,000 registered vehicles on the road as of 2021. Can you even imagine adding 30 million electric vehicles to the grid, we'd be dark most of the time, especially as California's requirement to transition to renewable energy continues to mandate higher percentages of such energy each year. I have never believed that electric vehicles would be the answer, I think hydrogen powered vehicles will ultimately be the fuel of choice for the future. That is. of course, unless fossil fuel sources continue to power up the national grid. I guess getting into the muffler business right now is not the smartest idea.

 

This info may help a little

Stanford engineers create solar panel that can generate electricity at night : NPR

 

Oh yes....NPR ...A reliable source for DOCUMENTED untruths over the years!

 

It's amazing what the science geeks discover and invent.

https://aip.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/5.0085205

 

Exactly this.

 

I had an electric car for three years. At the end of the lease, I picked up my F-Type R. Here's a list of reasons.

1) Plug in hybrids. Plug in hybrids would use charging spots as up close reserved parking. It got so I could never get a public charging spot.
2) Building on above, lack of charging spots. When I got my EV, there were 9 spots at my work. After 2 years, there were 13 EVs and many people didn't have the common courtesy to move their car at lunch time. If you weren't one of the first 9 in, you might get screwed
3)Charge at home. If you do not install a big charge, you are using a 15/20 amp that will take more than all night. If for any reason it errors out, you're SOL. If you do have one of the beefier chargers, you can charge in a couple of hours, but if you try to schedule your charge to happen in the middle of the night when electricity is cheaper and there is an error/brownout/whatever, you are in trouble
4)Cold weather. Cold reduces the range by about 20-25%
5) Hills. I can not describe how bad going up hills is for EVs. I lost 45 miles of range going from Rocklin, CA, to Auburn, CA. That was roughly 15 miles. Going downhill I got much of it back, but if I needed to go to Lake Tahoe, for example, that 60 mile trip would likely use 120-150 miles of range.

There are many obstacles hat need to be overcome to make EVs the better choice. It would be better to legislate the need for cleaner, not dictate then manner in which it is provided. Case in point, the way the legislation is written for green energy, some power companies are not able to count existing hydro electric. I honestly don't think EVs are the answer. Perhaps Hydrogen, maybe froot loops. I don't know, but mandating one solution is flawed.