Jaguar's ambitious all-electric luxury four-door GT is currently enduring some of the planet's harshest conditions as part of an extensive validation programme that pushes the boundaries of automotive testing.
Prototypes of the new vehicle have begun their latest round of winter testing, taking on extreme temperatures as low as minus 40°C in the Arctic Circle. This forms part of the most rigorous global validation programme in Jaguar history, with 150 prototypes covering hundreds of thousands of kilometres across hot desert highways, frozen lakes and advanced virtual environments.
The demanding assessment schedule has been designed to push every system to its limits to deliver the most technically advanced and powerful Jaguar production car ever made. Jaguar claims it is an unprecedented scale of testing with the most comprehensive virtual and rig testing programme ever, prior to physical validation on the road.
Winter testing on the frozen lakes of Sweden is helping Jaguar engineers to refine the distinct characteristics of the four-door GT's drive modes to ensure it delivers instinctive responses and calming comfort.
The performance credentials are formidable. With more than 735kW, the new luxury GT will be the most powerful Jaguar road car ever made. Advanced all-wheel-drive tri-motor technology with Intelligent Torque Vectoring puts the power where it's needed more quickly and precisely than ever before, for an engaging, rewarding and confidence-inspiring drive in all conditions.
Matt Becker, Vehicle Engineering Director, Jaguar, says Jaguar has always been about driving pleasure and the new electric four-door GT will be no different. "It marks a step-change in our technical ambitions.
Innovative in-house electric propulsion technologies combine with the car's unique proportions and low centre of gravity for a luxurious grand tourer that drives like nothing else. Like a true Jaguar, it can be comfortable when you wish, is engaging to drive and, with more than 735kW, always has power in reserve."
The all-electric four-door GT will make its world premiere later this year.
