Who else saw Jaguar's videos on YouTube comparing the performance of the i-Pace to the Model X?
In it, they test the 0-60-0 performance of their car against the Model X. No surprises that the Model X loses given it's extra (1 tonne ?) weight. It's both out-dragged off the start and suffers from having more weight to a stop at the end of the test.
In fact they test against two model X's; a 75 and then against a 100 with similar results. No surprises that they didn't test against the P100D! But you could argue the price differential wouldn't have been fair anyway.
I'm not a Tesla fanboi (recognising many things that could be better), but I do love my Model S, and what Tesla has done to shake the other manufacturers out of their complacency and inertia.
I wish Jaguar had worked to promote their car on the basis of what an amazing car it is. Instead of comparing their car to the best selling EV SUV on the market, which happens to be a Tesla, based on a single performance statistic that has little or no basis in the real world.
Had they chosen any other metrics... charge speed, lack of charging network, no autopilot, they would have been dead in the water, super long warranties, free charging... the list just goes on.
What would stop me buying a Jaguar?... the lack of charging infrastructure, having to rely on their dealer network, and the fact that they are a car company rather than a tech company where internet connectivity and OTA updates are something that they may/will offer because Tesla does.
To be fair to Jaguar, they have responded to Tesla's challenge with an amazing car (at least on paper and in terms of looks), and I wish them well.
But I wont be buying one... not for at least a year or two until someone puts in a decent rapid charging network to rival what Tesla have done.
In it, they test the 0-60-0 performance of their car against the Model X. No surprises that the Model X loses given it's extra (1 tonne ?) weight. It's both out-dragged off the start and suffers from having more weight to a stop at the end of the test.
In fact they test against two model X's; a 75 and then against a 100 with similar results. No surprises that they didn't test against the P100D! But you could argue the price differential wouldn't have been fair anyway.
I'm not a Tesla fanboi (recognising many things that could be better), but I do love my Model S, and what Tesla has done to shake the other manufacturers out of their complacency and inertia.
I wish Jaguar had worked to promote their car on the basis of what an amazing car it is. Instead of comparing their car to the best selling EV SUV on the market, which happens to be a Tesla, based on a single performance statistic that has little or no basis in the real world.
Had they chosen any other metrics... charge speed, lack of charging network, no autopilot, they would have been dead in the water, super long warranties, free charging... the list just goes on.
What would stop me buying a Jaguar?... the lack of charging infrastructure, having to rely on their dealer network, and the fact that they are a car company rather than a tech company where internet connectivity and OTA updates are something that they may/will offer because Tesla does.
To be fair to Jaguar, they have responded to Tesla's challenge with an amazing car (at least on paper and in terms of looks), and I wish them well.
But I wont be buying one... not for at least a year or two until someone puts in a decent rapid charging network to rival what Tesla have done.