Jaguar Type 01 Unveiled: 757kW Electric GT, £130k Price
We covered the build-up to this moment here at DrivePedia when the reveal date was confirmed: https://drivepedia.site/news/jaguar-type-01-electric-gt-october-reveal-uk — now the car is real, and the headline figures are enormous.
The Type 01 is a low-slung, four-door luxury GT with a long bonnet, a short front overhang and 23-inch wheels. Inside, there are four seats with a distinctive central "spine" running through the cabin. Aerodynamics have been obsessive: active vanes, a three-stage deployable spoiler and more than 360 patent applications deliver a drag coefficient of just 0.23, the slipperiest Jaguar ever built.
Under the skin sits Jaguar's new Jaguar Electric Architecture (JEA), an 850-volt platform. Three electric motors — two at the rear, one at the front — drive all four wheels with intelligent torque vectoring, producing up to 757kW (around 1,029hp) and a thumping 1,365Nm of torque. Jaguar claims 0-100km/h in 3.2 seconds and 100-180km/h in just 4.0 seconds, which would make the Type 01 the most powerful Jaguar road car ever. Despite that pace, the brief was balance: 50:50 weight distribution, two distinct dynamic characters and Formula E know-how from Jaguar TCS Racing.
Range anxiety should not be part of the conversation. A 118kWh usable battery is expected to deliver up to 400 miles of range according to Jaguar, with Sky News reporting the company's figures stretch as high as 450 miles. Independent reporting of the launch put the numbers at up to 643km on the EPA cycle and 720km WLTP. On a 350kW DC rapid charger, Jaguar says you can add 321km of range in as little as 13 minutes — covering, in its words, 99.7 per cent of real-world journeys without a stop.
For British buyers, the UK angle matters most. The Type 01 has been designed, engineered and manufactured in Britain, with series production due to begin in 2027 at Jaguar Land Rover's Solihull plant in the West Midlands. Customer orders open early next year, with prices starting from £130,000. JLR chief executive PB Balaji called the car "the beginning of an exciting new era" for the company.
The context is impossible to ignore. The Type 01 arrives two years after Jaguar's November 2024 rebrand — the JaGUar wordmark, the redesigned leaper and slogans like "delete ordinary" and "copy nothing" — which triggered a global backlash, and about a year after a cyber attack forced JLR to halt production. This car has to prove that the new direction is about engineering, not just marketing. Early signs are promising: it is positioned squarely against the next generation of electric luxury, with rivals including Ferrari and Bentley also pushing hard into EVs.
For Jaguar fans, the name is the thread that connects past to future. "Type" deliberately echoes the C-Type, D-Type and E-Type — the greats of the brand's history, cars we have covered in detail here: https://drivepedia.site/car/jaguar-e-type-1965 — while the "0" marks zero tailpipe emissions and the "1" marks the first model of the new era. If the Type 01 drives as dramatically as it is specified, Jaguar may finally be past the controversy and back to making headlines for the right reason. More on Jaguar's current range: https://drivepedia.site/car/jaguar-f-pace-2024 and https://drivepedia.site/car/jaguar-xf-2024.
FAQ
**When was the Jaguar Type 01 unveiled?** The production Type 01 was revealed at a launch event in New York on Tuesday 6 October 2026.
**How much does the Jaguar Type 01 cost?** UK prices start from £130,000. Customer orders open in early 2027 before production begins at Solihull.
**What is the range of the Jaguar Type 01?** Jaguar expects up to 400 miles from the 118kWh battery, with reports of up to 450 miles and up to 720km on the WLTP cycle. Final homologation figures are still pending.
**How fast is the Jaguar Type 01?** The tri-motor all-wheel-drive system produces 757kW and 1,365Nm, with 0-100km/h in a claimed 3.2 seconds.
**How fast does the Type 01 charge?** On a 350kW DC rapid charger it can add 321km of range in as little as 13 minutes, thanks to its 850-volt architecture.
**Where is the Jaguar Type 01 built?** It is designed, engineered and manufactured in the UK, with production starting in 2027 at JLR's Solihull site in the West Midlands.
**How many seats does the Type 01 have?** It is a four-seat GT with a distinctive central "spine" running through the cabin.
Image credit: Jaguar I-Pace at the Geneva Motor Show 2018 by Matti Blume, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Jaguar has not yet released freely licensed photographs of the Type 01; this image of the brand's first production EV is shown as a stand-in.