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Jaguar unveils Type 01 electric grand tourer, retaining Type 00 concept’s divisive design

Jaguar’s Type 01 EV has debuted with styling that sources characterize as deliberately polarizing and closely resembling the Type 00 concept. One source describes it as a four-door electric grand tourer and says Jaguar calls it its most powerful road car ever; the supplied coverage does not establish how buyers will respond.

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Image: Ars Technica

What we know

Confirmed by several sources

Reported by one source

  • The Type 01 is a four-door electric grand tourer, and Jaguar calls it its most powerful road car ever. — The Verge
  • The car is aimed at affluent young buyers. — Engadget
  • The Type 00 concept’s design chief was reportedly fired earlier this year. — The Verge

Open questions

Coverage 7 publishers

  1. Ars Technica

    Jaguar Type 01 debuts; now, no one remembers the electric Ferrari

  2. Electrek

    Jaguar’s new Type 01 EV looks like a comic book villain would drive it

  3. InsideEVs

    The Jaguar Type 01 Won't Be The Only Model To Look Like This

  4. electrive

    Type 01 unveiled: the latest Jaguar enters series production

  5. The Verge

    Jaguar’s Type 01 EV looks just like its divisive concept car

  6. Engadget

    Jaguar's controversial Type 01 EV looks like a '40s gangster car built for the modern electric era

  7. The Driven

    Jaguar unveils its new electric future with Type 01 four-door GT, yours from around $300,000

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