Jaguar electrifies with I-Pace concept car

DUBAI: The Jaguar I-Pace concept car is the start of a new era for Jaguar. This is a production preview of the Jaguar I- Pace, which will be revealed next year and on the road in select markets in 2018. Customers in select markets can register now at Jaguar. comto be one of the first I- Pace owners, says a press release.

Jaguar’s engineering and design teams have torn up the rule book to create a bespoke electric architecture, matched with dramatic design. The result is no-compromises mart, five seat sports car and a performance SUV in one.

Ian Callum, director of Design, said, “The I- Pace concept represents the next generation of electric vehicle design. It’s a dramatic, future-facing cab-forward design with a beautiful interior – the product of authentic Jaguar DNA, electric technology and contemporary craftsmanship.

“Our virtual reality reveal today has pushed technology bounda- ries as well, and captures the hitech essence of the concept car. We only have one concept car and it is in LA for the reveal. For the first time, VR has allowed us share it across the globe in the most immersive way possible.”

This unique and world-first ‘social VR’ reveal is believed to be the largest live and connected VR event of its type to date. Throughout the day more than 300 guests were transported into a specially created life-like virtual space, into which, two of the car’s creators, Ian Callum and Ian Hoban were projected. From VR hubs in Los Angeles and London, groups of 66 guests including A-list stars Michelle Rodriguez, Miranda Kerr and James Corden, used HTC Vive Business Edition headsets, powered by Dell Precision workstations, to put themselves inside the concept car and interact live with other participants. Guests ‘sat’ on the concept’s virtual seats, had a 360 degree view of Venice Beach as the concept was built piece by piece around them, and saw the IPace concept race towards them across a virtual desert.