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The Jaguar I-Pace (stylized as I-PACE) is a battery-electric crossover SUV produced by Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) under their Jaguar marque. The I-Pace was announced in March 2018, European deliveries began in June 2018 and North American deliveries started in October 2018.

The Jaguar I-Pace was designed by Ian Callum. The concept version of the car, described as a five-seater sports car, was unveiled by JLR at the 2016 Los Angeles Motor Show and shown on-road in London in March 2017. The I-Pace is built by contract manufacturer Magna Steyr in Graz, Austria, and the production version of the I-Pace was revealed in Graz on 1 March 2018. Some of the electric drive technology has come out of the Jaguar I-Type electric Formula E racing car program, and the concentric motors were developed by JLR engineer Dr. Alex Michaelides.

The Jaguar I-Pace launched with a WLTP-rated range of 292 miles (470 km) and an EPA-rated range of 234 miles (377 km). In December 2019, software enhancements were released to increase the range to an EPA-rated range of 246 miles (396 km). The car has a wading depth of 500 mm (20 in). The rear boot holds 656 liters (23 cu ft), along with 28 liters (1 cu ft) of front boot space. The drag coefficient is 0.29.

The car has all-wheel drive via two motors powered by a 90 kWh LG Chem lithium-ion battery with a battery management system developed by JLR. Each motor delivers 197 hp (147 kW) and 258 lb-ft (350 N⋅m) of torque, for a total power of 395 hp (295 kW) and total torque of 516 lb-ft (700 N⋅m). The 0–62 mph (0–100 km/h) time is 4.8 seconds, and the top speed is electronically limited to 124 mph (200 km/h). The battery contains 432 pouch cells. It can charge from 0 to 80 percent in 85 minutes using 50 kW DC charging, or 45 minutes using a 100 kW charger.

Home charging with an AC wall box (7 kW) achieves the same state of charge in 10 hours. As the I-Pace has a single-phase AC charger, it is slow to charge outside fast-charge areas; with a one-hour charge, 7 kW charging adds around 30 km (19 miles) of range. The car comes with a smartphone app that can locate the car, report on its locking, alarming, and charging status, and start its battery preconditioning and/or cabin heating/cooling.

The I-Pace has won 62 international awards. In March 2019, it won the European Car of the Year award, the first Jaguar to win the award. In April 2019, it became the 2019 World Car of the Year and won Best Design and Best Green Car awards. In September 2017, Jaguar announced their single-make racing series for the I-Pace, called eTrophy, after the racecar of the same name. On 24 August 2018, the Jaguar I-Pace set a new EV lap record at Laguna Seca Racetrack in California.