The car follows the driver announcement
Jaguar TCS Racing unveiled the I-Type 08 at Knightsbridge in London on November 10, presenting a livery based on French Ultramarine Blue. Following Stoffel Vandoorne’s return to a race seat, this launch focused on the car and the technology for Formula E’s fourth-generation (GEN4) era.
Jaguar lists up to 600kW of drive power, combining 250kW at the front with 350kW at the rear through permanent active all-wheel drive. Its separate 700kW figure describes regenerative braking capacity: energy recovered during deceleration, rather than additional power to be added to the acceleration figure.
Jaguar says its active front and rear differentials let drivers adjust braking, cornering and traction balance from the cockpit, corner by corner. Its brake-by-wire systems enable precise management of powertrain efficiency.
A wider engineering remit
The manufacturer development perimeter includes the motor, inverter, gearbox, rear suspension, active rear differential, cooling, driveshafts, wiring harnesses and control software. Jaguar says it also designs the front and rear brake-by-wire systems and DC/DC conversion systems.
The engineering task therefore extends beyond installing a drive motor. Electrical control, regeneration, mechanical transmission and chassis components must work together. Greater design freedom creates more opportunities to optimise that interaction, alongside more integration and testing work; track running will establish the outcome.
António Félix da Costa will race car 13 and Vandoorne car 5. Vandoorne said his previous season as Jaguar’s test and reserve driver had already involved extensive I-Type 08 development mileage. Da Costa stressed both creativity in finding performance and the need to bring the whole package together.
Jaguar will take the car to the official Formula E pre-season test at Jarama in Madrid, Spain, on November 16–20.
