Jaguar
It must be restomod Friday or something. You may remember that last year Jaguar revealed it had created an electric powertrain conversion for the E-Type. Or perhaps you watched the royal wedding earlier this summer and noticed that the happy couple drove off into the sunset in that same electric E-Type. Well, now Jaguar has announced that the E-Type Zero is a concept no more: it will offer the (fully reversible) conversion to the rest of us.
Out goes the XKE straight-six engine, along with the fuel tank and gearbox. In its place is an electric motor that shares many components with the new Jaguar I-Pace, a single-speed reduction gearbox, and a 40kWh lithium-ion battery pack that is about the same size and weight as the absent engine. Which means that the weight and balance of the now-electric E-Type should be the same as it was before it underwent such radical surgery. However the electric car will actually have better performance than a Series 1 E-Type. Range is 170 miles between charges.
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