Jaguar unveils £130,000 Type 01 electric car in New York

Jaguar unveiled the Type 01, a four-door electric grand tourer, in New York on 7 October 2026. JLR says UK prices will start at £130,000, orders will open in early 2027 and production will begin at its Solihull plant in 2027. The launch gives buyers their first production model from Jaguar’s electric reinvention, though its sales and real-world performance remain untested.

What Jaguar has confirmed about the Type 01

The Type 01 uses a dedicated platform called Jaguar Electric Architecture. JLR describes it as an all-electric, four-door GT and the most powerful Jaguar it has engineered. Its published specifications include a usable 118 kWh battery, an 850-volt electrical system and three motors producing up to 1,030 PS. JLR claims acceleration from zero to 62 mph in 3.2 seconds. Those figures describe the company’s intended performance; the unveiling does not establish how the car will perform in customers’ hands.

Range and charging figures also require careful reading. JLR estimates up to 400 miles under the US EPA test and says the car can travel up to 320 miles at a constant 75 mph. It says a 350 kW rapid charger could add 200 miles of range in as little as 13 minutes. The company says its figures are estimates subject to homologation and that actual range and charging times can vary with conditions and equipment. Buyers will need final certified figures and independent driving results to judge those claims.

The production car keeps much of the shape of the Type 00 concept shown in Miami in December 2024, according to The National. The publication describes a 5.2-metre body with a long bonnet and low roof. It reports that a camera feeds a digital rear-view display in place of a conventional rear window. These details make the Type 01 a concrete test of the design direction Jaguar introduced with its concept car, as well as of its electric technology.

Where Jaguar plans to build the new electric car

The company says nearly 9,000 Solihull employees have been retrained to build electric vehicles and another 1,500 colleagues have received training across its wider West Midlands operations. JLR also says its supplier network sustains 60,000 jobs in the West Midlands. Those are company figures about existing training and its wider supply chain; they should not be read as a count of new Type 01 jobs. Chief executive PB Balaji presents the UK manufacturing plan as part of JLR’s investment in British innovation and skills.

How the Type 01 fits Jaguar’s reinvention

The launch follows a strategy Jaguar set out years before the car appeared. JLR’s 2024 annual report described plans for £15 billion of investment over five years and a radically reimagined all-electric Jaguar brand. That amount covered the group’s wider plans; the report did not assign it to the Type 01. In November 2024, Jaguar announced a new brand identity and said a design vision concept would follow at Miami Art Week. The Type 00 concept appeared there the following month, and The National calls the Type 01 the first production car made under the reinvention.

JLR positions Jaguar separately from its Range Rover, Defender and Discovery brands, aiming at a different part of the luxury market. The £130,000 UK entry price makes that positioning tangible. It also places a substantial test on the company’s proposition: the car must attract customers willing to pay that price for the design, performance and luxury experience Jaguar promises. The National notes that an unveiling cannot yet show whether customers will follow the repositioned brand or how the car will drive.

What UK electric-car sales show—and what they cannot

Britain’s electric-car market provides context, though its overall figures cannot predict demand for this model. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders recorded 99,201 battery-electric new-car registrations in September 2026, up 36.3% from a year earlier and representing 28.3% of that month’s market. Total new-car registrations rose 12% to 350,536. The trade body attributed market growth largely to competition, greater choice and deals, and said model choice, manufacturer discounts and government grants helped electric registrations.

For the first nine months of 2026, battery-electric vehicles accounted for 26.2% of UK new-car registrations. The SMMT said that share remained below the 33% required for 2026 under the mandate it cites, and argued that targets are outpacing demand. These figures cover vehicles across the market, with different prices and buyers. They show the setting in which Jaguar will sell its electric GT, but offer no measure of likely Type 01 orders.

When buyers can assess the Type 01

JLR expects to open orders in early 2027 and to start production that year. Its cited launch announcement does not give a specific customer delivery date. The National expects first deliveries in the second half of 2027, but that remains a forecast. Order volumes, final certified specifications, independent driving assessments and the start of customer deliveries will provide firmer evidence of how Jaguar’s new car and its wider strategy are working.