The Jaguar Type 01 Is Here. It's Jag's Most Powerful Road Car Ever

The Type 01 combines dramatic styling with a high-performance electric powertrain and sophisticated chassis.

Jaguar Type 01

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Anthony Alaniz

By: Anthony Alaniz

Oct 6, at 8:01pm ET

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Jaguar spent years building some of the world’s most distinctive sports cars, but now the British brand is reinventing itself. The Type 01 debuts today as the first step toward a new era for the automaker.

The Type 01 is a four-seat grand tourer, Jaguar’s most powerful road car ever, and it’s electric. That makes it a very important car for the brand: a statement of intent that has to prove to fans it offers the same fun and engagement as Jaguar’s past models.

The Type 01 certainly appears to have been engineered with that goal in mind, rather than simply being another luxury EV, with a lot going on underneath its dramatic styling. Here’s a closer look at Jaguar’s ambitious new flagship.

Jaguar’s Most Powerful Road Car Ever

Jaguar Type 01

Jaguar Type 01

Photo by: Jaguar

The Type 01 has three electric motors, one on the front axle and two at the rear, creating the most powerful road car ever from the automaker. The combined output is 1,016 horsepower and 1,007 pound-feet of torque.

Jaguar claims the Type 01 can accelerate from zero to 62 miles per hour in 3.2 seconds and has a perfect 50:50 weight distribution.

The EV features an 850-volt architecture and an 118.0-kilowatt-hour battery. The automaker claims the Type 01 has 450 miles of range under European WLTP and up to 320 miles at sustained highway speeds.

Here’s what the full specs look like:

Output: 1,016 HP / 1,007 LB-FT
0-60 MPH: 3.2 Seconds
Battery: 118.0 Kilowatt-Hours
Range: 450 Miles (WLTP)
Length: 206.4 Inches
Height: 55.24 Inches

Jaguar outfits the EV with a double-wishbone front suspension and integral-link rear suspension with its Dynamic Air Suspension. The Jag has switchable-volume air springs and active dual-valve dampers.

The Type 01 has five drive modes: Jaguar, Dynamic, Efficient, Ice & Snow, and Curated. Dynamic sends up to 87 percent of the power to the rear axle, stiffens the active air springs, and sharpens the steering and accelerator.

Dynamic Cat

Jaguar Type 01

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Jaguar worked hard to create a dynamic and engaging vehicle. The Type 01 measures 17.2 feet long, with 17 percent of the car’s length sitting between the front axle and door. It’s a big car, but the center of gravity is 2.4 inches below the driver’s hip point, and the yaw center sits between the occupants.

Jaguar says this helps create the sense that the Type 01 “wraps around the driver,” and the all-wheel steering helps. At low speeds, the rear wheels can turn up to 6.0 degrees, giving the EV a 37.7-foot turning circle.

The 2026 Mazda Miata has a 30.1-foot turning circle, while the Ford Expedition has a 41.0-foot circle, for comparison.

The Type 01 also features active aerodynamics. At the front, active vanes open when the powertrain and brakes require cooling. An active, three-stage rear spoiler can generate up to 165.3 pounds of downforce at speeds above 96.3 mph, and when deployed, the car lowers by 0.59 inches.

Sleek And Stylish

Jaguar Type 01

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The Jaguar Type 01 looks a lot like the concept. It’s low and long, measuring just 55.24 inches high, or about the same as a modern Ford Mustang. It has flush door handles, which the automaker says can deploy with up to 0.16 inches of ice.

Up front, the Jaguar has HD LED projector headlights with auto-leveling. They are the thinnest units ever, at just 3.31 inches tall. Each headlight contains 20,000 LEDs. At the back, designers hid the full-width taillights in the rear bumper grating.

The car has massive 23-inch wheels, with optional 21-inch units and an aluminum finish around the base. Other details include the fender ingot with a laser-etched leaping cat emblem and the hidden ADAS hardware behind the Jaguar wordmark on the front.

Jag's Minimalist Interior

Jaguar Type 01

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Jaguar revealed the Type 01’s interior in August, but now we have more details. A large 24.0-inch OLED screen sits behind the steering wheel, while a central 7.0-inch vertical touchscreen controls key functions like media and HVAC.

The Type 01 lacks a traditional rearview mirror. Instead, the Jaguar has the ClearSight Rear View display embedded in the panoramic soundbar at the base of the windshield. The automaker positioned it at the same height as the exterior mirrors.

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All four seats are heated and cooled, with front-seat passengers getting 12-way adjustable seats. The rears fold 50:50, expanding cargo capacity from more than 15.9 cubic feet in the rear hatch to 35.3 cu ft.

Availability And Price

Jaguar has not announced when the Type 01 will go on sale or how much it will cost. The car is expected to start in the low- to mid-$100,000 range.