Olunye uhlobo lwemoto lujoyina izimoto zikagesi okufanele cabanga ngekusasa lomkhakha wezimoto kuwo wonke umhlaba. Kuzokwanela ukufeza lokho okwakuthenjiswa ku-COP eParis ngonyaka owedlule uma izinhloso zingabekiwe lapho izimoto nazo zibamba iqhaza futhi zivumela izikhungo zasemadolobheni, okungenani, ukuba zinqotshwe ngamandla ahlanzekile.
Unalokhu engqondweni, umakhi wezimoto zikanokusho waseBrithani uJaguar yethule imoto yayo yokuqala kagesi e-LA Auto Show. Okumangazayo wukuthi, esikhundleni sokuba yimoto yabagibeli noma i-coupe, kukhombise umqondo we-I-Pace osuselwa ohlwini lwabakwaSUV lwenkampani.
Ngenkathi enengxenye ye-DNA ye umugqa weSUV yomkhiqizo, i-I-Pace yakhelwe kusuka phansi kuya phezulu. Imoto esebenzisa umklamo okhetheke kakhulu njengoba kuyimoto yomqondo, njengokwazi ukuthi abagibeli kuzodingeka babheke esibhakabhakeni ngenxa yokuba nophahla lwengilazi.
Kodwa okubaluleke kakhulu ukuzimela okuzotholwa yile SUV uma ilayishwe ngokugcwele nokuthi imoto yokuqala kagesi yomkhiqizo waseBrithani izofikas 354 amakhilomitha. Lokhu kukubeka ngokulingana okuseduze Chevy umshudo y I-Tesla Model 3.
Imoto esebenza ngenxa yamandla amahhashi angama-400 futhi ene- 90kWh lithium-ion ibhethri ngaphansi kwegumbi lomgibeli. Umqondo wale SUV ukudala imoto kagesi ngaphandle kokuyekethisa. YiJaguar uqobo lwayo egcina ukuthi ukwakheka kwe-I-Pace kusondele kakhulu kunabo bonke abake baba khona ekukhiqizeni imoto yalokho okuyimoto yomqondo.
Ngakho-ke le SUV kagesi yakwaJaguar ingaba njalo okuthile okusondele kakhulu kulokho inkampani ebizokwethula ekupheleni kuka-2017 ukuze ithengwe ngo-2018.