Jaguar To Introduce Plug-In Hybrids Before I-Pace Launches

#Jaguar has confirmed that it will bring a selection of plug-in hybrid models to the market before the all-electric I-Pace hits the streets in 2018.

Speaking with Car Advice at the LA Auto Show, Jaguar global product and strategy executive, Finbar McFall said that half of Jaguar Land Rover models will offer some form of electrification by 2020.

“We will have plug-in hybrids very soon, even ahead of the all-electric Jaguar I-Pace. What we will soon have across the Jaguar Land Rover range, is a selection of plug-in hybrids, as well as more efficient petrol and diesel engines,” he said.

Although it isn’t clear what model will receive an electrified option first, Jaguar is wasting no time adopting alternative powertrains, convinced that electric vehicles will soon account for a significant proportion of its sales.

In fact, technical design director at Jaguar Land Rover, Wolfgang Ziebart, believes that by 2025, about 20 per cent of new car registrations will be for electric vehicles in markets like the U.S., China, Europe and Japan.