Jaguar has revealed that it plans to reveal its new Type 01 electric grand tourer in October, with an event in New York that company boss PB Palaji has promised will be “very special”. 

He was speaking on a call with investors – presumably to keep them happy and insist that Jaguar plans to sell some actual cars soon and that Land Rover is going push ahead with its electric Range Rover and various other new cars in the pipeline. 

Palaji recently outlined ambitious growth targets for both Jaguar and Land Rover, saying that the company was aiming for double-digit growth through a bold retargeting of the US market. “Our aspiration in the coming years,” said the CEO, “is to grow our US business to the size of the entire JLR business as it exists today.

This American push would be in addition to trying to capture bigger slices of the Indian and Middle Eastern markets while trying to shore up in the UK and Europe from the threat posed by rivals. 

The Jaguar brand has committed itself to going fully electric, but the Land Rover side of the business has had a minor panic attack over the thought of trying to convince all its buyers to force themselves into EVs and is now reconfiguring its future model range to take hybrid powertrains as well as plug-in hybrid powertrains.

JLR has also been among other UK-based manufacturers lobbying the UK government to water down its 2030 zero emission vehicle mandate that currently requires carmakers to sell 80% electric vehicles by that year. 

Rumours suggested that the government was getting ready to cave on the emissions rules by changing the 80% figure to 50% and putting more emphasis on hybrid tech in the sales mix, but the imminent change of prime minister will no doubt mean the decision will have to be deferred.