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Straight from nabbing the

World Car of the Year

award at the New York International Auto Show for the new 2019

I-Pace

electric

crossover

, as well as publicly unveiling the 2020

XE

sport sedan,

Jaguar

‘s design chief says the brand is also developing a car with a fully

electric

powertrain.

“We are doing more battery cars at

Jaguar

, yes,” Ian Callum told

Autoblog

. “That’s all I’m saying.” Callum wouldn’t divulge further details except to add, “When you’re doing

electric cars

, they’re

new cars

. They’re not just batteries put in an old car. You can’t do that.”

Jaguar has been

rumored to be planning a potent all-electric version of the XJ

based on its flexible new Modular Longitudinal Architecture. Jaguar

Land Rover

has said that it plans to offer each new or significantly redesigned model in electrified variants starting in 2020.

Land Rover

is also showing a mild-

hybrid

version of the 2020

Range Rover Evoque

and 2019

Range Rover Sport

, plus

plug-in hybrid

variants of the 2020

Range Rover

and

Range Rover Sport

.

In addition to

being named World Car of the Year

, the I-Pace took home World Car Design of the Year and World Green Car of the Year. The

F-Pace

, the brand’s flagship SUV, won World Car of the Year in 2017.

Callum also said he believes that

sedans

have a future, even as he acknowledged the importance of SUVs as the brand’s volume-selling “breadwinners.” Jaguar is an increasingly rare breed of automaker with more cars, at four [the F-Type, XE,

XF

and

XJ

] than SUVs [the I-Pace, E-Pace and F-Pace].

“The vehicle mix is the right balance,” he said. “I personally don’t believe that sedans are going to disappear. People will continue to go with sedans. The range you see currently will be eventually replaced by like-sized cars. That’s all I can say about that at the moment, but the XJ will be replaced, and eventually the XE and XF will be replaced. I really believe the cars are here forever, I don’t think they’re going to disappear in favor of SUVs.”

from Autoblog http://bit.ly/2Xf55GO

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