This Armored Jaguar I-Pace From South Africa Is The First Of Its Kind | Carscoops carscoops
EVs. In that context, a South African company called Armormax revealed the first armored Jaguar I-Pace, offering B4-level protection allegedly without drawbacks in performance.
Armormax didn’t take this project lightly, requesting technical support from the local arm of Jaguar Land Rover. Thus, the modifications were done in a careful and respectful manner to the design of theRezvani Vengeance Debuts As A $249,000 Military-Inspired SUV Based On The Cadillac Escalade The Jaguar I-Pace received ballistic glass all around with a thickness of 22 mm . It also rides on a new set of run-flat tires, allowing it to escape danger. The B4-level classification means that the EV can withstand shots from handguns and shotguns, but not from larger riffles.
Adding armor to a vehicle usually leads to weight gains which would have a toll on both the performance and the driving range of an electric vehicle. Thankfully, the company made use of the “lightest armor that is available globally”, and claims that the performance of the I-Pace is unaffected. Still, the armored EV will be inevitably heavier than the standard model that tips the scales at 4,868 pounds – the question is by how much.
The Armormax Jaguar might be the first armored I-Pace in the world, but it is not the first armored EV. Similar options are already available for electric cars including the Tesla Model S, while
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