Jaguar’s betting big on electric propulsion. Not
only with the new I-Pace, but with its Formula E racing team – and maybe, just
maybe, an electric hypercar, too. But now it’s taken its electric powertrain
technology out onto the open water. And in the process, it’s set a new world
record.
Meet the V20E, an all-electric competition watercraft
developed by Jaguar, its offshore motorsport team Vector Racing, and technical
partner Williams Advanced Engineering – itself an offshoot of the Formula One
racing team.
With Jaguar Vector Racing technical director Peter
Dredge at the helm, the V20E averaged a top speed of 88.61 miles per hour,
running back and forth over a kilometer-long (3281-foot) stretch of Coniston
Water in the English Lake District. That was enough to break the previous
record of 76.8 mph that was set a decade ago, and makes the Jaguar Vector V20E
the fastest electric boat in the world.
The team intends to undertake more world and
national records over the course of the next year and a half, so don’t be
surprised to see this vessel (and others like it) coming up in the news over
the coming months.
