Jaguar I-Type 08 Revealed: Formula E Champions Unveil Their GEN4 Race Car

Jaguar TCS Racing, the reigning Formula E Teams’ World Champions, have revealed the Jaguar I-Type 08, the car they will race in the new GEN4 era of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. Unveiled at Jaguar at Knightsbridge in London, it is the most advanced competition car Jaguar has built, and it will hit the track at the official pre-season test in Madrid from 16 to 20 November.

Jaguar I-Type 08 at a glance

• Power: up to 600kW, with permanent active all-wheel drive (350kW rear, 250kW front)
• Regenerative braking: up to 700kW
• GEN4 gains: 43% more battery capacity and up to 71% more power than GEN3
• Livery: French Ultramarine Blue, a colour Type 01 customers can specify
• Drivers: António Félix da Costa (#13) and Stoffel Vandoorne (#5)
• Track debut: Formula E pre-season test, Madrid, 16 to 20 November

What GEN4 changes for Formula E

GEN4 is the biggest step yet in all-electric racing. Lap times are expected to fall by up to ten seconds compared with GEN3, and the team says the car will out-accelerate a Formula 1 car, while racing wheel-to-wheel at up to 200mph will demand far more from drivers mentally.

The rules also give manufacturers much more freedom. Jaguar now designs the motor, inverter, gearbox, rear suspension, active rear differential, cooling system, drive shafts and electrical harnesses, as well as the brake-by-wire and DC/DC converter systems and all of the software and controls. Active differentials front and rear let drivers adjust braking, cornering and traction balance from the cockpit corner by corner.

All teams will use new Bridgestone dry and wet tyres and two aerodynamic bodywork configurations. Race weekends also change: alongside the full 40-minute E-Prix with PIT BOOST and ATTACK MODE, double-headers will add Formula E Unleashed, a 25-minute high-downforce sprint with ATTACK MODE but no PIT BOOST.

From race track to road car

After ten years in Formula E, Jaguar says technology proven on track has already fed into the Type 01, its new luxury four-door GT. The wider GEN4 rules are expected to support continuous technology updates for the Type 01 and innovation for future Jaguar road cars. The car’s blue palette represents the technology pillar of Jaguar’s new brand identity, with the leaper set on the Type 01’s strikethrough graphic.

A line-up of two world champions

The team starts Season 2027 with two former Formula E Drivers’ World Champions. Between them, da Costa and Vandoorne have 18 wins, 31 further podiums, 16 pole positions and 10 fastest laps, and they took the Season 6 and Season 8 titles respectively.

Da Costa said: “It is an honour to launch Jaguar TCS Racing’s first car of the GEN4 era – the Jaguar I-Type 08. The look and feel of the race car is amazing and I cannot wait to push it to the limit on track.”

Vandoorne, who spent last season as the team’s test and reserve driver, said: “GEN4 is probably going to be the biggest change in Formula E’s history in terms of the performance increase, the technology now available to us and just how complex the cars are.”

The most successful team in Formula E history

Jaguar TCS Racing has 26 wins and 36 further podiums, more than any other team, and won the Teams’ World Championship in 2024 and 2026. With its GEN4 commitment, Jaguar will have competed in every generation of Formula E.

Team Principal Ian James said: “The launch of the Jaguar I-Type 08 marks an exciting new chapter for Jaguar TCS Racing competing at the pinnacle of electric motorsport.”

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