Jaguars Electrified Classic

What will happen to the classics if the world goes electric?

Yes, the car world is slowly going electric, big car companies are slowly dropping their massive naturally aspirated engines, and trying to incorporate electric drive trains into their production cars. The governments in various countries are trying to set higher pollution standards and many countries as well as automotive manufacturers have decided to go “all electric” by 2020 and some by 2030. And as a car guy I hate electric cars, not ‘cause they are faster than normal cars but because I do love the sound of the growling V8s,10s,12s and 16s, and that will soon be replaced by the whining noise of an electric motor.

Even though electric cars are way better than ICE’s (Internal Combustion Engines) when it comes to putting more power on the ground, increasing efficiency, achieving higher torque ratio’s and even beating the oil gulping beasts in the world’s greatest drag race. But change is necessary there is a whole new era of cars coming. We can even see the incorporation of electric drive-trains and battery assists in hypercars like Mercedes Hypercar which was revealed at the Frankfurt Motor Show, Mercedes’ regular production vehicles and  BMW’s etc. In some time, the petrol & diesel cars will be banned and it will mark the end of a revolution which started in 1800’s, these cars have been here for about 2 centuries. After all this, one question arises… 

What will happen to the classics if the world goes electric?

These cars need to be preserved, there are a lot of people out there who collect these classics and one solution to the problem was shown by Jaguar to revive the classic by making them electric! In what is called as the “E Type 0” they redesigned the old jaguar classic E type which according to me has one of the most beautiful design. Jaguar designed a new electric drive train and modernized the whole car not design-wise but by upgrading the electronics and the power train.

 

 Making it more reliable and fun to drive, that is indeed a really creative solution to the world going “all electric”, because these cars were never reliable and were considered more like pieces of art having a timeless design, kept in the garage and this technique of making them enjoyable, drivable and more reliable can preserve these timeless designs for ages and be an inspiration for the generations to come. Personally I also like the design of the Mercedes SL300, Ford Mustang from the 1950s and a few Ferrari’s.

The only thing I would not like on these cars is the missing sound of naturally aspirated V series engines and the mechanical gauges, don’t ask me why, but I am an old school guy who likes little details in design and the pure sound from the engine. But no one could ever stop a technological shift (Unless you were Big OIL …. *wink wink*). Hence, yes I will miss these old school engines and maybe that’s the price you have to pay for a far better future and an upcoming revolution.