Second Life For I-Pace Batteries

Jaguar’s engineering team has been working with Pramac, a global leader in the energy sector, to develop a zeroemission energy storage unit powered by re-used Jaguar I-Pace batteries. Although the I-Pace batteries have a warranty of 8-years (or 160,000km), eventually the battery health in all EV’s will fall below the stringent requirements of an electric vehicle and will need replacement. However, the batteries have a second-life and can be reused in lowenergy situations. Called the “Off Grid Battery Energy Storage System” (ESS); Pramac’s technology features lithium-ion cells from Jaguar I-PACE batteries taken from prototype and engineering test vehicles and supplies zero-emission power where access to the mains supply is limited or unavailable. Charged from solar panels, the technology features lithium-ion cells from one-and-a-half second-life Jaguar I-PACE batteries. The ESS has helped Jaguar TCS Racing prepare for the 2022 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship during testing in the UK and Spain. It has been used to run the team’s diagnostic equipment, analyse the cars’ track performance and supply auxiliary power to the Jaguar pit garage. Finding a second life for batteries following their removal from vehicles will avoid premature recycling. Once the battery does finally come to the end of its usable life, it is 95 per cent recyclable. The partnership is the first in Jaguar Land Rover’s plans to create new circular economy business models for its vehicle batteries. As part of its commitment to net zero status by 2039, the company will be launching further programmes that deliver second-life and beyond uses for its electric vehicle batteries. Second-life battery supply for stationary applications, like renewable energy storage, could exceed 200 gigawatt-hours per year by 2030, creating a global value over $30 billion. . Information for this story from Jaguar. For full story Goto: Second Life I-Pace Batteries

The April/May 2022 edition of Classic Jaguar includes the following feature stories: ◊ A Very Red 1955 D-Type: One of only two factory painted red D-Type’s with matching red interior. The life story of

XKD518, the sports-racers route to the USA. ◊ SNG Barrett: The editor goes behind the scenes at the

Barrett’s nerve centre and finds out what makes the company tick. ◊ XK120 Roadtrip: They abandon the comfort of luxury and take to the hills in a rather special XK120. ◊ Australian Mark 2’s in Competition: Nine-page feature story about three Mark 2’s that fly the flag for compact

Jaguar competition in Australia (Lionel Walker, Tim

Mallyon, Tony Pallas). ◊ Running Report V12 -E-Type: Part 1 of an E-Type restoration project. ◊ In Defence of the X-Type: They recall the controversy surrounding the X-Type’s launch and put the model into historical context. ◊ Monte Carlo by SS Saloon: In 1939, Jack Harrop, William

Edgar Currie and George Mangolesti entered a 3.5 litre SS

Jaguar Saloon in the last Monte Carlo Rally before the war and became the first British car home. (Part 1). ◊ Secrets of powder coating: They investigate the theory and ◊ practice behind this popular restoration process. Workshop: Fitment of Engine Management System to early model Jaguars. .