As for the 'XJ Hybrid itself'



"The company plans to bring the XJ Hybrid into production in 2011. It will have a slightly lower 30 mile all-electric range, and get a slightly higher 57 mpg in generator mode"





1) Production of the 'basic' version is pegged to begin at the beginning of 2011 (at best)...so probably not going to see the 'hybrid' in '11, (especially considering they are laying off anyone who isn't putting nuts on a wheel directly-how can they spend a billion on this project now? Is there a payback?) Maybe we could see a few in 2012, and a couple thousand in 2013?



Which leads me to wonder if they do produce anything will it not just be a few 'one-offs' as they are already on the record as having a 'all-new' XJ debuting in late 2014, as a 2015 model. Are they really going to spend a billion dollars to just have to rework the whole thing? Feels like a green wash as they need a boatload of cash...likely they are just getting into the 'you give us money, we will built this for you' line.



2) The 'new XJ' is basically a heavily reworked current XJ...so that means it weighs in at 3,800 pounds to start...then pack another 600 on for battery and we are at 4,400. I'm guessing at best a cd of around .30 (with what that looks to displace from the picture)...so 57MPG is totally unreasonable to me, especially with the performance that would be expected here (I'd say 33 and count yourself lucky). As for a 30 mile AER, probably looking at a 20kWh pack to boot.



The XJ bases out around $70,000, the next gen maybe $80,000...add on another 15-20K for the 'hybrid', and you are looking at this going up against the six figure super premium imports and high end EVs (Tesla Roadster/Model S and Fisker Karma).



Side note: How do people get to these fantastical MPG numbers on E-Revs when they have done zero ground/real-world work on them? If you can just pencil in 50+ based on this platform (series) when the battery is depleted, regardless of pesky things like shape or weight of the car, and is still viable to sell on even a small limited run of vehicles...why haven't we already seen this setup adopted?



4,400 pound Jag that gets 57 MPG ICE and performs like a Jag? I call shenanigans.



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#10 Nasaman: Happy Easter to you too. My 3 year old had a blast hunting for Easter eggs this morning...although I think I had a better time watching him. (=