Jaguar, along with Pramac, a manufacturer of generators and storage and transportation equipment, recently used the old lithium battery packs replaced by the Jaguar I-Pace prototype and engineering test and certification vehicles to create an Off Grid Battery Energy Storage System with 125kWh of battery and solar panel power generation, which is currently used by jaguar TCS Racing team in Formula E in 2022 The season's UK and Spanish stations are mainly used through the energy storage system to supply Formula E's vehicle diagnostic equipment, and can also be used as an auxiliary power supply for pit rest area garages. Jaguar also emphasizes that the energy storage system is more powerful than the electricity used to fill an I-Pace or power the home for a week.
Jaguar's first pure-powered vehicle, the I-Pace, was first officially unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2018, and it was the result of five years of research and development by the original manufacturer, which was a platform code-named D7e, using a 400V voltage architecture, and developed a "pure electric SUV for sports models" that emphasizes independence. In 2019, for the first time, he won 3 awards: World Wind Cloud Vehicle, World Green Energy Wind Cloud Vehicle, and World Design Wind Cloud Vehicle. Its front and rear axles are equipped with 2 permanent magnet electric motors developed by Jaguar in-house, providing a maximum horsepower of 400 hp and a maximum torque of 695 Nm. The output performance of the meter, accelerating from 0 to 100 km/h in just 4.8 seconds, the battery is equipped with a 90 kWh lithium-ion bag lithium battery pack, and the original WLTP range is 470 km/ H.
For Jaguar I-Pace's 90kWh lithium battery pack, in addition to the original factory to ensure that it can maintain more than 70% of the battery health for 8 years or 160,000 kilometers, I-Pace's 90kWh lithium battery pack also has up to 95% of the material for recycling.
In addition to the recyclable material of the battery pack itself, Jaguar's original factory has also recently worked with Pramac, a manufacturer of generators and storage and transportation equipment, to develop a set of systems called ESS Off Grid Battery Energy Storage System, which mainly uses the original I-Pace prototype and the old lithium battery pack on some engineering testing and certification vehicles to transform into 125kWh energy storage lithium batteries, so that these lithium batteries can play a role" Second Spring".
In the power supply section, the Off Grid BatteryESS off-grid battery energy storage system uses solar panels to charge the 125kWh battery. At present, Jaguar's Formula E E factory team, Jaguar TCS Racing Team, has taken the lead in practically applying this energy storage system in the UK and Spain stations of the 2022 ABB FIA Formula E championship season. In addition to powering the team's track performance diagnostic equipment, the energy storage system can also power the Jaguar TCS Racing team's garage in the pit rest area of the track as an additional auxiliary power. The next leg of the system will also travel to Rome from 9 to 10 April.
Jaguar further pointed out that this off-grid energy storage power supply system, with its capacity of 125kWh, supplying an I-Pace with a 90kWh battery, or powering home electricity for a week (based on the average weekly consumption of 72.3kWh per week in the UK in 2019), can be considered quite enough. The system is even equipped with a battery power dynamic mixing control system and provides a Type2 specification AC charging pile, which can reach up to 22kW when charging the electric vehicle.