The 1000bhp EV has been named in tribute to brand's legendary sports cars and its era-defining status
Jaguar's new era-defining electric GT will be called Type 01, the company has confirmed ahead of its unveiling later this year.
The 1000bhp-plus sports saloon, which heralds Jaguar's new era as a maker of pure-electric luxury cars, has hitherto been known as Type 00 after the preceding concept or X900, its internal codename.
But now, a year and a half on from the concept's unveiling and with the production car due to be unwrapped in a matter of months, Jaguar has announced the name its new super-limo will take into showrooms.
This is a name with three significant elements, said the companyr.
The 'Type' prefix emphasises the new car's place in a succession of "legendary predecessors" stretching back to the C-Type racer that won at Le Mans in 1951 and continuing through the D-Type, E-Type and F-Type.Â
Each of these cars, said Jaguar, was celebrated for blending "an engaging drive with deep reserves of power, plus refinement and composure" - attributes it aims for the new EV to share.
Meanwhile, the '0' represents its zero-emissions powertrain and the '1' "denotes its status as the first Jaguar of a new era".
Camouflaged prototypes of the Type 01 (which Autocar drove recently in Sweden)Â will take to the circuit for a public demonstration ahead of this weekend's Formula E race in Monaco, before the wraps are finally removed. Jaguar has yet to confirm a date or venue for the big reveal.
The Type 01 will come to market in the first half of 2027, breaking a circa 18-month hiatus on new Jaguar production that began with the retirement of the F-Pace SUV in December.
The marque is being completely rebranded and repositioned as a more upmarket purveyor of exclusive, luxury-oriented EVs priced well above the relatively mainstream models that made up its most recent range.Â
Prices for the Type 01 are set to range from around £120,000 to more than £150,000 for high-spec, heavily personalised examples - a window that Jaguar believes pitches itself between more mainstream premium marques like BMW and Mercedes-Benz and top-drawer luxury contenders like Bentley and Aston Martin.
Details on further models to follow have yet to be officially confirmed, but Autocar has previously reported that a large limousine and an SUV are likely to be the next cars to use Jaguar's bespoke new JEA architecture - and now it looks like they could take the Type 02 and Type 03 names into production.
