Video: 2019 Jaguar I-Pace: First Look

Now, part of the reason that I liked the I-PACE so much is that it actually delivers on the promise of the styling scene on the I-PACE Concept. It's a little bit more muted because you kind of have to fit things together for a production version. For example, it has larger side mirrors because of safety regulations, but it still looks futuristic, sleek and it's a low-slung SUV, which is kind of invoked these days. Jaguar is also using the I-PACE to debut a few new technologies that we've already seen from sister brand, Land Rovers Range Rover Velar. So namely, that is Touch Pro Duo and what that is, it's a new multimedia and all around system that you use to control much of the functions of the car without any physical buttons. You have two screens here in the center console and these two dials, which will actually change functions so sometimes they'll be for climate, sometimes they'll change how the car drives just, it's a way to interact with the car without actually touching buttons. It's not my favorite because it's kind of hard to use while you're driving but our staff is actually a little bit split on that. Now the I-PACE's plunging roofline, might suggest that there isn't much room for backseat passengers, but that's not the case. There's a lot of headroom here and you also get a giant glass roof which will let a ton of light into the cabin and make everyone feel a little bit more comfortable. One more cool feature in the back row, they're behind these seats here, there are these two ports. Now Jaguar will actually sell you different accessories so you can plug things in there, whether it be like a tablet holder or maybe even a coat rack. And there's also four USB ports back here, which can be all used at the same time and that gives this car eight total. So if you own a ton of devices, you can charge them all at the same time. Now the final important figure for the I-PACE is price. Now it's going to start right around $70,000 before any federal tax credits. That undercuts its chief competitor, the Tesla Model X by about 10 grand and if you want an even higher trim of the Tesla, it's gonna cost you way more money. Speaking of Waymo, Jaguar has also entered into agreement with the self-driving company Waymo, and they're going to provide up to 20,000 I-PACEs for their self-driving fleet and those will start to hit the road at around 2020.