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Jaguar XJ

The electric Jaguar XJ was a battery-electric luxury saloon car due to be launched in 2021 by British car company Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) under their Jaguar Cars marque. It was to supersede the XJ (X351), the last example of which was built in July 2019. In February 2021, CEO Thierry Bolloré announced that this car was cancelled as part of Jaguar's Reimagine plan, although the XJ name may be revived at a later date.

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Predecessor: Jaguar XJ (X351)

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History

A prototype based on the contemporary XJ (X351) was built in 2010; the X351-based vehicle was equipped with a 145 kW (194 hp), 400 N⋅m (295 lb⋅ft) traction motor and included a three-cylinder, 35 kW (47 hp) range extending gasoline engine. It was said to have a range of 600 mi (970 km) with a combined fuel economy of 57 mpg‑imp (5.0 L/100 km; 47 mpg‑US). Project X391. On 5 July 2019, the last day of production of their Jaguar XJ (X351) car at their Castle Bromwich Assembly site, JLR announced they intended to build its replacement, an all-electric luxury saloon car, at the same plant. JLR had confirmed its plans previously in May. A teaser image of the model was shown at the 2019 Frankfurt Auto Show. The car was originally expected to be launched in 2020. According to The Verge, the new model was being "developed by the same team that created the I-Pace" and JLR were planning to make a new range of electrified vehicles at the plant. The project was codenamed X391, and was being developed alongside the Land Rover Road Rover (project code L392), which was detailed in October 2019. JLR had planned to update the Castle Bromwich plant to produce the car on the company's new Modular Longitudinal Architecture (MLA) platform. The plan to build the electric Jaguar XJ saloon, replacing the manufacturing of the conventional XJ at this plant, was viewed as essential for "safeguarding the jobs of 2,500 people", or 2,700 people according to BBC News. Manufacturing of the new model had been expected to start in autumn 2019, after a significant investment in upgrades to the facility. David Bailey, a professor of business economics at Birmingham Business School, said that, without the new electric model, the Castle Bromwich plant would "effectively be dead". The COVID-19 pandemic in the

Design

In March 2020, a prototype X391 was photographed while undergoing testing on public roads. Although the car's features were obscured, Autocar commented that the prototype's "long bonnet and high waistline aren't unlike those of the outgoing XJ", and the X391 would have been wider and taller than the X351. MLA was designed to accommodate underfloor batteries up to 90.2 kW-hr in size, providing up to 290 mi (470 km) of range using one traction motor on each axle.

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Specifications

name

Jaguar XJ (electric)

Manufacturer

Jaguar Land Rover

Production

2020 (cancelled)

Assembly

United Kingdom: Birmingham (Castle Bromwich Assembly)

Class

Executive car

Layout

Dual-motor, four-wheel-drive

Platform

Jaguar Land Rover MLA

Battery

90.2 kWh lithium ion

Electric range

290 mi

Predecessor

Jaguar XJ (X351)

sp

uk

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US EPA fuel-economy records

US EPA test figures (US MPG, US test cycle).

Sources

• Wikidata — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65087915CC0 1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-01
• Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar_XJ_(electric)CC BY-SA 4.0 · Text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1343512669 · retrieved 2026-10-01
• Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.

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