As they say, no guts, no glory.  Time will tell if Jag made the right move or not.  All depends if the owners have the patience to wait it out.  

still looks like a bloated tick...

Well look at how well their last ad campaign went. Also lots of news organizations have been tying that to them killing production off (which was planned anyways) as a failure of the company. 

They are using the tech to make the batteries, that is what the issue is, they aren't coming from China, plus Ford has developed their own batteries, but that is another 3-5 years out for production.  https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/ford/2025/04/24/ford-ev-battery-lithium-manganese-rich/83231092007/

That would never fly because it would make it more expensive for everyone to do and disproportionately hurt lower wage makers who often drive further to work. So it wouldn't work politically 

Adjusted for inflation, gas prices were around $3 per gallon at start of oil crisis 50 years ago, when cars reportedly only got about 14 MPG or less on average.  By comparison, a family car today similar to hybrid Accord or Camry that gets over 3 times the mileage could drive at same fuel cost per mile even if gas was around $10 per gallon.   Instead of CAFE, had government addressed fuel efficiency and desired lower consumption by gradually increasing fuel prices over the last 50 years, we would now have even more efficient cars/vehicles, and more importantly would have incentivized people to make better fuel-saving decisions.  CAFE addresses the vehicle itself but doesn’t encourage driving less in order that we collectively burn less gas overall.  Initially the goal 50 years ago was oil independence and today it’s more about reducing green house gases, but regardless we still burn a lot of gas/fuel because it’s cheap.  Please don’t get me wrong, I like stuff to be cheaper, but in this case if we really want everyone to use less gas, just make it more expensive.  I see higher energy costs as a necessary evil if we actually want significant results.    

Looks good for city and adventure driving on easy trails, but charging rate seems too slow to me for long touring highway trips.  If it takes 30 minutes to charge from 10-80% battery SOC as reported, and required every couple of hours of high-speed cruising, it would get old extremely fast.  I look forward to seeing driving range at steady 75 MPH tested.

Fair point, lol. 

“In the new era, it (Jaguar) wants to cater to a younger crowd of 'progressive people.'“   “Jaguar’s Managing Director, Rawdon Glover, recently stated that the company has come to grips with the fact that most customers will take their business elsewhere following the brand’s reinvention. He estimates as many as 85% of buyers won’t return to purchase the Type 00 when it arrives in production guise later this year.”   https://www.motor1.com/news/766281/new-jaguar-all-about-exuberance/   I don’t know about you, but this does not strike me as a recipe for success.  I could be wrong…

It really is insanely counterintuitive when you think about it. The entire point of CAFE is to improve efficiency and the environment impact, but it's essentially the very thing that killed small affordable cars.    Just ditch CAFE across the industry I say, or at least with sedans and hatchbacks. They're already plenty environmentally efficient and will continue to improve without government interference.