Jaguar Unveils First-Ever Electric Car at VIP-Only LA Soiree

Jaguar electrified Los Angeles by offering a first look at its new I-PACE electric concept car at a VIP event ahead of its LA Auto Show debut next week.

By Laura Schreffler

Haute Living

November 15, 2016 · 2 min read

Supermodel Miranda Kerr poses with the Jaguar I-PACE Concept, an all-electric performance vehicle, ahead of its global debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show with an exclusive VIP reception at Milk Studios

Photo Credit: Getty Images for Jaguar Land Rover

Jaguar electrified Los Angeles with a private event that offered a first look at the new I-PACE Concept Car on Monday night at Milk Studios ahead of its debut at the LA Auto Show next week. Over 300 attendees took part in a world-first, live cross-continent virtual reality reveal experience that transported the audience into a unique virtual world to explore the new I-PACE Concept vehicle. Using HTC Vive Business Edition headsets, powered by Dell Precision workstations, guests ‘sat’ on the concept’s virtual seats and experienced a 360⁰ view of Venice Beach as the I-PACE raced towards them across a virtual desert.

TV host James Cordon was among the first to see Jaguar’s electric car, the Jaguar I-PACE Concept. He’s seen here trying on virtual reality goggles

Photo Credit: Getty Images for Jaguar Land Rover

Miranda Kerr, Niall Horan, James Corden, Gavin Rossdale, Misha Barton, Jay Leno, Michelle Rodriguez, Bryce Harper, Louise Roe David Gandy, Mr. Hudson and Vannness Wu, among others, joined Jaguar Design Director Ian Callum at the event.

Musician Gavin Rossdale (L) and Jaguar Director of Design Ian Callum pose with the Jaguar I-PACE Concept

Photo Credit: Getty Images for Jaguar Land Rover

The I-PACE Concept transforms the electric driving experience and offers the driver-focused performance and response Jaguar is renowned for. The vehicle is equipped with a dramatic, future-facing cab-forward design with a beautiful interior. This production preview of the Jaguar I-PACE will be on the road in 2018.

Jaguar revealed its first-ever electric car - the Jaguar I-PACE Concept, during a VIP soiree at Milk Studios on Monday night — Jaguar revealed its first-ever electric car – the Jaguar I-PACE Concept, during a VIP soiree at Milk Studios on Monday night

Photo Credit: Getty Images for Jaguar Land Rover

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