Jaguar: Electric vehicles ‘too heavy, too slow’

Speaking at the Automotive News Europe Congress in Birmingham in the UK, Speth also said the battery technologies associated with electric-only vehicls are “too heavy, too expensive” and the potential power density is “too low”. Speth did, however, admit that “the next generation of batteries will be higher density, lower weight and the cost will come down”, but neglected to mention when he thinks this will happen.