Jaguar I-Pace EV Charging Cable

What actually happened with the two chargers

This gets described wrongly often enough to be worth setting straight. Cars ordered between March 2018 and July 2020 had a 7 kW single phase charger and nothing else; there was no three phase option alongside it. From model year 2021 Jaguar fitted an 11 kW three phase unit as standard equipment, not as an upgrade.

Here is why that matters less than it sounds. Jaguar published both cases itself: customers in single phase markets using 7 kW wall boxes get about 22 miles of charge per hour with a full charge taking 12.75 hours, while three phases bring that down to 8.6 hours. Ninety kilowatt hours over 12.75 hours is 7.06 kW; over 8.6 hours it is 10.5 kW. Britain wires houses on one phase. So every I-Pace of every model year charges at about 7 kW on a driveway, and the 11 kW unit buys a normal home nothing at all.

The ceiling is the car, so a heavier cable finishes at the same time. Which makes the cable decision simple: a 32A single phase lead, on any I-Pace ever sold.

The socket is at the front, which helps

The charging inlet is on the nearside front flank, behind the front wheel and ahead of the passenger door. That is confirmed by a UK source describing a UK car rather than translated from European data.

On a 4.68 metre car that is worth real money in cable terms. If you drive nose in with the wall box on your left, the socket ends up within a couple of metres of it. A vehicle this size with a rear quarter socket would be a ten metre proposition on the same driveway.

Battery, range and rapid charging

The pack is 90 kWh gross with about 84.7 kWh usable, and Jaguar quotes 292 miles WLTP, with an independent real world estimate of around 235 miles. DC charging peaks at 104 kW and averages 83 kW across ten to eighty per cent. Jaguar frames the rapid case usefully: a 50 kW charger adds up to 39 miles in fifteen minutes and a 100 kW charger up to 78 miles in the same time.

The gap between those figures and the home case is what the cable is for. Rapid charging handles journeys a few times a year; the Type 2 lead handles the other ninety per cent, overnight, at a fraction of the cost per mile.

How long a full charge takes

The arithmetic is simple: kWh over kW, 13 per cent on top for losses, rounded to the nearest quarter hour. Miles per hour is worked at 3.5 miles per kWh, a figure that survives a cold morning. Working from 84.7 kWh usable. Our top row lands close to Jaguar's own 12.75 hour figure, and the second row is the three phase case Britain almost never has.

Fourteen hours from genuinely flat is arithmetic rather than experience: nobody drives a 90 kWh car to nought. At 7 kW the I-Pace gains about 25 miles an hour, so an overnight window replaces a very long day.

Which length for an I-Pace

Measure to the nearside front wing with the car parked as it actually sits. Nose in with a nearside wall box and five metres is plausible; reverse in, or mount the charge point on the offside, and ten metres is the right call.

Fifteen metres suits a long driveway or a garage where the wall box is at the far wall. Work it out from where the car genuinely sits, not where it could sit, and leave slack.

How these cables are built

The lead is an IEC 62196-2 design, CE marked, IP55 sealed against a British winter and rated from -30C to +50C.

Three pin construction follows IEC 62752, CE marked, IP67 rated, usable from -30C to +60C. Two years of manufacturer warranty, free next working day shipping anywhere in the UK, and a month to change your mind.

Also from Jaguar: Jaguar E-Pace P300e EV Charging Cable. The full range of Jaguar charging cables is on one page.

Jaguar I-Pace charging cable questions

Does my I-Pace have the 7 kW or the 11 kW charger?

Cars ordered before August 2020 have the 7 kW single phase unit. From model year 2021 the 11 kW three phase unit was standard. Either way a British house gives the car about 7 kW.

Is the 11 kW charger worth anything at home?

No. It needs three phases. Jaguar's own figures are 12.75 hours for a full charge on a single phase 7 kW supply against 8.6 hours on three phases, and a normal house can only offer the first.

Where is the charge socket on an I-Pace?

Nearside front flank, behind the front wheel and ahead of the passenger door. That usually means a shorter cable than a car this size would suggest.

How long does an I-Pace take to charge at home?

About thirteen to fourteen hours from empty at 7 kW, which works out at roughly 25 miles of range for every hour plugged in.

What cable does it need?

A 32A single phase Type 2 to Type 2 cable, on every model year.