Subsidy battle brewing over electric cars Experts acknowledge there are many cheaper ways to reduce carbon dioxide emissions than electric cars. Jaguar’s I-PACE is an electric car. Jaguar Land Rover Share Tony Wood, one of Australia’s foremost energy experts, recently bought an I-PACE, a Jaguar electric car that can hit 100km/h in under five seconds while playing songs from his Spotify account. Wood, an analyst at the Grattan Institute think-tank, wanted to explore alternatives to the internal combustion engine and help the planet. He loves driving the car but has found some practical difficulties. “Getting a charging facility in an apartment building is currently a bit of a chore,” he says.