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The Kiwi was embroiled in a four-way battle for last season’s title, but his hopes of overhauling eventual champion Stoffel Vandoorne were dented by an electrical issue at London’s E-Prix despite his best efforts in the Seoul finale.
This preceded preparations for Formula E’s Gen3 ruleset, which features a more powerful drive motor, regenerative braking at both the front and rear of the car, and new tyres from Hankook among the headline changes.
Although testing programmes for the majority of manufacturers have been interrupted by battery issues, which Formula E says have now been overcome, Evans underlined that he was confident in the mileage that Jaguar had been able to achieve.
Speaking at Jaguar’s launch of its I-Type 6 Gen3 car, Evans said that he was left pleased with what Jaguar has been able to achieve in testing – but was wary that another manufacturer could kick off the season with a march over t …