Is Jaguar Perhaps Planning An Electric Sports Car? 'EV-Type' Trademark Teases Us With Possibilities

Carmakers do their best to keep future-model plans a secret, but the sprawling bureaucracy of today's corporate operations can sometimes make that difficult.

A part of that work involves protecting intellectual property for potential new models and technologies that may not even be confirmed for production.

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The fact that Jaguar recently trademarked the name "EV-Type" brings up some interesting possibilities.

The registration was filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on October 30--and also with a similar registry in Europe--for use on "motor land vehicles" and other applications, Motor Authority reports.

Jaguar hasn't confirmed any plans for an electric car, but the use of the "-Type" designation indicates that it's at least considering a plug-in sports car.

While Jaguar used to offer the S-Type and X-Type sedans (as well as an X-Type wagon, briefly), that style of name is currently used only by the F-Type two-seat sports car.

The name EV-Type is also a somewhat playful reference to the car that inspired the F-Type, the classic E-Type.

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