LOTUS ELETRE (2022): Price, info and photos of the 1st electric SUV of the brand

Lotus Elter (2022) – No offense to the late Colin Chapman, founder of the famous emblem, which until the end of his life (1982) endeavored to produce small light sportsmen, Lotus revealed, forty years after his death, A vehicle accumulating two weights of weight: SUV and electric.
Since Affairs of the British craftsman by the Geely group (China), in 2017, Lotus continues his little man by assembling rustic sportsmen obsessed with their weight, as for 70 years. But this apparent lethargy hides a large transformation plan for the range aimed at complete electrification of future models. After a first summons embodied, in 2020, by the 2000 electro-horse, limited to 130 copies, Lotus passes to the upper gear by revealing the very first SUV, which is more electric, in its history.

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The leading VE architecture of the Lotus Elter makes it possible to obtain up to 400 km of autonomy in just 20 minutes of load, with a maximum autonomy of 600 km (WLTP).

Encrypted objectives – the detailed characteristics of the vehicle appearing on this page are target specifications based on simulations. Certain characteristics of the model, options or colors presented may not be available or only in a different specification. Fuel consumption data and specified emissions are determined in accordance with the measurement procedures prescribed by law. On January 1, 2022, the WLTP test cycle completely replaced the NEDC test cycle. No NEDC value is therefore available for new vehicles approved after this date. Autonomy can vary in practice depending on driving style, speed, load factor, outside temperature and topographic conditions. The charge time reached in practice may vary depending on external circumstances such as the type of charger, the state of the battery and the temperature. Electricity consumption combined from 21.4 kWh/100 km; Co₂ Co₂ emissions 0 g/km.

LOTUS ELETRE (2022): Price, info and photos of the 1st electric SUV of the brand

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Lotus Elter (2022) – No offense to the late Colin Chapman, founder of the famous emblem, which until the end of his life (1982) endeavored to produce small light sportsmen, Lotus revealed, forty years after his death, A vehicle accumulating two weights of weight: SUV and electric.
Since Affairs of the British craftsman by the Geely group (China), in 2017, Lotus continues his little man by assembling rustic sportsmen obsessed with their weight, as for 70 years. But this apparent lethargy hides a large transformation plan for the range aimed at complete electrification of future models. After a first summons embodied, in 2020, by the 2000 electro-horse, limited to 130 copies, Lotus passes to the upper gear by revealing the very first SUV, which is more electric, in its history.

It is heavy

Thousands of the slogan “Light is right” (what is light is good) of which Colin Chapman had made his leitmotif. A weight data that the eletre is careful not to disclose, for the time being, but that one can easily imagine flirting with the 2.5 t in the light of his monumental template spanning 5.10 m. A record whose brand would have gone well, it prefers to boast of aligning on the market “First electric hyper-Suv in the world “, Failing the most efficient. Here again, the mystery remains around the power levels that its multiple variants will deliver, however promising 600 hp at least.

What’s performance ?

Not enough to worry the thermal competition, much lighter and powerful, among which appear the Aston Martin DBX707 (707 hp) and Lamborghini Urus (650 hp), except for the exercise of 0 to 100 km/h that the Elter promises to shoot down in less than 3 s thanks to the phenomenal couple inherent in electric propulsions. We bet, however, that, on the layout of the Nürburgring, the native of Hethel will struggle to keep up with the rhythm of a more agile competition and whose maximum speed is not limited to 260 km/h, unlike him.

Big battery

We can easily convince ourselves by learning that the battery or rather the anvil that will animate it, will develop A capacity greater than 100 kWh with a view to accessing 600 km of autonomy, While 800 V employee technology already announces Lightning recharge time. If, on paper, the Lotus SUV seems poorly crossed out to win laurels on the circuit, it should however assert itself as one of the most comfortable thanks to a pneumatic suspension and continuous damping control. An unusual vocabulary so far by the English manufacturer.
Conversely, He should not shine by his habitability, Although using an exclusively thought out for electricity, generally better optimized than thermal platforms. Indeed, its wheelbase length (3.02 m) is identical to that of an urus whose size is generally similar. By way of comparison, this rating between the two axles does not No better than a Jaguar I-Pace, yet shorter of 32 cm in total.

Inner refinement

To make the difference, the Elertre will count on its look but also on its interior refinement, once again contradictory with the image of lotus. It is true that the interior furniture impresses by the care granted to the design and the choice of materials. By ecological conviction, leather is replaced by mixed wool, when the harsh elements are braided in a recycled carbon fiber. The technology is not to be outdone when, so far, we have been in front of simple electric windows in a lotus. As in most premium manufacturers, we are promised a unique user experience in the human-machine interface (IHM) materialized by a OLED touch screen of 15.1 ” Supplied by an augmented reality head -up display, while rear passengers also enjoy a digital slab.
So many entertainment sources capable of diverting passengers from driving pleasure. That’s good, the eletre has thought of everything by equipping the top of its windshield with a Lidar, a kind of even more sophisticated radar emitting pulses of infrared light that will facilitate the deployment of autonomous driving, in the coming years. Failing to rejoice to delegate the piloting of a lotus with artificial intelligence, let us consider that the future of the brand will be played on occasion to hope to take pleasure while driving.
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