Auto Shanghai 2023: Lotus Technology exhibits three vehicles On April 18, Lotus Technology Inc. showcased three vehicles at Auto Shanghai 2023. The brand displayed four models of Eletre, its first fully electric hyper SUV, along with an Evija, the world's first pure electric British hypercar, and an Emira, the mid-engined sports car, Lotus's last ICE vehicle. The Company is now rolling out further deliveries of Eletre across China and will begin...

News  Updated at: 2023/04/19

Hyperbat, UK to supply battery packs to all-electric Lotus Evija On December 19, Hyperbat, the joint venture of Unipart and Williams Advanced Engineering, sealed a multi-million pound contract to supply batteries to Lotus for its new all-electric Evija. It will manufacture the 90kWh lithium-ion battery packs for Evija. Full production will take place at the firm’s brand-new production line at Unipart Manufacturing Group’s site in Coventry....

News  Updated at: 2022/12/20

the next five years. The company will introduce a luxury battery electric SUV (internal code: Type 132) in 2022, followed by a 4-door luxury battery electric coupe (internal code: Type 133) in 2023 and a large BEV (internal code: Type 134) in 2025.  The above three vehicles will be joined by the EVIJA battery electric hypercar introduced by Lotus in the UK and a small battery electric sports car (internal code: Type 135) to be unveiled in 2026...

News  Updated at: 2021/09/02

tal investment in UK facilities now stands at more than GBP 100 million, which includes two new production halls at the company’s iconic home in Hethel, Norfolk. One is now in pre-production for the Emira, the all-new Lotus sports car to be unveiled at Hethel on Tuesday 6 July. The other, for the Evija all-electric hypercar, has completed prototype production and first customer cars will be built later this year. Hethel – the Lotus Advanced P...

News  Updated at: 2021/06/01

Lotus announces what3words navigation in all cars from 2022 On April 27, what3words announced that Lotus will be building what3words into the head units of all its future vehicles from 2022. In the meantime, Lotus Evija drivers will get an early peek into what3words navigation via the Evija drivers’ app. what3words has divided the world into 3 metre squares and given each square a unique combination of three words: a what3words address. Street ...

News  Updated at: 2021/05/17

gle-speed epicyclic transmission with an integrated high performance electric motor, capable of a maximum speed of 17,000 rpm with a peak input torque of 425 Nm. Coupled with a mass of just 12.5 kg, this high-power density solution has been chosen by Lotus for their revolutionary new hyper EV, the Evija, which required a tightly packaged EDU (consisting of transmission, motor and inverter) to power each wheel, resulting in a total vehicle power ...

News  Updated at: 2020/04/22

Lotus Evija makes North American debut, begins world tour at California’s Monterey Car Week On August 16, Lotus’s all-new Evija hypercar made its North American debut at the Quail Lodge and Golf Club in Monterrey, California as part of a high-profile world tour, ahead of its appearance two days later at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. The news comes as Lotus confirmed it took the first Evija order from a Miami, Florida customer, the f...

News  Updated at: 2019/08/17