Lotus will tackle the Porsche Taycan, Tesla Mannequin S Plaid, and Lucid Air Sapphire with its personal high-performance electrical sedan.
Due someday subsequent 12 months as a 2025 mannequin, the Lotus Emeya is the automaker’s second EV, following the Eletre SUV. It is also newest in a set of premium, flagship sedans or fastbacks that emphasize efficiency, maybe on the expense of effectivity.
The Emeya rides on the identical Electrical Premium Structure because the Eletre, and borrows some styling components from it, however has a coupe-like kind Lotus describes as a “hyper GT.” Just like the Eletre, Lotus can also be exhibiting the Emeya with cameras as an alternative of exterior mirrors, however that choice won’t be obtainable for autos offered within the U.S. as a consequence of present laws.
Lotus Emeya
Purposeful components embrace energetic air-intake shutters that shut to scale back drag or open for cooling as wanted, in addition to an adjustable rear spoiler and rear diffuser.
Lotus will launch full specs later this 12 months, however for now the automaker as confirmed that the Emeya’s dual-motor all-wheel drive powertrain will match the Eletre’s 905 hp. That can get the sedan from 0-62 mph in underneath 2.8 seconds, with a high velocity of 155 mph, Lotus says.
The automaker additionally confirmed a 2-speed transmission and 102-kwh battery pack, however did not talk about vary. For reference, the Eletre, with a 112-kwh pack, is estimated at as much as 373 miles on the extra lenient European WLTP testing cycle.
Lotus Emeya
DC quick charging at as much as 350 kw can add as much as 93 miles of vary in roughly 5 minutes of charging, and full a ten%-80% cost in simply quarter-hour, Lotus claims.
At shut to five,500 kilos, the Emeya is not the form of gentle, nimble automotive that Lotus constructed its fame on. However the automaker claims an energetic air suspension system, with sensors that learn the street floor as much as 1,000 instances per second, plus the low middle of gravity inherent in EVs, will ship glorious dealing with.
Inside, the Emeya makes use of a freestanding landscape-oriented touchscreen and a slim digital instrument cluster as the primary interface. Extra info is conveyed by way of a head-up show. A KEF audio system will likely be obtainable, together with the mix of leather-based and Alcantara trim that is de rigueur in efficiency vehicles.
Lotus Emeya
The Emeya will begin manufacturing subsequent 12 months, probably on the identical Wuhan, China, manufacturing unit that builds the Eletre. Pricing will likely be launched nearer to launch, however a $150,000 base worth is probably going. That places the Emeya in the identical vary as its rivals from Porsche, Tesla, and Lucid.
The Mannequin S Plaid claims to be the quickest manufacturing automotive ever, with a 0-60 mph time claimed to be slightly below 2 seconds. However the Lucid Air Sapphire will problem each the Tesla and Lotus on driving dynamics when it arrives in 2024. Lucid’s CEO, Peter Rawlinson, as soon as was chief engineer of Lotus Automobiles.
Porsche nailed the efficiency facet of its Taycan, however has discovered that it wanted to emphasise vary a bit extra. So Lotus could have to make an identical adjustment to stay aggressive. The automaker has teased a light-weight platform that can allow a future electrical sports activities automotive, however the Emeya and Eletre are definitely not that.
