Evija its coming ...........

[Toaster]

Yes folks, its a new hyper car and if past performance is anything to go by it should be a hit for the enthusiast

[Toaster]

LOTUS TO REVEAL TYPE 130 ALL-ELECTRIC HYPERCAR IN LONDON ON 16 JULY 2019....

https://media.lotuscars.com/en/news-articles/lotus...

[kambites]

From that link: "World’s first full electric British hypercar". What on earth is that meant to mean?

[granada203028]

What is the relevance to ordinary people?

Battery production should be ring fenced for cheaper EVs and only build these things when supply has caught up with demand.

[Baldchap]

It's going to be 2 million pounds, apparently.

[anonymous-user]

So boring. All this does is tell us that Lotus at least a decade behind on EV tech.

[Frimley111R]

kambites said:

From that link: "World’s first full electric British hypercar". What on earth is that meant to mean?

. Maybe they think the rest of the world should have built a British Electric Hypercar by now

[Toaster]

kuro68k said:

So boring. All this does is tell us that Lotus at least a decade behind on EV tech.

Of course it is both boring and far far behind other manufacturers, they have no experience of EV's at all......they have never even collaborated with any project with anything to do with EV's....Never even produced a Hybrid development car such as the Evora 414.


"Well, we knew that Lotus personnel had been working with the folks from Tesla Motors on their sexy electric roadster, and today we received a bit of interesting related news. According to a report on EDP24.com (the Norfolk Eastern Daily Press website), Group Lotus' involvement with the Tesla Roadster project is now very much official: the Roadster will be built by Lotus at its Hethel facility."

https://www.autoblog.com/2006/07/29/done-deal-lotu...

For an outfit somewhere in Norfolk, that has limited to no budget, have oh so nearly gone to the wall so many times, they are not doing bad.

Edited by Toaster on Tuesday 9th July 13:33

[Toaster]

Frimley111R said:

. Maybe they think the rest of the world should have built a British Electric Hypercar by now

Ah it was a Brexiteer marketing agency who wrote that line

[Toaster]

granada203028 said:

What is the relevance to ordinary people?

Battery production should be ring fenced for cheaper EVs and only build these things when supply has caught up with demand.

Go tell that to Tesla VW BMW et al

[Toaster]

Baldchap said:

It's going to be 2 million pounds, apparently.

Hence Hypercar title, I wouldn't expect it to cost the same as a Evora

[Kolbenkopp]

Frimley111R said:

kambites said:

From that link: "World’s first full electric British hypercar". What on earth is that meant to mean?

. Maybe they think the rest of the world should have built a British Electric Hypercar by now

Yup, and I'm usually the best Austrian lefty on any golf course .

Still, I wish them all the success -- especially if they use it as a tech show piece and elements are meant to filter down to mortal price points...

[anonymous-user]

kuro68k said:

So boring. All this does is tell us that Lotus at least a decade behind on EV tech.

Having been at the factory a few weeks ago, I can assure you that you’re the tedious one. A lot of exciting stuff going on there.

[Frimley111R]

It's a good strategy, it'll give them loads of PR and coverage. It doesn't matter how much it costs etc. as 99.9999% will not be able to afford one but will marvel at what it looks like and does.

[Toaster]

When the web site is back up you will be able to see it https://www.lotuscars.com


It doesn't disappoint, I want one

Edited by Toaster on Tuesday 16th July 20:42