lotus I’m back, baby. After many years of hard work building brave British sports cars Promising high performance and light weight, the company has gained a new lease of life thanks to backing from Chinese giant Geely, which is helping it move forward with its electric ambitions. Those ambitions appear to include toppling every existing EV lap record with its latest offering, Evija 1,984 horsepower X.
The tracking monster is Based on Lotus Evija standardswas launched in 2019 and is currently being assembled at the company’s headquarters in Hethel, UK. That car has a modern styleThe futuristic interior and electric powertrain generate enough power to power the car to 60 mph in the targeted sub-three-second time and on to a top speed of 217 miles /hour.
Currently, Evija has been treated came a series of updates and sent it out to the world’s toughest tracks in search of some lap records, and so far it has managed to record the third fastest time around the remarkable Nurbürgring circuit. formidable, car report. According to the website:
This extreme race car was spotted lapping the Nordschleife last year and Lotus has now confirmed that it achieved a lap time of 6 minutes 24.047 seconds – 19 seconds behind the Volkswagen ID R.
However, Lotus claims the Evija wet in October.
Clearly, Lotus is not finished yet famous German racetrack just now, as it told Autocar to “watch this space” and stoke the ambition to get back and try to top the timing sheet for good.
In pursuit of this record, Lotus is said to have taken the stock Evija and tweaked it in a few key places. In its heart, it remains with an electric supercar with a 1,984 HP powertrain, four-motor array and a 70kWh, 800-volt battery mounted behind the seats.
After that, the changes are all on the outside with the bodywork optimized with one thing in mind: aerodynamics. As a result, there’s a giant carbon fiber spoiler to increase rear downforce and a racing-style diffuser up front. The car is even equipped with one F1 style drag reduction system to increase its speed on the straight line.
Other modifications include Pirelli track tires at each corner, upgraded carbon brakes for improved handling. stopping ability and Evija The X comes with new dampers, Autocar reports. The bodywork was even left in a raw carbon state to reduce weight and increase speed.
To this day, Lotus remains adamant that this monster is a one-of-a-kind offering for the company’s engineers and racers to test on some of the world’s most famous racetracks. So there is no price for untamed monsters.
However, since the standard Evija starts at around $2 million and Lotus has almost sold out of its limited run of 130, I predict the asking price for one of these will be a The number is startlingly high.
