“Bringing together our rich heritage with intelligent performance and the latest cutting-edge technologies, we’re pushing the boundaries for how a luxury electric vehicle should look and handle– making it truly for the drivers,” said Feng Qingfeng, CEO, Lotus Group. Emeya is setting a new benchmark for how a Lotus drives and feels by combining the company’s 75-year expertise in engineering and design, with the latest advanced innovations – bringing drivers an electric car that is exciting to drive and performs exceptionally. This includes advanced and active aerodynamic features such as the ..read more

If you happen to eavesdrop around the supercar enthusiast watercooler these days, you’ll likely hear a few comments or discussions about performance hybrids, and leaning against the back wall of the lunchroom, you’ll likely hear a whisper or two about full “super-EVs.” Scarcely five years ago, the whole whispered conversations would be about performance hybrids, yet in those five years, they’ve gone from being hypercar-only to literally every high performance manufacturer having at least one. Even luxury car makers, such as Rolls-Royce and Bentley, have started to implement performance hybrids ..read more

The new limited-edition Lotus Evija Fittipaldi celebrates the race legend Emerson Fittipaldi and Team Lotus winning F1 Drivers’ and Constructors’ Championships five decades ago, naturally, this new all-electric hypercar mimics the black and gold color scheme seen on the Lotus Type 72 racecar from the early Seventies. Despite its incredible power and performance, the driver remains at the center of the Lotus Evija experience, just as it was for the Emerson Fittipaldi and the Type 72. The technical specification and performance figures of the Lotus Evija Fittipaldi are truly astonishing; more t ..read more

We’ve seen the brand new Lotus SUV in videos from most YouTube stars already, but the 2022 Goodwood Festival of Speed event was the first time the general public would be able to admire the Eletre for the first time in real life, and she drew a lot of attention, the Lotus stand was crowded most of the time. It seems a lot of people were eagerly awaiting the opportunity to see the hyper-SUV from Lotus, the progressive and exotic-looking EV still has the soul of Lotus as we know it, but adds the usability and roominess of an SUV, visitors bombarded the product specialists on the stand with ques ..read more

Remember the Radford Project 62? The classic Lotus inspired supercar was unveiled last year by Radford during Monterey Car Week as the Radford Project 62-2 Gold Leaf, while the even more impressive Radford Type 62-2 John Player Special finished in that classic combination of a black body with gold details, the ultimate JPS livery that adorned formula one cars back in the Seventies, the by now legendary black and gold color scheme was recognizable on the bodywork of the Lotus Type 72D driven by Emerson Fittipaldi, achieving five victories and even the coveted championship victory in the 1972 Fo ..read more

The ongoing transformation of Lotus to a truly global performance car brand has reached its most significant milestone yet. The all-new and all-electric Lotus Eletre is a striking and progressive Hyper-SUV – the first of a new breed of pure electric SUVs. It takes the core principles and Lotus DNA from more than 70 years of sports car design and engineering, evolving them into a desirable all-new lifestyle car for the next generation of Lotus customers. The company’s famed expertise in the fields of ride and handling, steering and optimized aerodynamics have been carefully and respectfully e ..read more

Famous YouTuber Shmee150 got a first look at the new Lotus Eletre, a high-end luxury, all-electric SUV, this is actually the first four-door model ever from Lotus, and it’s a preview of things to come, as Lotus prepares to launch a sedan on the same bases, and a smaller SUV, as this Eletre will be the top-of-the-line model with an impressive range, lots of power, and the capability to charge the batteries in just 18 minutes, but let’s hear what Tim has to say about this really nice design for Lotus’ first SUV: The post First look at the Lotus Eletre, an EV SUV appeared first on Supercars.net ..read more

The Lotus Emira First Edition has been eagerly anticipated, and it’s just now that more details have become available, including specs and final pricing, being the last petrol-powered car to be built by Lotus, interest in the Emira has been immense ever since the car was unveiled at the Goodwood Festival of Speed last year, with an announcement of the Emira V6 First Edition in September 2021, a car loaded with technology, infotainment and comfort features, and while the i4 version was already mentioned, it took until recently for more details to emerge on the four-cylinder counterpart. This ..read more

If not for the myriad of geopolitical issues dampening the mood on things—and ultimately, affecting the automotive industry directly—2022 was shaping up to be one of the best years ever, especially for auto enthusiasts. It still can be. For that, we can thank cars like the all new Lotus Emira; arriving as scheduled and entering the fray with a level of panache that is backed up by what it brings to the table. In many ways, the Lotus Emira kicks off a rebirth for the British automaker, who is looking to make a surge into the next decade with a relevant and forward-looking product line. At the s ..read more

The Lotus Emira has been in the works for sometime, and can trace its genesis back to the period when the British automaker announced that its “Type 131” project had kicked off. Over time, we slowly began to see a clearer picture of what the mysterious new car was shaping up to be. First, it was given an official name—the Emira—and the company stated, in no uncertain terms, that it would not be an EV or even a hybrid. This is despite Lotus launching a very public campaign to produce a fully-electric roster of cars going forward, at around the same time. Indeed that can only mean that the ..read more