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 be exhibiting the Emeya with cameras as an alternative of exterior mirrors, however that choice may not be out there for autos bought within the U.S. as a result of present rules.

Lotus Emeya

Useful components embody energetic air-intake shutters that shut to cut 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 beneath 2.8 seconds, with a prime 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 type of mild, nimble automobile that Lotus constructed its status on. However the automaker claims an energetic air suspension system, with sensors that learn the highway floor as much as 1,000 occasions per second, plus the low heart 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 principle interface. Extra info is conveyed by way of a head-up show. A KEF audio system can be out there, together with the mixture of leather-based and Alcantara trim that is de rigueur in efficiency automobiles.

Lotus Emeya

The Emeya will begin manufacturing subsequent 12 months, probably on the similar Wuhan, China, manufacturing unit that builds the Eletre. Pricing can be launched nearer to launch, however a $150,000 base value 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 automobile ever, with a 0-60 mph time claimed to be just under 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 side of its Taycan, however has discovered that it wanted to emphasise vary a bit extra. So Lotus might have to make an identical adjustment to stay aggressive. The automaker has teased a light-weight platform that may allow a future electrical sports activities automobile, however the Emeya and Eletre are definitely not that.