Get ready for the most advanced, biggest and heaviest Lotus there has ever been; the all new Eletre SUV is taking its maker global -
At the Eletre’s core is an aluminium and steel architecture that includes an integrated 800 volt, high-voltage network with the tailor made battery pack developed with British Volt that optimises cell density and charging efficiency. Together with the battery packaged between the front and rear axles are a pair of electric motors positioned at either end, giving the Eletre four-wheel drive capability.
All Eletre models will utilise air suspension, with active ride height control and active aero also included. Adaptive dampers, rear-axle steering, electric active anti-roll bars and torque vectoring via an electronic limited slip diff will also be available. As is all the rage, huge 23-inch wheels and carbon ceramic brakes will also make their way onto the options list.
Four drive modes will be included on all three variants: Range, Tour, Sport, Off-Road and a further Individual mode allowing a level of influence over the steering weight, damper settings, powertrain and accelerator pedal response.If you are expecting a stripped to the bone take on an electric SUV you’ll likely be disappointed, as with so many of its ilk this is a car with enough anagrams to sink a Scrabble board.
All this tech needs to go somewhere, which explains to some extent – but doesn’t in any way justify – why this is a Lotus that is as big as the outgoing Range Rover. It stretches to 5.1 metres long, it has a three metre wheelbase and is 2.2 metres wide if you don’t have the fancy electric mirrors fitted . A relatively low 1.6 metre roofline helps hide some of the size. Just.
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