Lotus strays far from home with its new Eletre SUV - is it any good?
► Can it still have some of that Lotus magic?
Common to all variants is the 800-volt system, a potent 112kWh lithium-ion battery and the ability to boost the state of charge from 10 to 80 per cent in 20 minutes flat when connected to a 350kW force feeder. While the two lesser editions boast a maximum range of 373 miles when driven with iron self-restraint, the R led on an equally tight leash needs fresh energy every 304 miles. We’re driving the Eletre S here.
On top of this, the R features active anti-roll bars and rear-wheel steering together with shaved performance tyres and the lairier Track mode, plus of course 302 additional horses and 210lb ft of extra torque. Air springs with continuous damping control, matrix LED headlights and head-up display are standard on all versions.
It was never going to feel like an Elise. But does it at least feel like the Lotus among high-end, high-performance electric crossovers? Yes and no. No because even in Track mode and on wet turf this is a perfectly safe, controllable and confidence-inspiring piece of kit. No undue snap oversteer, no sudden break of front-end grip in contracting corners, no borderline torque-vectoring experiments.
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