Get this: the new hyper-GT will charge from 10 to 80 per cent in just 14 minutes. And speed, er, matters - right?
If there’s one thing the makers of high-end electric cars feel obliged to do, it’s compete on paper. Ideally, every number a manufacturer is required to assign to a flagship EV will be preposterously large or infinitesimally small - especially when compared to its closest rival. The incoming Lotus Emeya, with up to 905hp and 0-62mph in 2.78 seconds, is a case in point - even if Porsche retains bragging rights with the 952hp and 2.
While this is unlikely to have future Emeya buyers pumping their fists in the face of Porsche owners it does at least speak to Lotus’s suggestion that its hyper-GT will accrue nearly 200 miles of range in just 10 minutes. Which really would give you just enough time to nip off for a pee and buy a Crunchie before contentedly resuming your journey .
So it’s not without the usual disclaimers then, although the Emeya’s performance does reinforce the idea that the Chinese side of the Lotus coin is at the forefront of such tech, including the way it packages and cools its battery cells. Additionally, it has already designed a suite of commercial solutions that provide for an ultra-fast 450w charger, as it encourages the world to embrace what an 800-volt electrical architecture means for tedious wait times.
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