Lotus Type 135 electric sports car mixes the Emira with some Esprit:
Over the next four years, English sports car maker will make its oft-attempted transformations real by unveiling three"lifestyle vehicles" on its new Premium Architecture. The first is the Type 132 electric crossover, expected to debut in the next few months. After that will come the Type 133 four-door coupe, then the Type 134 crossover that's smaller than the Type 132. In that fourth year, we'll get the Type 135, an electric sports car that will recall the Lotus of old.
But the looks aren't the point right now. The reason for the hubbub is Lotus signing a Memorandum of Understanding with British battery firm Britishvolt"to collaborate on research and development of advanced EV technology." The cooperation would put Lotus in charge of"electric propulsion technologies" like motors and control systems, while Britishvolt oversees a"new battery cell package." Goals for the pack are energy density, fast charging and weight reduction.
By the time the Type 135 shows, Britishvolt's $5.1 billion battery factory in Northumberland should have been up and running for two years, ready to supply cells to the Type 135 that will be built at Lotus' historic Hethel, England headquarters . The sports car will come in single- and dual-motor versions powering RWD and AWD trims, those motors expected produce anywhere between 469 and 872 horsepower providing a range of up to 450 miles on the WLTP cycle.
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