[Heresy → Symbol] 2000ps Hyper Car Lotus Evija "20% to complete"

Evija was a symbol, not a heretic

Lotus Evija was suddenly announced in July 2019. That's right for Lotus' first BEV title.

However, the astonishing number of a hyper car with a maximum output of 2000 ps and a vehicle price of 260 million yen or more seemed to be a heretical model that did not apply to the Lotus archive so far.

The "Driving Tomorrow" announced this time included a lot of information about Evija.

According to it, with Evija at the top, the BEV sports car that will appear in 2025 and the BEV lifestyle car that is planned to appear in the latter half of the 2020s, which was developed in cooperation with external vendors, will set aside. It is said that it will be.

If so, I felt that it was quite natural for Evija to appear first as a pioneer, a symbol of Lotus' new model roadmap, which will become a BEV specialized manufacturer.

Evija will be limited to 130 units following the Lotus type number. The weight of the car is limited to 1680kg, and the downforce generated exceeds the weight of the car.

Lotus' first BEV hypercar will enter pre-production stages later this year at a new plant built on Hessell's premises.

Lotus Magic, up to 20% remaining

Gavan Kershaw, the current Lotus Handling Meister who leads Vehicle Engineering.

He has been with Lotus for 33 years and is familiar with the brand's DNA, saying that Evija's development program is 80% complete.

There is also the influence of pandemics, and as a matter of course, virtual elements such as simulators are involved in modern automobile development.

However, there is a test course with a total length of 3.6km on the premises of Hesel. Currently, Evija is said to have only about 20% of the work left to run Hessel vigorously and boil down the ride quality and handling, that is, to sprinkle Lotus Magic.

I'm worried about the overwhelming power of 2000ps, but what the Evija development team is always paying attention to is the idea of ​​"For the Drivers" since the establishment of Lotus.

It is not permissible to attach a lotus badge on a model that is preceded by power and stimulation and cannot be handled by the driver.

According to Evija's vehicle dynamics engineer leader, Luis Cars, Evija's acceleration is at the level of an F1 car, but it feels like Lotus in the first 50 yards and a sense of unity with the car. It is said that it is finished.

Evija is also equipped with state-of-the-art telemetry that constantly communicates with cloud servers, and is in the process of being ready to provide immediate support anywhere in the world.