As lotus's first pure electric medium and large SUV - how strong is lotus ELETRE? Can it stand out from the pure electric luxury SUV? I think many friends are very interested in these two questions, right? Since Lotus was acquired by Geely Automobile, the brand's attention in the domestic market has been high, and now the British brand that focuses on building sports cars is going to launch ANUV, and the weight of the SUV is very large, and is it incompatible with Lotus, which insists on lightweight design?
It is reported that Lotus engineers to Lotus ELETRE set a weight target of about 2000kg, to know that its same level of pure electric SUV weight can not be light, to Tesla Model X Plaid as an example, its self-weight up to 2455kg, want to achieve the ideal weight of about 2000kg, it is inevitable to use aluminum body, carbon fiber components, wool-blended fabric seats and other lightweight materials, increasing the cost of car manufacturing.
The shape adopts aerodynamic design to reduce wind resistance and enhance heat dissipation.
As a high-performance pure electric SUV, lotus ELETRE design maintains a smooth and dynamic appearance, but also takes into account the aerodynamic design to reduce wind resistance, reduce energy consumption and enhance heat dissipation. It has many "holes" in the front face and front hood, and is also equipped with an active lower grille, all to improve the heat dissipation performance of the vehicle. From the styling point of view, the car adopts a split headlight design, the upper part is LED daytime running lights, the lower part is near/high beam, the near/high beam lamp is hidden on both sides of the front grille, the blackening design is adopted, the front grille and the lower grille also adopt a fusion design, and the middle part is the card holder.
The side part, lotus ELETRE waist line design is very complex, the main waist line extends from the front fender to the hidden door handle of the rear door, the upper waist line is located between the C column and the D column, the lower waist line is located in the middle of the front door and the lower part of the rear door, through the complex waist line design to car the three-dimensional sense and layering of the car side, can also comb the wind direction, reduce wind noise, reduce air resistance. The car also adopts a two-color body design, black roof + other color body, coupled with the hot wheel style wheel hub and suspension roof design, it looks very stylish and very sporty.
Lotus ELETRE is equipped with four lidars, 7 8-megapixel cameras, 6 millimeter-wave radars, 1 in-car camera, 4 2-megapixel surround view cameras and 12 ultrasonic radars, which means that its autopilot assist technology is very advanced, and the highlight of which is four lidars, which are located above the wheel brow of the front wheel, the front and rear of the roof, the position is normal, and the telescopic design is not normal.
When the vehicle is controlled by the driver, the lidar will shrink into the hole, so that the aerodynamics of the vehicle can be restored to the best state, when the vehicle turns on the auxiliary driving, the lidar will pop out of the hole, the driver at this time is more relaxed, is its lidar telescopic design and Mazda MX-5 Miata's "jump light" has the same magic? According to this logic, does Lotus ELETRE's lidar have to be named "jumping thunder"?
Let's take a look at the rear design of the Lotus ELETRE. The air duct design is also retained on both sides of its through-type taillights, which is undoubtedly also a detailed design for combing air. It is also equipped with a two-stage hidden tail wing, when the vehicle is faster, the tail wing will automatically rise, when the vehicle speed is slower, the tail wing will be automatically hidden, when the tail wing in the rising state, can provide the vehicle with 116 kg of downforce, so that the vehicle travel more stable. Its through-type taillights have four color variations, and when the vehicle is in a driving state, the light strip will turn red to achieve the effect of warning the rear car.
The interior is very technological, and the front and rear screens can be flipped and linked.
The Lotus ELETRE comes with a 15.1-inch rotatable central control screen that displays content in split screens. The car is equipped with 2 Snapdragon 8155 chips provided by Qualcomm, with a comprehensive computing power of up to 2.2 GFLOPS, which can not only ensure the low latency and high precision of its automatic driving assistance system, but also make the car machine system run more smoothly, and the intelligent configuration is high-specification.
Its front and rear rows are all one-piece seats, fabric seats are wool-blend material, do not provide leather seats, the reason I have said at the beginning of the article, in order to reduce weight, wool blend material weight is lighter, and the center console, door panel, front floor are all of this material, the details of the design is still very good.
From the above picture, the front deck of the car adopts a two-story design, the storage space on the upper floor is decent, only a mobile phone wireless charging panel and two cup holders of different sizes are retained, and the lower floor is a huge storage compartment that can accommodate many items.
Equipped with front and rear dual motor four-wheel drive system + air suspension, it can break 100 in 2.9 seconds, and the WLTP working condition can last 600km.
In terms of power, the earlier market version of Lotus ELETRE is equipped with a dual-motor four-wheel drive system, the system has a comprehensive power of more than 600 horsepower, an acceleration time of 0-100km/h of 2.9 seconds, and an acceleration time of 0-200km/h of less than 12 seconds. It is a performance-oriented medium and large SUV.
In terms of batteries, the car is equipped with a battery pack with an energy of 100kWh, supports 800V high-voltage charging technology, charging for 5 minutes, can last 120km, and charge for 20 minutes, which can charge the maximum power from 10% to 80%. Under WLTP conditions, the maximum cruising range is 600km.
The car features front and rear five-link independent suspension and is equipped with air suspension with adjustable chassis height. Later, a three-motor model will be launched, and the comprehensive power of the system will exceed 900 horsepower, and the acceleration time of 0-100km/h will be within 2.5 seconds.
Features a 2+2 4-seat layout with a 9-inch rotatable screen at the back.
Its rear screen not only supports seat functions (such as seat heating/ventilation/massage, etc.), but also supports entertainment functions, but the rear seaters are not very convenient to watch, and they need to twist their heads, I think it is more reasonable to put it in the back of the front seat.
Overall, the strength of Lotus ELETRE is still very strong, if the price is reasonable, do not rule out the possibility that it can sell well. The car will be produced at the Wuhan Smart Factory and officially put into production in the second half of 2022, or the domestic price will be officially announced in September. What are your thoughts on Lotus ELETRE?